Feride Akgün (born 1973) is a Turkish former

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, who played as

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in the Turkish Women's League for various clubs, and the Turkey women's national team. She was named the league's top goalscorer three times.

Early years

Akgün professionally played volleyball at Galatasaray. She then switched over to football.

Club career

Akgün played for the

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

-based Turkish Women's League clubs

Dinarsuspor Dinarsuspor was a women's football club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Dinarsuspor was founded in 1991 by six women's footballers, who left Dostluk Spor. The team was the women's football side of the same-named club, which was established in 1982 b ...

(1990-1997) and Marshall Boyaspor (1997–2001). She enjoyed four league champion and one Federation Cup champion titles. During her time at Dinarsuspor, she became the most goalscorer with 54 goals. She was named three times top goalscorer. In 2001, she went to Germany, and played trials with

FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg (full name: ''Fußballclub Rumeln 2001 Duisburg'') was a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team played in the Bundesliga (women), Bundesliga. They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrel ...

and the B-team of

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International career

Akgğn was a member of the Turkey national team between 1995 and 2002, capping 29 matches and scoring one goal. She played at the UEFA Euro 1997 qualifying, 1999 FIFA World Cup qualification, UEFA Euro 2001 qualifying, and 2003 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

Later years

In 2016, "İstanbul Akademi Futbol Okulları" (Istanbul Academy Football Schools), an institution for football infrastructure, added Akgün to their staff.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akgun, Feride 1973 births Living people Turkish women's volleyball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players Turkish women's footballers Women's association football forwards Turkey women's international footballers Dinarsuspor players Place of birth missing (living people)