Necla Akdoğan (born November 10, 1971) is a Turkish former women's footballer, referee and manager. She was a member of the Turkey women's national team. She serves a teacher of physical education.

Private life

Necla Akdoğan was born in

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district of

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, northern Turkey on November 10, 1971. She has three sisters and a brother. Akdoğan was inspired in playing football by her elder brother, a footballer. Her brother used to choose her as a partner for training. She decided to pursue a footballer career when she aspired the female footballer in the television film ''Zafere Kaçış'' ("Escape to Victory"), she had watched once. In her youth, she performed athletics. She won titles in middle-distance and

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running. She graduated in physical education from the

Karadeniz Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( tr, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi or KTÜ) is a public research university in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in Turkey. Karadeniz Technical U ...

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. She was appointed to a school in Anlkara as a teacher of physical education.

Sports career

Player

Club

She began her football playing career during her university years. She obtained her license for the Bursa Delphi Packardspor on August 15, 1997. The next season, she transferred to the newly established Gürtaşspor in

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playing in the Women's League. She is the first ever recipient of the ''Fair Play Award'' of the Women's League in the 1994–95 season.

International

Bulut was admitted to the Turkey women's team, and debuted in the friendly match against

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on September 8, 1995. She played in two matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualification – Group 8 against

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and

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in 1995 and 1996. She appeared in five games of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 7 against

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and

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in 1997 and 1998. She capped thirteen times for the Turkey national team.

Referee

Akdoğan served as referee between 2003 and 2009. She officiated in total 69 matches in the men's and women's leagues of

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, TFF Third and Women's First as

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and

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. Between 2006 and 2008, she served as a FIFA-listed assistant referee. She was assigned assistant to FIFA-listed female Turkish referee

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in the matches at the 2007 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualifying round in Italy on April 10–15. She officiated as assistant referee the 7th European Women's Championship in Turkey in November 2006. In February 2010, she resigned from her referee post when her expectation to become a FIFA-listed referee did not realize. She is occasionally invited to officiate unofficial friendly matches even after her retirement.

Manager

Akdoğan served as an instructor for children of age 7–8 in the farm of

Gençlerbirliği S.K. Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü (pronounced ), commonly known as Gençlerbirliği, is a Turkish sports club based in Ankara. Formed in 1923, Gençlerbirliği are nicknamed ''Ankara Rüzgârı'' (The Wind of Ankara) or simply ''Gençler'' (The You ...

in Ankara in 2011. She also had the a mother role although not married. She was in charge of manager of the women's football clubs in

. She coached Ankara Gençlik Gücü Spor three seasons beginning in the 2010–11 season. She then transferred to the Ankara 1910 Spor for the 2013–14 season. Akdoğan was on the board member of the Turkey Football Managers Association's ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Antrenörleri Derneği) Ankara Branch.

Honours

* ''Fair Play Award'' (1994–95).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akdogan, Necla 1971 births Living people Turkish women's footballers Turkey women's international footballers Turkish football referees Turkish women referees and umpires Women association football referees Turkish football managers Turkish female football managers Turkish schoolteachers People from Çarşamba Karadeniz Technical University alumni Women's association football players not categorized by position