Hasret Kayikçi (born 6 November 1991) is a German

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who plays as a striker for SC Freiburg and the Germany national team.

Club career

Kayikçi grew up in

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-Rohrbach and started her career at TSG Rohrbach. After a year in the federation league team (with 30 goals), she joined as a 16-year-old in the summer of 2008 to

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team

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and she debuted on 7 September 2008 against Herforder SV. A week later they scored a 4–3 away win against

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; her first Bundesliga goal. In May 2011, Kayikçi moved to SC Freiburg. In April 2012, she sustained a new cruciate ligament injury, which initially remained undetected. After a long break, she participated in their first Bundesliga game in the 2012–13 season and scored a goal. After three games, Kayikçi was again kept out of action by a knee injury. She could attend a game in the 2013–14 season. After a long pause and rehab, she celebrated her comeback in the Bundesliga at start of the 2014–15 season on 30 August 2014. In January 2025, Kayikçi announced she would retire at the end of the 2024–25 season.

International career

Kayikçi adopted German citizenship and was part of the squad of the U-17 national team for the World Cup in New Zealand. She also belonged to the squad of the U-19 national team for the European Championship in Macedonia. She suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the final group game.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kayikçi goal.''

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg * UEFA Women's Champions League: 2008–09 *

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: 2008–09, 2009–10

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* * 1991 births Living people German sportspeople of Turkish descent German women's footballers Footballers from Heidelberg Women's association football forwards Germany women's international footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Frauen-Bundesliga players FCR 2001 Duisburg players SC Freiburg (women) players 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub