Safa Merve Nalçacı (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the

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 ...

for Beylerbeyi S.K. with jersey number 2. She was part of the Turkey women's national team.

Private life

Safa Merve Nalçcacı was born in Van, eastern Turkey on 28 July 1993.

Club career

Nalçacı obtained her license from

Karşıyaka BESEM Spor Karşıyaka BESEM Spor, short for Karşıyaka Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Eğitim Merkezi Spor Kulübü, is a women's football club based in Karşıyaka district of İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western e ...

in Izmir on 16 November 2007. She then played in the team between 2008 and 2012. During this time, she appeared the , Women's Regional and , Second League, scoring 15 goals in 33 matches. In the ,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

season, she transferred to the

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-based club Çamlıcaspor to play in the , Women's First League. After playing 18 matches, she moved to Karşıyaka Koleji Spor in

İzmit İzmit () is a district and the central district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. As of the last 31/12/2019 estimation, the ...

in the second half of the 2013–14 Second League season. The next season, she joined the new established team Beşiktaş J.K. in Istanbul, which played in the , Third League. At the end of that season, she enjoyed her team's promotion to the Second League, and after one season to the First League. She capped in 58 matches and scored two goals in three seasons with Beşiktaş J.K. For the 2017–18 First League season, she went to the newly promoted

Fatih Vatan Spor Fatih Vatan Spor Kulübü is a women's football team based in Fatih, Istanbul. The team completed the 2016–17 season of Turkish Women's Second Football League as champion, and were promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League. Histo ...

, where she played 17 matches. In July 2018, Nalçacı joined the league champion

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...

before the

2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played between 7 and 13 August 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 12 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions L ...

. She played in all three matches of the qualifying round. In October 2018, she returned to Fatih Vatan Spor for the 2018–19 Women's First League season. The next seasn, she moved 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 t ...

. In the 2021–22 Super League season, she was with Fenerbahçe S.K.. The next season, she transferred to Pendik Çamlıkspor in the First League, shich was promoted to the Sıper League at the end of the season, and was renamed to Beylerbeyi S.K. in the, 2023–24 Super League season.

International career

Nalçacı was admitted to the

Turkey women's national football team The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cu ...

, debuting in the

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 Group 5 of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition consisted of five teams: Germany, Russia, Hungary, Turkey, and Croatia. The composition of the eight groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 20 April 2015. T ...

match against

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on 2 June 2016.

Career statistics

Honours

;Turkish Women's First Football League :; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2016–17 :; Pendik Çamlıkspor :: ''Winers'' (1): 2022–23 ;

Turkish Women's Second Football League The Turkish Women's Second Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 2. Futbol Ligi) is the third tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey. Format Teams promoted to Women's First League Format As of 2021-22 Season, 26 te ...

:; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1): 2015–16 ;

Turkish Women's Third Football League The Turkish Women's Third Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 3. Futbol Ligi) is the fourth-level league competition for women's association football in Turkey. History The Women's Third League was established in 2014 launching its first season i ...

:; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1): 2014–15 ;

Turkish Women's Regional Football League The Turkish Women's Regional Football League ( tr, Kadınlar Bölgesel Futbol Ligi) was the third-level league competition for women's association football in Turkey. History The Women's Regional League was established in 2009 launching its fir ...

:: ''Runners-up'' (2): 2009–10, 2010–11

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nalcaci, Safa Merve Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Van, Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers Turkish women's footballers Karşıyaka BESEM Spor players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Fatih Vatan Spor players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Kireçburnu Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Beylerbeyi S.K. (women's football) players