Zeynep Kerimoğlu (born 13 May 2003) is a Turkish
football
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forward
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, who plays for the
Women's Super League
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club
Fenerbahçe S.K. and the
Turkey women's national football team
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.
Zeynep Kerimoğlu was born in
Ümraniye
Ümraniye () is a district of Istanbul. It was separated from Üsküdar in 1987. It is bordered by Çekmeköy to the northeast, Sancaktepe to the east, Ataşehir to the south, Üsküdar to the west and Beykoz to the northwest.
History
Ümraniye i ...
district of
Istanbul
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, Turkey on 13 May 2003.
Club career
Dudullu Spor
Kerimoğlu obtained her license at age eleven from her hometown club
Dudullu Spor
Dudullu Spor Women's Football ( tr, Dudullu Spor Kadın Futbol Takımı) is a women's football team based at Yukarı Dudullu neighborhood of Ümraniye district in Istanbul Province, Turkey playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It w ...
on 30 May 2014. She played in the youth teams during her career until 2017. On 2 December that year, she debuted in the
Third League. At the end of the 2018–19 Third League, she enjoyed her team's promotion to the
Second League. The next season, her team was promoted to the First League.
She was named ''Top goalscorer'' of the 2019–20 Second League with 27 goals in eleven matches.
Beşiktaş J.K.
For the
2021–22 Super League season, she transferred to
Beşiktaş J.K.
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She scored eleven goals in 19 matches in one season, she played.
Fenerbahçe S.K.
She joined
Fenerbahçe S.K. in the
2022–23 Super League season.
International career
Turkey U-17
Kerimoğlu was admitted to the
Turkey girls' U-17 team,
and debuted in the friendly match against
Russia
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on 19 December 2017. She took part in one match of the
2018 UEFA U-17 Championship qualification, three games of the 2019 UEFA U-16 Development Tournament and three matches of the
2020 UEFA U-17 Championship qualification. She capped in 14 matches and scored four goals until 2020.
Turkey U-19
She played for the
Turkey women's U-19 team first time in a friendly match against
Kosovo
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on 5 September 2021.
She participated in one match of the
2022 UEFA U-19 Championship qualification,
and in three qualification matches of the
2022 UEFA U-19 Championship. She scored four girls in six matches.
Turkey
On 25 June 2022, she debuted for the
Turkey senior team in the friendly match against
Azerbaijan
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. She played in the
2023 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) against
Portugal
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.
Career statistics
.
Honours
Club
; Turkish Women's Third Football League
:; Dudullu Spor
:: ''Winners'' (1): 2018–19
; Turkish Women's Second Football league
:; Dudullu Spor
:: ''Runner's up'' (1): 2019–20
Individual
: ''Top goalscorer'' (1): 2019–20 Second League with Dudullu Spor (27 goals)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerimoglu, Zeynep
2003 births
Living people
People from Ümraniye
Footballers from Istanbul
Women's association football forwards
Turkish women's footballers
Turkey women's international footballers
Dudullu Spor players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players
Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players