Melike Öztürk (born 1 April 2001) is a Turkish women's football

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, who plays in the First League for

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with jersey number 14. She was a member of the girls' national U-17 and women's U-19 teams before she was admitted to the Turkey women's team.

Private life

Melike Öztürk was born in

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district of

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, Turkey on 1 April 2001.

Playing career

Club

Öztürk received her license for Denizli Pamukkale Üniversitesi Gençlikspor on 13 November 2015. She capped in 12 matches for the

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-based

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team in the 2015–16 Turkish Women's Third League season, and netted 24 goals. The next season, she moved to

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to join İncirliova Belediyespor. After scoring 67 goals in 26 games, she transferred to Horozkent Spor in Denizli in the second half of the 2017–18 Women's Third League season. After scoring 16 goals in seven matches for Horozkent, Öztürk returned to her former club İncirliova Belediyespor for the 2018–19 Third League season, where she netted 13 goals in eight games. By early August 2019, Öztürk signed with the

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-based

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to play in the Women's First League. She scored five goals in 15 matches of the 2019-20 season, which was discontinued due to the outbreak of

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. In the 2021 Turkcel League season, she transferred to

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, and enjoyed her team's champions title. She played in two matches of the

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International

;Turkey girls' U-17: Öztürk was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team debuting in the match against

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in the UEFA Development Tournament on 13 May 2016. She appeared in 2017 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification - Group 7, 2018 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification - Group 7 and Elite round Group 6 matches. She capped in a total of 25 matches and scored 13 goals for the Turkey girls' U-17 team. ;Turkey women's U-19 : She was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 team for the friendly match against

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on 28 August 2018. She took part at the 2019 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualification - Group 2 and Elite round Group 6 as well as 2020 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualification - Group 12 matches. She played in 14 games and scored two goals total. ;Turkey women's: Öztürk was first named for the Turkey women's team in the beginning of Deceöber 2019. In the away match against

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in the

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, she sat on the bench. She played in the same tournament's home match against

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on 23 October 2020.

Career statistics

Honours

;Turkish Women's First League :;Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozturk, Melike Living people 2001 births People from Gelibolu Turkish women's footballers Women's association football forwards Turkey women's international footballers Ataşehir Belediyespor players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Turkish Women's Football Super League players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen