Sevgi Çınar (born January 15, 1994) is a Turkish female

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who plays for Beşiktaş of the

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with jersey number 77. 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 ( tr, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, ...

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Early life

Çınar was born on January 15, 1994, in Seyhan district of

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to Murat Çınar, who played football in

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a sports club based in Adana, Turkey. Founded by railway workers in 1940, the club is competitive in football, watersports, racquet sports and martial arts. Football team's thriving success at the Adana League and the ...

. 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 Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...

, 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 Izmir, 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

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, 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 football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...

. Çınar took part at the

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. 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 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 Gözcü. It is located in the İn ...

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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

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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 keft knee due to the repeated anterior cruciate ligament injury.

International career

She debuted in the Turkey Girls' U-17 national team playing in the friendly match against Bulgaria on July 1, 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 April 2, 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 RTP Unia Racibórz from

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in the Round-32 of the same championship. On November 28, 2013, Çınar scored the first goal for Turkey in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 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.

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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cinar, Sevgi 1994 births Living people People from Seyhan Sportspeople from Adana Dokuz Eylül University alumni Turkish women's footballers 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 international footballers