İlayda Civelek (born 6 July 1998) is a Turkish

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, who plays in the

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for Fenerbahçe. She played for the Turkey women's U-19 team before she was admitted to the Turkey women's team .

Club career

Amasya Eğitim Spor

Civelek obtained her license from her hometown club

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on 14 October 2011. She became top scorer in the 2015–16 Women's Second league season with 19 goals sharing the title with

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Beşiktaş

After playing five seasons with the team, she was transferred by the

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-based club

, which was recently promoted to the First League.

Ataşehir Belediyespor

By October 2017, she transferred to

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Kireçburnu Spor

The next season, she transferred to

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Ataşehir Belediyespor

However, after the first half of the 2018-19 First League season, she returned to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor.

ALG Spor

By October 2020, Civelek transferred to the 2019-20 Women's First League top team, which were entitled to participate at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She debuted at the

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playing in the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team

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, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal. She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.

Galatasaray

On 10 August 2022, she transferred to the

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club

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Fenerbahçe

On 21 July 2023, Civelek joined Super League fellow archrival Fenerbahçe.

International career

;Turkey girls' U-17 She played with her school team of Amasya Girls' Sports High School at the 2015 ISF World Tournament held in Guatemala. She scored four goals in one game, setting a record. ;Turkeywomen's U-19 She was admitted to the Turkey girls' national U-15 team debuting in the friendly match against Belarus and scoring one goal. Between 2013 and 2015, she capped in 23 matches of the Turkey women's national U-17 team and scored four goals. Civelek entered the Turkey women's national U-19 team to play in the 2105 UEFA Development Tournament. She took part at the qualification matches of the

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

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. ;Turkey women's Civelek was admitted to the Turkey women's team, and debuted internationally in the

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against

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on 18 September 2020.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

; Turkish Women's First Football League :; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2016–17 :; ALG Spor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2021-22 :: ''Third places'' (1):

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Individual ; Turkish Women's Second League : ''Top scorer'' (1): 2015–16 with Amasya Eğitim Spor (19 goals). ; Turkish Women's Super League : ''Crystal Feet - Best Defender'': 2023-24.

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