Emine Demir (born November 11, 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the

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for

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with jersey number 30. She was a member of the Turkey girls' U-17, Turkey women's U-19, women's U-21 and Turkey women's teams.

Early years

She was born in Taşbaşı village of

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in southeastern Turkey on November 11, 1993. She began football playing in the regional primary boarding school of the

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. Her first club Malatya Gençlik ve Spor provided her scholarship for education in the Sports High School in

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. She supports her family financially.

Club career

Emine Demir of

Hakkarigücü Spor Hakkârigücü is a women's football club founded in 1989 and based in Hakkâri, eastern Turkey. The club president is Kıymet Kurt, and the manager is Cemile Timur. The team play their home matches in the Merzan Stadium. History The women ...

in the 2018–19 Turish Women's First. She received her license for Malatya Gençlik ve Spor on November 16, 2007, and played the 2008–09 season in the Turkish Women's Second League. The next season, she moved to Mersin Camspor to play in the Women's First League. In the 2010–11 season, she was transferred by

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, which was promoted to the Women's First League one season later. Dmir has been part of

Trabzon İdmanocağı İdmanocağı or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish sports club based in Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü, which matched the The Intercontinental Derby, Istanbul derby between Fenerbahçe S.K., Fenerbahçe a ...

since 2012. After three full and a half seasons, she moved to

in her hometown to play in the Women's Second League. She earned her team's promotion to the Women's First league in the 2018-19 season. In October 2019, she transferred to the

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based club

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Galatasaray

On 22 August 2022, the

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team was transferred to the

club.

International career

Emine Demir was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team to play at the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship – Group 5 matches. She debuted in the game against Faroe Islands on October 23, 2008. She Became a member of the Turkey women's U-19 team playing for the first time in the 2011 Kuban Spring Tournament against

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on March 6, 2011. She played at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 3 and 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship – Group A matches. She capped in total 19 times for the Turkey women's U-19 team. On November 26, 2014, she appeared for Turkey women's U-21 team in a friendly match against Belgium. In February 2015, Emine Demir was called up to the Turkey women's. She was a substitute at the friendly matches against the Georgian women. On August 19, 2015, she debuted in the Turkey women's team appearing in the friendly match against

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Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Adana İdmanyurduspor :: ''Third place'' (1):

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:; Trabzon İdmanocağı :: ''Third places'' (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 ; Turkish Women's Second League :; Hakkarigücü Spor :: ''Second places'' (1): 2017–18

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demir, Emine 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Hakkari Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers Adana İdmanyurduspor players Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players Hakkarigücü Spor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Fatih Vatan Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Galatasaray S.K. women's football players