Esra Solmaz (born March 20, 1995) is a Turkish women's football striker, who last played in the Turkish Women's Third League for Balokesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor with jersey number 9. In 2011, she played for the Turkish girls' national U-17 team.

Early life

Born in

Elazığ Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. It is located in the uppermost Euphrates valley. The plain on which the city extends has an altitude of . ...

on March 20, 1995, she grew up in

Yalova Yalova is a market-gardening town located in northwestern Turkey on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. The town has a population of 156,838, while the population of the surrounding Yalova Province is 291,001 . A largely modern town, it is ...

with her family.

Career

Club

She received her license on February 9, 2010 for

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...

, where she played until the end of the 2012–13 season capping 37 times and scoring 29 goals. In August 2012, she suffered a serious leg injury, which led her to stay away from the football field some time. After one season with Kızılcık Spor in

Sakarya Province Sakarya ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey, located on the coast of Black Sea. The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Marmara Region. The adjacent provinces are Kocaeli to the west, Bilecik to the south ...

. she transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı in October 2014. She scored 13 goals in 20 games of two First League seasons. In the 2017-18 season, she moved to Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor playing in the Third League. After netting 12 goals in eight matches, she retired.

International

Esra Solmaz was called up to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted in the 2012 UEFA Championship qualifying round – Group 7 match against Serbia on September 29, 2011. She cappen twice for the Turkey U-17 nationals.

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Living people 1995 births People from Elazığ People from Yalova Turkish women's footballers Women's association football forwards Eskişehirspor women's players Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub