Tuğba Karataş (March 17, 1992) is a Turkish
women's football midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, who plays in the
Turkish Women's Super League for
Ankara BB Fomget GS with jersey number 23. She was part of the Turkey women's national
U-17,
U-19 and
A teams.
Club career
Tuğba Karataş obtained her license on May 31, 2004, for
Gazi Üniversitesispor, where she played until the end of the
2011–12 season. She enjoyed league champion titles in the
2007–08 and
2009–10 seasons.
She capped 66 times in total and scored 25 goals for Gazi Üniversitesispor. Karataş took part at the
2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round- – Group 1 matches with Gazi Üniversitesispor.
In the
2012–13 season, she played for
Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she appeared in 18 games. After one season, Karataş transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı.
In the
2020–21 Turkish Women's League season, she played for the
Ankara
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-based club
Fomhet Gençlik ve Spor.
She transferred to
Fatih Vatan Spor
Fatih Vatan Spor Kulübü is a women's football team based in Fatih, Istanbul. The team completed the 2016–17 season of Turkish Women's Second Football League as champion, and were promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.
Histor ...
in
Istanbul
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for the
2021–22 Turkish Women's Super League.
International career
Tuğba Karataş was admitted to the Turkey gitls' national U-17 team and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on May 27, 2007. She took part at the
2008 UEFA Championship qualifying round – Group 6 and
2009 UEFA Championship qualifying round – Group 5 matches.
She capped in 11 games.
On April 15, 2009, she played for the first time in the Turkey women's U-19 team at the friendly match against Belarus.
Karataş played at the
2010 UEFA Championship First qualifying round – Group 7 matches. She was in 6 matches of the Turkey women's U-19 team.
She was called up to the
Turkey women's national team to play at the
UEFA Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 matches; however, she sat on the bench.
On 7 April 2022, she debuted for the Turkey national team in the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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match against
Bulgaria
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.
Career statistics
Honours
; Turkey Women's First Football League
:; Gazi Üniversitesispor
:: ''Winners'' (2):
2007–08,
2009–10
:: ''Third places'' (1):
2008–09
:; Kdz. Ereğlispor
:: ''Third places'' (1):
2012–13
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:; Trabzon İdmanocağı
:: ''Third places'' (1):
2014–15
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karatas, Tugba
1992 births
Living people
People from Delice
Turkish women's footballers
Turkey women's international footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Women's association football forwards
Gazi Üniversitesispor players
Karadeniz Ereğlispor players
Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players
Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Fatih Vatan Spor players