Sevgi Çınar (born 15 January 1994) is a Turkish

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who plays for

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in the

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. She was part of the Turkey women's U-19 national football team before she entered the Turkey women's national team. She studied physical education and sports at the

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

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Early life

Çınar was born on 15 January 1994 in

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district of

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to Murat Çınar, who played football in

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig. Founded by railway workers of Turk ...

. She became interested in football as she accompanied her father to

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games. At the age of 13, she was discovered by Tevfik Işık, coach of Adana İdmanyurduspor, while she was playing football in the school. In the beginning, her father complied with Sevgi's devotion to football, but her mother objected. She was persuaded by coach Işık. Following her achievements, the parents supported her more and more.

Club career

In January 2012, Çınar left Adana İdmanyurduspor, where she began her football career, and accepted an offer of Konak Belediyespor. She joined the team in

, and appeared in her new team's play-off matches already in the

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season of Women's First League. She played in three matches of the

2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 11, 13 and 16 August 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide eight of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champio ...

, and scored one goal. At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title. She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. Following the play-off round, the 2016–17 season ended for her team as the champion fifth time in a row, and she became "top scorer" for the second time. By October 2017, she transferred to the

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-based club

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

. Çınar took part at 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 qualification round, and scored one goal. In October 2018, she joined the recently to the Women's First League promoted club

ALG Spor ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's association football, women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Göz ...

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. She was transferred by the 2018–19 Women's First League champion Beşiktaş J.K. to play in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9 matches. She scored one goal against the Armenian Alashkert. She could not play in the entire 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season due to a

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rupture on her left leg, she contracted during a national team camp before the beginning of the regular league season. She underwent a surgery late January 2021. Recovering from her injury, she appeared in a friendly match before the beginning of the 2021–22 Super League season. In December 2021, before the beginning of the 2021–22 Women's Super League, she underwent a surgery on her left knee due to the repeated

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. End August 2023, she transferred to

, which play for the first time in the

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International career

She debuted in the Turkey Girls' U-17 national team playing in the friendly match against Bulgaria on 1 July 2009. Çınar scored a total of five goals in two friendly matches against Moldova in August 2009. At the 2011 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship – Group 6 matches in

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, she scored three goals in the match against the Armenian nationals that ended 7–0 for the Turkish side. After appearing twelve times for the U-17 national team, she played in the U-19 team for the first time in the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 3 match against Germany on 2 April 2011. In the friendly match against the U-19 team from Wales, Sevgi Çınar scored the only goal for Turkey in September 2012. She scored a goal for Konak Belediyespor in the preliminary group match of

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against the

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n team

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. Çınar shot also a goal against

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from

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in the Round-32 of the same championship. On 28 November 2013, Çınar scored the first goal for Turkey in the

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match against Montenegron team that ended with 3–1. Çınar took part in three matches of the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round The preliminary round of the European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the 16 lowest-ranked teams among the 46 entrants. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Each group was played in a single round-r ...

Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Turkish Women's First League :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (5):

, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2017–18 :; ALG Spor :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19

Individual

: ''Top scorer'' 2010–11 Women's First League with Adana İdmanyurduspor : ''Top scorer'' 2016–17 Women's First League with Konak Belediyespor

References

External links

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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 Foo ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cinar, Sevgi 1994 births Living people People from Seyhan Sportspeople from Adana Province Footballers from Adana Dokuz Eylül University alumni Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Turkish Women's Football Super League players Adana İdmanyurduspor players Konak Belediyespor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players ALG Spor players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Beylerbeyi S.K. (women's football) players