Leyla Güngör (born May 29, 1993) is a Turkish international
women's footballer who plays as a
defender in the
Swedish Damallsvenskan for
FC Rosengård. She is a member of the
Turkish national team.
Early life
Leyla Güngör was born on May 29, 1993, in
Malmö, Sweden to a
Turkish father and Swedish mother, as their second child.
Playing career
Club
Leyla began playing football at the age of five following her older brother Sami's footsteps.
She entered the Turkish community's sports club Türk Anadolu FF Malmö, a mixed-gender team.
She was supported by her parents, and her grandfather took Leyla to training when her parents were at work.
At the age eleven, she transferred to
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo IF Limhamn Bunkeflo may refer to
*IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (men's)
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 2007, also known simply as LB07, are a Swedish football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Lim ...
. Currently, she plays in the Swedish Women's First League team
FC Rosengård, which is the third club in her career.
International
After playing some time in the
Sweden women's national under-17 football team
Sweden women's national under-17 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-17 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's ...
,
Güngör received an invitation from the
Turkish Football Federation to join the Turkey national team. Enthusiastically preferring the Turkish side, she promptly accepted. In the beginning, she communicated to the team in English, because she could not speak Turkish well but could understand it.
On September 11, 2010, she played for the first time in the
Turkey U-19 national team at the
2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 against Romania, and scored both of the game's goals for her country.
Promoted to the Turkey women's national team in 2011, she scored the only goal for Turkey in her first appearance in the match against the Spanish side at the
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2.
References
External links
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1993 births
Footballers from Malmö
Living people
Swedish people of Turkish descent
Swedish women's footballers
Turkish women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Women's association football midfielders
FC Rosengård players
Turkey women's international footballers
Damallsvenskan players
Kristianstads DFF players
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo players