Fatoş Yıldırım (born March 28, 1994) is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a

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in the

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for Ankara BB Fomget GS. In 2013, she was called up to the Turkish national team.

Early life

Fatoş Yıldırım was born in

Turgutlu Turgutlu, also known as Kasamba (''Cassaba'' or ''Casaba'') is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey Magnesia on the Maeander. Its area is 549 km2, and its population is 175,401 (2022). Its elevation is . The present name de ...

district of

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on March 28, 1994. She began playing football at a very young age in her local neighbourhood.

Club career

She received her license on May 30, 2008, for her hometown club Turgutlu Belediyespor. In the beginning of the 2010–11 season, she transferred to Gölcükspor, where she played only one season. Since November 2011, she has been with Trabzon İdmanocağı. After six seasons, she transferred to the

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-based club

Konak Belediyespor Konak Belediyespor Women's Football () is the women's association football, women's football team of the Turkey, Turkish multi-sport club Konak Belediyespor based in Konak, Izmir, Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...

in August 2017. She debıted at the

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and played in three games of the 2017–18 qualifying round in

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, Georgia. After one season with Konak Belediyespor, she moved to

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to join the recently promoted club

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 ...

in the Women's First League. For the second half of the 2019-20 Women's First League season, she transferred to

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's association football, women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. ...

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. She signed with the

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-based

Fomget Gençlik ve Spor Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fomget Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü, formerly Fomget Gençlik ve Spor, is a Turkish women's football sports club, based in the Mamak district of Ankara and sponsored by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. FOMGET is ...

in the 2021-22 Women's Super League.

International career

Fatoş Yıldırım was called up to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Bulgaria on June 27, 2009. She cappen three times for the Turkey U-17 nationals. She appeared in twenty games for the Turkey women's U-19 team, and scored one goal in the friendly match against Hungary.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Trabzon İdmanocağı :: ''Third places'' (2): 2011–12, 2014–15 :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Third places'' (1): 2017–18 :; ALG Spor :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim, Fatos 1994 births Living people People from Turgutlu Sportspeople from Manisa Province Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Gölcükspor players Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players Konak Belediyespor players ALG Spor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players