Kadriye Gökçek is a Turkish retired

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, and civil servant from profession. She was a FIFA listed woman referee since 2008.

Early years

Gökçek's interest in football began through her elder brother. Six sisters used to watch all football matches with their elder brother, and listen to his comments. Inspired by the Turkish woman football referees Lale Orta and

Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer (born Hilal Tuba Tosun in 1970) is a Turkish retired female association football referee and teacher of physical education by profession. She is a FIFA listed woman referee since 2000. Early life Hilal Tuba Tosun was born ...

, she decided to become a football referee. As Kadriye attended a referee course, her two-years younger sister

Dilan Deniz Gökçek Dilan Deniz Gökçek İşcan (born 1976) is a Turkish referee and sports instructor from profession. She is a FIFA listed woman referee since 2005. Gökçek's interest in football began through her elder brother. Six sisters used to watch all f ...

also followed her footsteps. In the beginning, both sisters faced objection by their parents because this occupation is not coupled with social security. After completing her study in physical education at

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in Ankara, she pursued a civil servant profession as a sports expert at the General Directorate of Youth and Sports, a subunit of the

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Referee career

Kadriye Gökçek began her sport career as an assistant referee on August 10, 1996, in the

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. After serving one and half years as an assistant referee in the

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, she qualified to supervise matches as referee in that league on January 17, 1999. Since then, she oversees in various levels of competitions. In 2008, Gökçek qualified to bear the

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badge. She supervised matches in the Group 8 of the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round held in Hungary between September 19 and 24, 2009. She served as referee at the first round of the 2011 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying competition held from October 15 to 22, 2010 in Northern Ireland. At the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, she officiated four games in total. The matches of Group 1 played in Poland, the game

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against

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on October 15, 2011, and the match

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against Switzerland on October 20, 2011, followed by the Group 3 matches held in Denmark, between

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and

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on April 26, 2012, as well as between

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and Netherlands on May 1, 2012. The final match of the 2012 World Deaf Football Championships played between the Russian and the American women's teams in Ankara, Turkey on July 18, 2012, was supervised by Kadriye Gökçek. In 2012, she oversaw the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round matches of

against

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on October 20 and

against Israel on October 22 in

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, Switzerland. In 2011 and 2012, she was one of the three woman referees with FIFA badge in Turkey along with her sister Dilan Deniz and Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer. On January 10, 2013, it was reported that Kadriye Gökçek retired from active referee career on her own will after serving 17-years long.

References

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