Yaşam Göksu (born September 25, 1995) is a Turkish female

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defender, who plays in the

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for Fenerbahçe. She has been part of the

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s since 2010.

Private life

Yaşam Göksu was born in Konak district of Izmir, Turkey on September 25, 1995. She has two elder brothers.

Playing career

Club

Yaşam Göksu obtained her license on March 2, 2007, and was admitted to the Konak Belediyespor club in her hometown. Already in the 2008–09 season, she became part of the team competing in the Women's First League. As of the 2013–14 season, she capped 110 times and scored 10 goals for Konak Belediyespor. During this period, she enjoyed two consecutive champion titles, in the

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and 2013–14 season with her club. Debuting in the match against

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on August 8, 2013, she appeared in seven matches of the

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, at which her team advanced to the Round of 16. In the 2015–16 season, she transferred to

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. After two seasons with 1207 Antayaspor, Göksu returned to her gormer club Konak Belediyespor in the 2017–18 season. In October 2018, she joined the

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-based 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 ...

, which were promoted to the Women's First League in the 2018–19 season. The next season, she returned to her hometown club Konak Belediyespor. On 22 January 2021, she moved to Spain, and joined the

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-based club

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to play in the n the Women's Segunda División Pro of Spain. For the 2021-22 Turkcell Super League season, she returned home to play in her former club Konak Belediyespor.

International

Göksu became international playing for the Turkey Girls' U-15 national team in the

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qualifying round match against

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on October 12, 2009. She capped two times for the Turkey U-15 team. Debuting in the match against the girls from England on October 3, 2010, she was part of the Turkey girls' national U-17 team in the four matches of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament in

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, at which Turkey took the bronze medal. She played in all three matches of the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship – Group 6 round. She capped 8 times in total for the Turkey U-17 team and scored two goals. She appeared for the Turkey U-19 team playing in two games of the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship – Group A round. Later, she took part at two matches of the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 5 scoring two goals, three matches of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10, and three games of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 5 competitions. On May 7, 2014, Yaşam Göksu debuted at the

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match playing for the Turkey women's national team against

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on May 7, 2015. After five years, she was called up again to the national team to play at the

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matches.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (3):

, 2013–14, 2014–15 :: ''Runners-up'' (1):

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:: ''Third places'' (3): 2009–10, 2017–18, 2019–20 :; ALG Spor ::''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goksu, Yasam 1995 births Living people People from Konak Footballers from İzmir Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Turkish expatriate women's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain 1207 Antalya Spor players Konak Belediyespor players ALG Spor players Fenerbahçe S.K. women's football players Segunda Federación (women) players Turkish Women's Football Super League players