Yeliz Açar (born 19 December 1997) is a Turkish-born Azerbaijani

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a forward for Kadınlar 1. Ligi club

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. Histo ...

and the Azerbaijan women's national team. She has been a member of the Turkey women's national under-17 football team, and later of the Azerbaijan national team.

Club career

Açar obtained her license from Zeytinburnu Spor on 19 March 2010. She made her debut in the 2011–12 Women's Second League season for Istanbul Nurçelik Spor, which was renamed the next season Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor. She then signed with

Lüleburgaz 39 Spor Lüleburgaz 39 Spor is a Turkish women's football club based in Lüleburgaz town and district of Kırklareli Province. It was established in 2007. Currently, the club chairman is Cenk Güngör. The club was founded as a high school girls' team, ...

in September 2013. However, her club withdrew from the league, and according to the

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 Footba ...

's regulation, she was not allowed to transfer to any other club in the 2013–14 season. In the second half of that season, she moved to Kdz. Ereğlispor to play in the 2013–14 Women's First League. After a brief appearance in

Karadeniz Ereğli Karadeniz Ereğli (or Ereğli) is a city and district in Zonguldak Province of Turkey on the Black Sea shore. Population of the city proper is 121,237 as of 2020. The mayor of the city is Halil Posbıyık. Mehmet Yapıcı is the District Governor ...

, she returned to

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and joined Beşiktaş J.K. in the

Turkish Women's Third Football League The Turkish Women's Third Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 3. Futbol Ligi) is the fourth-level league competition for women's association football in Turkey. History The Women's Third League was established in 2014 launching its first season i ...

. At the end of the 2014–15 season, she enjoyed her team's promotion to the Women's Second League, and the next season her team's promotion to the Women's First League. After three seasons, she signed with

to play in the 2017–18 Women's First league.

International career

Turkey

Açar was a member of the Turkey girls' U-17 team in a friendly match against Switzerland in March 2013.

Azerbaijan

Açar became a member of the

Azerbaijan women's national football team The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 67th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. Azerbaijan has never qualified for any international tournament. The majority of A ...

. Açar played in three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group D, and three matches of the

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Career statistics

Honours

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Turkish Women's First Football League The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''Turkcell Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's football league of ...

:; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2016–17 :;

:: ''Runners-up'' /1):

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Turkish Women's Second Football League The Turkish Women's Second Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 2. Futbol Ligi) is the third tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey. Format Teams promoted to Women's First League Format As of 2021-22 Season, 26 te ...

:; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1): 2015–16 ;

:; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1): 2014–15

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acar, Yeliz 1997 births Living people Citizens of Azerbaijan through descent Azerbaijani women's footballers Women's association football forwards Azerbaijan women's international footballers Azerbaijani people of Turkish descent People from Fatih Footballers from Istanbul Turkish women's footballers Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Beşiktaş J.K. women's football players Fatih Vatan Spor players Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Sportspeople of Azerbaijani descent