Selin Dişli (born 15 April 1998) is a German-born Turkish

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who plays as a defender for Regionalliga West club

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and the Turkey national team.

Early life

Selin Dişli was born to Turkish immigrant parents in

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, Germany on 15 April 1998. Her father Süleyman Dişli is a native of Çaltılı village of Of district in Trabzon Province, northeastern Turkey. Her one-year older sister

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is also footballer in Germany and a national team member for Turkey.

Playing career

Club

Dişli played football already during her school years at St. Wolfhelm Gymnasium in Schwalmtal, Viersen. She so took part in her school's U-13 team. She began her football career entering the juniors team of

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. Between 2013 and 2015, she played two seasons in the "B-Juniorinnen-Bundesliga West/Südwest" capping 22 times and scoring seven goals. For the 2015–16 season, she was transferred by

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to play in the German Women's Regionalliga West, the third-tier of German women's football. After appearing in only one match, she moved the next season to 1. FC Köln II, where she capped four times and netted one goal. For the 2017–18 season, Dişli returned to her former club SC Fortuna Köln.

International

Dişli was admitted to the Turkey U-17 team debuting in the International Juniors Tournament held in

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, Serbia on 22 June 2013. She played in three matches of the 2014 UEFA Under-17 European Championship qualification - Group 4 held in Russia. She capped eight times for the national U-17 team. Dişli became a member of the Turkey U-19 team playing for the first time in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on 22 February 2014. She took part at the 2014 Kuban Spring Tournament, 2014 UEFA Championship Second qualifying round – Group 5, 2014 UEFA Under-19 Development Tournament, 2015 UEFA Under-19 European Championship qualification - Group 4. She was part of the team, which became champion of the 2016 UEFA Under-19 Development Tournament . Dişli capped in 21 games scoring eight goals in total. Dişli was promoted to the Turkey national team. In her first participation in the national team, she remained seated on the reserve bank in the UEFA European Championship 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against

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on 8 April 2016. Also in her next participation at the friendly match against

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on 27 November 2017, she came not in action.

Honours

International

;UEFA Development Tournament :; Turkey women's U-19 :: Winners (1): 2016

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Disli, Selin 1998 births Living people Citizens of Turkey through descent Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers People from Viersen Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia German women's footballers German people of Turkish descent Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players 1. FC Köln (women) players Association football defenders