Hilal Çetinkaya (born March 3, 1997) is a Turkish

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

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with jersey number 28. She is member of the Turkey national U-17 and U-19 teams. She was born in

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on March 3, 1997. Currently, she is studying

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at Mevlana Vocational Highschool in

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Career

Club

Hilal Çetinkaya obtained her license on March 26, 2010. Since the 2012–13 season, she is part of Ataşehir Belediyespor playing in the Turkeish Women's First League. She was also member of the youth team of her club, which play in the Turkish Girls' Football Championship. Çetinkaya plays

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in her highschool's team. She was part of the team representing Turkey at the 2014 ISF World Schools Futsal Championship held in Italy that became champion in the girls' category. She was named top scorer of the tournament with 17 goals before her teammate, the only 14-year-old

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, who netted 15 goals. In October 2017, Çerinkaya transferred to

International

Çetinkaya was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team debuting in the friendly match against the Azeri girls on September 9, 2012. On November 26, 2013, she played her first game in the Turkey national U-19 team again in a friendly match against the junior women from Azerbaijan.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkey Women's First Football League :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Runners-up'' (4):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 :: ''Third places'' (1): 2016–17 ; ISF World Schools Futsal Championship :; Mevlana Vocational Highschool team :: ''Winners'' (1): 2014

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* Living people 1997 births People from Kadıköy Footballers from Istanbul Turkish women's futsal players Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Ataşehir Belediyespor players Kireçburnu Spor players {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub