Serenay Aktaş (born 1 October 1993) is a Turkish former women's football

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, and television series and film actress. Serenay Aktaş was born in the

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district of

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, Turkey on 1 October 1993.

Sports career

She obtained her football license from Zeytinburnuspor on 9 October 2007. She began to play for Zeytinburnuspor in the 2008–09 Women's First League. The next season, her team was relegated to the Second League. In the beginning of the 2010–11 season, she stayed far from the field. In the beginning of the second half of that season, she moved to

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to play in the Women's Regional League. She enjoyed her team's promotion to the Second League at the end of the 2010–11 season. In the 2012–13 Women's Second League season, she transferred to

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. She left her club in

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after the first half of the 2014–15 Second League season, and returned to Istanbul and signed with then Third League-club Beşiktaş J.K. However, her contract was annulled due to her participation in the reality show Survivor Turkey as a competitor. She was capped in a total of 54 games and scored 35 goals in her career.

Career statistics

Acting career

Television series

In addition to her football career, she starred in a number of television series. She appeared for the first time in '' Kanıt'' (2010–2013). She had then

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s in television series like ''Türk Malı'' (2010), ''

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'' (2010), ''Kalbim Seni Seçti'' (2011–2012) and ''Alemin Kralı'' (2011–2013). Her main role was the character "Gülüm" in ''

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'' (2007–2011). The next year, she played the character "Ayşe Hatun" in one season of ''

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'' (2013–2014). Her following roles included ''Acil Aşk Aranıyor '' (2015) and ''Gulumse yeter'' (2016).

Movies

Aktaş appeared in the movie ''Çılgın Dersane 3'' (2014). She then became the starring character in the movie ''Figüran'' (2015),''Yıldızlar da Kayar: Das Borak'' ("Stars Fall Too: Das Borak") (2016).

Reality show

In 2014, she participated in the celebrities team at '' Survivor Turkey – Celebrities vs Volunteers'', where she was eliminated after 91 days. And in 2015, she competed in ''Survivor Turkey – All Star''.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aktas, Serenay Living people 1993 births People from Bakırköy Footballers from Istanbul Actresses from Istanbul Women's association football forwards Turkish women's footballers Fatih Vatan Spor players 1207 Antalya Spor players Turkish television actresses Turkish film actresses Survivor Turkey contestants