Zehra Borazancı (born September 16, 1989) is a

Turkish-Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

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midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's Super League for

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 İ ...

with jersey number 22. She is also a successful international football tennis player for her country.

Personal life

Zehra Borazancı was born in

Famagusta Famagusta ( , ; el, Αμμόχωστος, Ammóchostos, ; tr, Gazimağusa or ) is a city on the east coast of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. It is located east of Nicosia District, Nicosia and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. Duri ...

( tr, Gazimağusa),

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

, on September 16, 1989.

Football career

Borazancı began playing football at a very young age. She played in her country

for the Kyrenia ( tr, Girne)-based sports club Akdeniz Spor Birliği in the Women's League organized by the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (KTFF) between 2008 and 2012. She enjoyed her team's champion title in four seasons in a row, and became top scorer with 14 goals in 2010. In 2012, she played for Girne American University at the Northern Cyprus Inter-University Women's Football and Futsal Championship, and enjoyed her team's champion title. She moved to Turkey, and obtained her Turkish license from Akdeniz Nurçelk Spor on December 2, 2011. She played the 2011–12 season in the Turkish Women's Second League for Istanbul Nurçelik Spor. The next season, she was transferred by Adana İdmanyurduspor, which played in the Women's First League. After one season, Borazancı went to the Netherlands, and signed with AGE Rotterdam playing in the Durch Women's Second League. At the end of the season, she returned to her former club Adana Idmanyurduspor, where she played two full seasons. In the second half of the 2016–17 season, she moved to the Izmir-based successful club Konak Belediyespor. She enjoyed her first Turkish Keague champion title with Konak Belediyespor, which became the fifth time champion in a row. Borazancı made her international debut with Konak Belediyespor in the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round – Group 1 match against

WFC Martve FC Martve ( ka, ქსკ მართვე) is a Georgian women's football club based in Kutaisi. They play in the Georgia women's football championship. The team finished the 2016 season as champion, and will play in the 2017–18 UEFA Women' ...

in Tbilisi, Georgia on August 22, 2017. She took part in three matches of the tournament. Borzancı signed with the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor before the club's participation at the

2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played between 7 and 13 August 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 12 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions L ...

. She played in two of the three matches of the qualification round. In October 2018, she joined the Gaziantep-based club

, which were promoted to the Women's First Leagıe in the 2018–19 season. By October 2019, she transferred to Kireçburnu Spor in Istanbul. After playing 8 games and scoring three goals in the first half of the 2019-20 First League season, she moved to

1207 Antalyaspor 1207 Antalya Spor, a.k.a. 1207 Antalyaspor, is a women's football team based in Antalya playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. Current chairman of the club is Süleyman Türk. History The women's team was founded as Antalya Yeni ...

to play in the Second League. Borazancı transferred to the Ankara-based Fomget Gençlik ve Spor in the

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. In June 2021, she joined her former club ALG Spor to play in the Turkish Women's Super League. She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. On 18 August 2022, she playedin the

2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League is the 22nd edition of the European women's club Association football, football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It is the ...

Football tennis career

Borzancı took part at the 11th World Footballtennis Championship 2014 held in North Nicosia representing her country Northern Cyprus, and became runners-up in the Women's single event. In 2015, she became silver medalist with her teammate Gizem Yahat in the Women's double event at the European Football Tennis Championship in Târgoviște, Romania. As part of the Northern Cyprus women's national football team, she participated at the 2016 FIFTA World Football Tennis Cup held in Northern Cyprus, she placed the third rank in the Women's double event with her teammate Ayşe Mullacuma. In 2017, Borazancı was a member of her country's team at the 2017 European Football Tennis Championship held in Bucharest, Romania.

Career statistics

Honours

;Turkish Women's First League :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2016–17 :; ALG Spor :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borazanci, Zehra Living people 1989 births People from Famagusta Turkish Cypriot women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor players Adana İdmanyurduspor players Konak Belediyespor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players ALG Spor players Kireçburnu Spor players 1207 Antalya Spor players Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Turkish Cypriot expatriate sportspeople