Narin Yakut (born 26 April 2004) is a Turkish

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who plays as a defender for

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in the Turkish Women's Super League, and the Turkey women's national team.

Early years

Before schooling, Yakut played football with older boys on the street, positioned as goalkeeper. In the primary school and middle school, she performed athletics, running in the 100 m event. She won several medals in the youth and junior categories. After getting more interested in football, she entered the school girls' football team in the middle school. She played futsal, her school team in the İbrahim Tennuri Middle School took the first and then the second place in the Turkish championship. She was invited to join the newly-established women's football side of Kayseri Gençler Birliği, which was later renamed Kayseri Kadın.

Club career

Kayseri Kadın

Yakut obtained her license from her hometown club Kayseri Kadın on 5 May 20016. She debuted in the 2019-20 Turkish Second League season on 13 October 2019. She played the next season in the 020–21 Turkish Women's League, which was the only women's league held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. She scored one goal in 15 games in two seasons.

Fenerbahçe

In April 2021 after the end of the season, she moved to

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at age 17, and signed a deal with the newly established team Fenerbahçe to play in the 2021-22 Turkish Women's Football Super League, 2021–22 Super League season. She appeared in the starting eleven of her team's first match ever, an exhibition match against the archrival Galatasaray S.K. (women's football), Galatasaray, which ended with a 7–0 victory for her team. Fenerbahçe finished the 2022–23 Super League season as runner-up after losing to Ankara BB Fomget inthe play-offs finai. She played in 22 matches and scored three goals in two seasons.

Fatih Karagümrük

In the 2023–24 Super League season, she joined

in Istanbul, as she wanted to appear more time on the field

International career

Turkey girls' youth team

Yakut was invited to the Turkey girls's U-15 team before she became a member of the Turkey girls' U-17 team between 2019 and 2020. She played three matches at the 2019 UEFA Girls' U-16 Development Tournament in Poland and three games at the

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. She capped ten times in total.

Turkey women's junior team

In 2021, she was admitted to the national U-19 team and played until 2023. She played at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Group A4 and 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Group B2 in three matches each. She capped in eight games in total, and captained in one game.

Turkey women's team

On 5 December 2023, she debuted in Turkey women's national team in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C - Group 2 match against Georgia. She is on the squad playing in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B - Group 1.

Personal life

Narin Yakut was born to Süleyman and Yeter Yakut in Kocasinan district of

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, Turkey on 26 April 2004. She is the youngest of three children. Her sister Habibe is five, her brother Mustafa is ten years older. She attended high school in her hometown Kayseri. After transferring to Fenerbahçe, she moved to

, and completed her secondary education in a private high school. She then entered Fenerbahçe University to study

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Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Super League : Fenerbahçe :: ''Runners-up'' (1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakut, Narin 2004 births Living people People from Kocasinan Sportspeople from Kayseri Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's international footballers Turkish Women's Football Super League players Kayseri Kadın FK players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players