Handan Kurğa (born 10 September 1993) is a Turkish women's football

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currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for

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with jersey number 17. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.

Club career

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Handan Kurğa obtained her license during her high school education on 11 May 2007. She became part of her high school's team Düvenciler Lisesispor, which played in the

Turkish Women's Second Football League The Turkish Women's Second Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 2. Futbol Ligi) is the third tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey. Format Teams promoted to Women's First League Format As of 2021-22 Season, 26 te ...

. In the 2009–10 season, the team was renamed

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...

and was promoted to the First League. The next season, her team won the league.championship.

Lüleburgaz 39 Spor

After capping 28 times for Ataşehir Belediyespor, Kurğa transferred to

Lüleburgaz 39 Spor Lüleburgaz 39 Spor is a Turkish women's football club based in Lüleburgaz town and district of Kırklareli Province. It was established in 2007. Currently, the club chairman is Cenk Güngör. The club was founded as a high school girls' team, ...

in the 2011–12 season, where she played one season only because the team folded.

Konak Belediyespor

From 19 October 2012 she was the substitute goalkeeper at the Izmir-based

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 ...

, where she enjoyed twice consecutive league champion titles. She spent the games of the

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on the bench. She appeared in two of the three matches of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying matches. She appeared twice at the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.

Ataşehir Belediyespor

In August 2017 she transferred to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor. At the end of the 2016–17 season, she enjoyed her team's league champion title.

ALG Spor

In the beginning of the 2018-19 First league season's second half, Kurğa joined the recently promoted

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-based club

ALG Spor ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Gözcü. It is located in the İn ...

. Her team finished the season equal on points with the league leader. They lost the play-off match, and became runners-up.

Konak Belediyespor

In the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season, she transferred to her former club Konak Belediyespor.

Galatasaray

On 10 August 2022, the

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team was transferred to the

club.

International career

Handan Kurğa became international with the Turkey girls' U-17 team in 2008. She was twice part of the Turkey women's U-19 team. She debuted in the

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in the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round The preliminary round of the European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the 16 lowest-ranked teams among the 46 entrants. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robi ...

match against

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on 8 April 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

;Turkish Women's First League :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (2): 2010–11, 2017–18 :; Konak Belediyespor ::''Winners'' (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 :; ALG Spor ::''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurga, Handan 1993 births Living people People from Digor (District), Kars Women's association football goalkeepers Turkish women's footballers Turkey women's international footballers Ataşehir Belediyespor players Lüleburgaz 39 Spor players Konak Belediyespor players ALG Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players