Nihan Su (born 22 August 1981) is a Turkish football manager and former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. She was a member of the Turkey U19 and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

national teams.

Private life

Nihan Su was born in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

in 1981. She compşeted her primary and secondary education in her home town. She studied teacher of Sports and Physical Education at

Gazi University Gazi University ( tr, Gazi Üniversitesi) is a public university primarily located in Ankara, Turkey. It was established in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu ...

, and graduated in 2002. She took a

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in 22005. She served as an academic at the Sportsand Physical Education College at the

Kocaeli University The Kocaeli University (KOU) is a state university in Kocaeli, Turkey. It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The electrical and mechanical engineering departments, basic sciences, and department of m ...

Playing career

;Club Su started her football playing career in 1995. Between 1999 and 2003, she played in the clubs Ankara Metropoliten Municipality, Ankara Gürtaşspor, Bursa Delphi Packard and Gazi Üniversitesispor. In 2006, she retired form active playing. ;International She was a member of the Turkey U19 and

national teams. She participated at the UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship qualifyings in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

(2 matches),

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

(2), 2000 First (2) and Second (3). For the Turkey women's national team, she played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying (3 matches), and the

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) In the UEFA qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 16 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup finals. The winner of the Q ...

(7). At the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmer, Turkey, she captained the

national team.

Managerial career

Su holds an UEFA coaching licence. ; Gazi Üniversitesispor Her managerial career began at Gazi Üniversitesispor. ; Turkey women's national teams From 2008 on, she worked at the

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Turkish Footba ...

. She served as trainer of the Turkey U15, Turkey U17, Turkey U19 and the

national teans between 2006 and 2014. She served as assistant trainer of the Turkey U17 (2010), Yutkey U19 (2019–2010) and the Turkey <(2011), as well as trainer of the Turkey U15 (2009–2010) and the Turkey (2008–2010, 2012). She managed the Turkey women's national deaf football team at the

2017 Summer Deaflympics ) , nations = 86 , athletes = 2,873 , events = 219 in 18 sports , stadium = Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium , opened_by = Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , torch_lighter = Ertuğrul Bursa , opening = July 18, 2017 , closing ...

held in

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun recorded a population of 710,000 people. The cit ...

, Turkey. In 2011, she became manager of the

team. ; Fenerbahçe women's In 2021, she was appointed manager of the newly established

Turkish Women's Football Super 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 ...

club Fenerbahçe women's football team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Nihan 1981 births Living people Footballers from Ankara Gazi University alumni Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers Gazi Üniversitesispor players Turkish female football managers Turkish women's football managers Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) managers