Fatma Özlem Tursun (born March 29, 1988) is a Turkish female football referee and former women's footballer.

Sports career

Player

Fatma Özlem Tursun began her playing career in her hometown club

Konak Belediyespor Konak Belediyespor Women's Football ( tr, Konak Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı) is the women's football team of the Turkish multi-sport club of Konak Belediyespor based in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the d ...

in the 2008–09 season after obtaining her license on October 27, 2010. She appeared in 44 matches of the First League and scored two goals until the end of the 2010–11 season.

Referee

Tursun began her referee career debuting in the Regional Boys under-17 Development League on October 27, 2013, as

fourth official In association football, an assistant referee (previously known as a linesman or lineswoman) is an official empowered with assisting the referee in enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the La ...

. On November 10, 2013, she was appointed to officiate a Women's Second League match as second

assistant referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other tit ...

. She was also in charge of first and second assistant referee roles in various regional leagues for the age categories of boys' U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 and men's U-19, U-21 and

Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League ( tr, Bölgesel Amatör Ligi) is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 11-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped ac ...

as well as in Women's Third and Second League. She debuted as referee in a regional boys' U-14 league match on March 8, 2014. After officiating matches as referee in the regional boys' U-15 league and Women's Third League, Tursun was tasked in a , , Women's First League match of the 2015–16 season on November 7, 2015. In November 2015, Tursun was nominated by the

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...

a FIFA listed official for international

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

matches in 2016.

Player career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Runners-up'' (1):

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

References

Living people 1988 births Footballers from İzmir Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish women's footballers Konak Belediyespor players Turkish football referees Turkish women referees and umpires Futsal referees Women association football referees Women's association football players not categorized by position {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub