Nagihan Avanaş (born 23 May 1997) is a Turkish
women's football forward
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, who plays in the
Turkish Women's Football Super League
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for
Fatih Karagümrğk S.K. in
Istanbul
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with jersey number 21. She was member of the
Turkey women's national U-17 team.
Personal life
Nagihan Avanaş was born in
Susuz
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district of
Kars Province
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, Turkey on 23 May 1997.
Avanaş has spoken out about the difficulties that female Turkish footballers face, stating that they rarely get news coverage and many of them struggle financially. Outside of her football career, she is a physical education and sports teacher.
Club career
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Nagihan Avanaş obtained her license for the Istanbul-based club Sosyal Hizmetler Gençlik ve Spor on 25 May 2011. After playing two seasons with Ovacık Gençlik ve Spor in Karabük, she transferred to Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2013–14 Turkish Women's First Football League, 2013–14 season, where she still plays.
In 2014, she was part of the highschool team, which became champion at the ISF World Schools Futsal Championship held in
Cagliari
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,
Sardinia
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, Italy.
After staying away from the pitch in the
2016–17 season, she transferred to
Kireçburnu Spor
Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football ( tr, Kireçburnu Spor Kulübü Bayan Futbol Takımı) is a women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of th ...
in October 2017.
In the second half of the
2018*19 First League season, Avanaş returned to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor.
In December 2021, Avanaş transferred to rge newly founded club
Fatih Karagümrük S.K.
Fatih Karagümrük Spor Kulübü, also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the top t ...
International career
On19 April 2012 Avanaş debuted in the Turkey girls' U-17 team playing against Azerbaijan in the U17 Women's win UEFA Development Cup.
Career statistics
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Honours
; Turkish Women's Football Super League
:; Fatih Karagümrük S.K.
:: ''Runners-up'' (1):
2021-22
; Turkish Women's Football First League
:; Ataşehir Belediyespor
:: ''Runners-up'' (2):
2013–14,
2014–15
; ISF World Schools Futsal Championship
:; Mevlana Vocational Highschool for Girls team
:: ''Winners'' (1): 2014
References
External links
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Living people
1997 births
People from Susuz
Turkish women's footballers
Ataşehir Belediyespor players
Women's association football forwards
Kireçburnu Spor players
Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players
