Pınar Yalçın (born November 7, 1988) is a Turkish-Swedish women's football

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currently playing in the Swedish Women's Football Division 2 for Husie IF. At the same time, she is a member of the

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since 2013. She is nicknamed "Pinnen" (for "stick" in English) by her fans.

Personal life

Yalçın was born to an immigrant Turkish father, Selman Yalçın, and to an immigrant Turkish mother, Sevdiye Yalçın, in

Rosengård Rosengård (literally "Rose Manor") was a city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the center of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Husie, forming Öster. In 2012, Rosengård had a population of 23,563 of the municipality' ...

district of

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

in Sweden. She has one sister, Cagla, and two brothers, Serkan and Serhan, who both play football in Malmö.

Playing career

Club

She began playing in the youth team of Malmö FF Dam, which was renamed to LdB FC Malmö in 2007, and then to FC Rosengård in 2013. Yalçın was transferred by the Turkish community club

Malmö Anadolu BI Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popu ...

. After playing brief times in the clubs BK Kick,

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, Kvarnby IK and 1. Dalby GIF, she signed with Husie IF for the 2013–14 season. In 2013, she was tasked also to officiate women's football matches in other league divisions.

International

Yalçın was called up to take part in the Turkey national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round matches. In a newspaper interview, she emphasized that she preferred to play for the Turkey national team. She added that she is happy to make her debut in the match against

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. Yalçın capped four times in the Turkey national team competing in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) matches.

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* 1991 births Footballers from Malmö Swedish people of Turkish descent Women's association football forwards Swedish women's footballers Swedish football referees FC Rosengård players Turkish women's footballers Turkey women's international footballers Living people BK Olympic players Kvarnby IK players FC Rosengård 1917 players {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub