Gülcan Koca (born 4 September 1990) is a retired Turkish-Australian women's football defender, who last played for Australian W-League team

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

, and for Calder United in the

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. She was a member of the

Turkey women's national football team The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cu ...

from 2010 to 2013.

Club career

Koca played for

for nine W-League seasons from 2010 to 2018. She was considered as one of the most versatile players on the team, as she was able to play as both an attacker and defender. She won the W-League Championship with the Victory in the 2013–14 season. On September 13, 2018, Koca announced her retirement from professional football. She continues to play semi professionally with Calder united SC in the NPLW in victoria

International career

Koca was born in Melbourne to Turkish parents. She was called up to the Turkey women's national team in June 2010, after a worldwide search to find players with Turkish heritage. Koca made her debut for Turkey on June 23, 2010, at the 2011 World Cup Qualifying match against Austria team. She appeared in Euro 2013 qualifying matches. Koca has been capped 16 times by the national team.

Honors

Melbourne Victory * W-League Championship: 2013–14

References

External links

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Melbourne Victory player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koca, Gulcan 1990 births Soccer players from Melbourne Australian people of Turkish descent Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers Living people Australian women's soccer players Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)