Seyhan Gündüz (born September 15, 1980) is a Turkish former women's football

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, who last played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for

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with jersey number 11. She was part of the Turkish women's national team between 1997 and 2002.

Playing career

Club

Seyhan Gündüz began football playing with boys in the neighborhood. With the support of her parents, she joined Taçspor, a local football club, at the age of 13. On September 19, 1996, she obtained her license, and began playing for Dinarsusspor, which was already the Turkish Women's Football League champion for three successive seasons. In her first season with Dinarsuspor, the 1996–97 season, her club won the championship, their fourth successive achievement. In August 1999, she transferred to Zara Ekinlispor, who was the league champion for the second consecutive time. She left it to move to Marshall Boyaspor in November that year, and played two seasons there. In May 2001, she signed for Zeytinburnuspor. At the end of the 2001–02 season, Gündüz retired from active playing.

International

Gündüz made her national team debut at the age of 17 in the friendly match against

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on August 30, 1997. At the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group G matches, she scored two goals against

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that helped her team win by 2–1. She netted later in the tournament one goal against

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. Gündüz netted one goal against the women from

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and two goals against the

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nationals at the 2001 UEFA Women's Championship qualification – Group 8 matches. Gündüz took part at the 2003 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 8 matches, and scored one goal against

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and another against

. She

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32 times, scoring a total of 12 goals for the national team, including four goals in international friendly matches, with an overall of 0.375 per match. Her last appearance was in the match against

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at the 2003 FIFA World Cup qualification round on May 23, 2002. * ^† Goals at international friendly matches not included.

Honors

Club

;Women's League Champion * Dinarsuspor: 1996–97

References

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