Duygu Yılmaz (born May 3, 1988) is a Turkish

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who plays in the Turkish Women's Super League for

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with jersey number 1. She was a member of the U-17, U-19 and Turkey women's national team.

Early years

Duygu Yılmaz was born to a footballer father in

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district

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, Turkey on May 3, 1988. Her older sister played also football.

Club career

Yılmaz obtained her license for

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in her hometown on March 4, 2003. She began her career in the forward position. However, she accepted her trainers suggestion to play the goalkeeper from then on due to her good reflex she exposed during a training as she was keping the

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. After playing two full seasons between 2008 and 2010, she transferred to the Istanbul-based Ataşehir Belediyespor. she enjoyed league champion title at the end of the 2009–10 season with Gazi Üniversitesispor. She took part for Ataşehir Belediyespor at all three matches of the

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. In October 2018, she transferred to Kdz. Ereğlispor. In the 2020-21 Turkish Women's Football League season, she joined

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and enjoyed the champion title with her team. By October 2021, she transferred to the newly established Fatih Karagümrğk Women's. In the 2024–25 Super League season, she transferred to

International career

Yılmaz was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted in the friendly match against

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on January 31, 2008. She was a member of the Turkey women's U-19 team, and took part at three matches of the 2007 UEFA Championship First qualifying round. She capped in total 14 times for the national U-19 team. She played her first match with the Turkey women's national team on November 18, 2006, and participated in three matches of the

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, four of the 2008 UEFA Support International Tournament, tw of the 2009 UEFA Support International Tournament, seven of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches, and one of the

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match. She capped in 20 matches between 2006 and 2011.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First Football League :; Gazi Üniversitesispor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2009–10 :; Ataşehir :: ''Winners'' (2):

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, 2011–12, 2011–12 :: ''Runners-up'' (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 :: ''Third places'' (41): 2016–17 :; Beşiktaş :: ''Winners'' (1): 2020–21 :; Fatih Karagümrük ::''Runners-up'': 2021–22

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yilmaz, Duygu Living people 1988 births People from Keçiören Footballers from Ankara Province Footballers from Ankara Women's association football goalkeepers Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Gazi Üniversitesispor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players Beylerbeyi S.K. (women's football) players