Ecem Cumert (born 7 February 1998) is a German-born Turkish

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, who plays as a

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for Turkish Women's Super League club

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and the Turkey national team.

Early life

Cumert was born in

Ehingen Ehingen (Donau) (; ) is a town in the Alb-Donau (district), Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the left bank of the Danube, approx. southwest of Ulm and southeast of Stuttgart. The city, like the entire district o ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, Germany on 7 February 1998. She has

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of Germany and Turkey. She lived till the age of 14 in

Munderkingen Munderkingen (; ) is the smallest town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 9 km southwest of Ehingen Ehingen (Donau) (; ) is a town in the Alb-Donau (district), Alb-Donau district ...

with her brother Mert, her sisters Gülafer-Ceren and Cemre, and her parents. She then moved to

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

to start her football career.

Club career

Cumert played in Germany for

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

in the German Frauen-Bundesliga. Between 2014 and 2017, she capped 22 times and scored four goals in total. At the end of the

2016–17 Frauen-Regionalliga The 2016–17 season of the Regionalliga (women), women's Regionalliga was the 13th season of Germany's third-tier women's Association football, football league using the current format. North Top scorers . Northeast Top scorers . West ...

season, her team became champion of the Group South and was promoted to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. In September 2017, she moved to Turkey and transferred to the

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-based

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to play in the Turkish Women's First Football League. After scoring two goals in 17 matches of the 2017-18 season, she returned to Germany to play for her hometown club SV Alberweiler in the Frauen-Regionalliga Süd. She capped in 16 games and scored ten goals for SV Alberweiler in two seasons. Cumert transferred to

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

for the

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season.

ALG Spor

In Summer 2021, she went to Turkey again, and joined

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-based

ALG Spor ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's association football, 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 Göz ...

to play in the 2021–22 Women's Super League.

Fenerbahçe

In the 2022-23 Turkish Women's Super League season, she transferred to Fenerbahçe S.K.

Galatasaray

On 23 August 2024, Cumert signed a one-year contract with

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club

International career

Cumert played for the German national U-17 team before she switched over to the Turkey national team. She played in the Turkish national U-19 team in three matches at the 2017 UEFA Under-19 European Championship qualification – Group 10. She was admitted to the Turkey national team and debuted internationally in the 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 match against

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. She played in four of the UEFA European Championship 2021 qualifying Group A matches. She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.

International goals

Career statistics

Honours

; Frauen-Regionalliga South :;

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:: ''Winners'' (1): 2016–17. ; Turkish Women's Super League :;

:: ''Winners'' (1): 2021-22 :;

:: ''Winners'' (1): 2017–18

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cumert, Ecem 1998 births Living people People from Ehingen Footballers from Tübingen (region) German sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany German women's footballers Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Frauen-Bundesliga players Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers SC Freiburg (women) players Ataşehir Belediyespor players MSV Duisburg (women) players ALG Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players 21st-century German sportswomen