Meryem Koç (born November 28, 1996) is a Turkish women's football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

currently playing in the

Turkish Women's First Football League The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''Turkcell Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's football league of ...

for

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended their ...

with jersey number 13.

Playing career

Club

Meryem Koç obtained her license on December 31, 2009, and started to play in the 2010–11 season as a forward for her hometown team Hatay Dumlupınarspor in the Women's Second League. After two seasons, she transferred on October 22, 2012, as goalkeeper to

Adana İdmanyurduspor Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, whi ...

, which competes in the Women's First League. On June 28, 2018, Koç signed with the

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

-based club

before the club's participation at the

2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played between 7 and 13 August 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 12 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions L ...

. She played in one of the three matches of the qualification round.

International

In 2014, Meryem Koç was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-19 team, and debuted internationally in the friendly match against

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on June 11, 2014. She took part at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches, and at the 2015 Elite round. Meryem Koç was called up to the Turkey women's national team, and played at the

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 Group 5 of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition consisted of five teams: Germany, Russia, Hungary, Turkey, and Croatia. The composition of the eight groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 20 April 2015. T ...

matches.

Career statistics

References

External links

Meryem Koç – UEFA competition record
Living people 1996 births People from Antakya Turkish women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Turkey women's international footballers Adana İdmanyurduspor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players 21st-century Turkish women Sportspeople from Hatay {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub