Zerrin Bakır (born 27 June 1981) is a

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football coach, and former

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player in the top Turkish women's football leagues. She was a member of the Tyrkey women's national U-19 and A teams. She works as a school teacher.

Private life

Zerrin Bakır was born in Çamakkale on 27 June 1981. She works as a school teacher.

Club career

Bakır started her football career at her hometown club Çanakkale Belediyespor (1998-1999). She then played for Gemlik Zeytinspor (1999-2000), Kuzeyspor (2000-2001), and

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(2001-2002) in the Women's League, Marmara Üniversitesispor (208-2009) in the Women's Second League as well as Kartalspor (2009-2010) and again Marmara Üniversitesispor (2010-2011) in the Women's First League. She scored ten goals in a total of 31 league matches.

International career

In 1999, she became member of the Turkey girls' U-19 team, and appeared in two matches of the 2000 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying First round and in three matches of the Second round. She was admitted to the Turkey women's national team and debuted in the friendly match against

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on 1 July 1999. She played at three matches of the

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and six matches of the

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. She scored two goals in a total of 16 international matches.

Manager career

Bakır started a manager career after obtaining a UEFA A Coaching Licence. In 2014, she was appointed head coach of the newly established girls football club Öz Yavuzselimspor in

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district of

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. ın 2015, Her team competed in the Turkish Girls' U-15 Regional Championship's Group Istanbul. The team took part in the Girls' U-17 Turkey Championship in 2016.

References

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