Feride Bakır (born June 26, 1992) is a

Turkish-German Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans ( or ''Deutschtürken''; , also known as ''Gurbetçiler'' or ''Almancılar''), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used to refer to German-born ...

female

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defender, who played in the German top women's league lately for Bayer 04 Leverkusen until 2013. She was part of the Turkey women's national football team. Bakır was born in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

, Germany on June 26, 1992. In July 2014, she completed an education in sports graduating from the "Elite School of Sports Leverkusen", a vocational boarding school in

Leverkusen Leverkusen () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf. The city is part of the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan ...

consisting of sports classes of the Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium.

Playing career

Club

In May 2006, she took part as a member of SV Siegburg 04 at a qualification tournament for girls' under-15 organized by Western German Football and Athletics Association (; ''WFLV'') in

Hennef Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg (river), Sieg, approx. south-east of Siegburg and east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ...

, and played for the selection of

Middle Rhine Middle Rhine (, ; kilometres 529 to 660 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Bingen and Bonn in Germany. It flows through the Rhine Gorge (), a formation created by erosion, which happened at about the same rate as an uplift i ...

team. Feride Bakır began her football career at Blau-Weiß Friesdorf. In 2008, she moved to

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr was a German association football, football club from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The best-known section within the club was its women's football team, which was founded in 1969 and won the German Championship ...

. On March 29, 2009, she debuted in the Women's Bundesliga, the top level of the German women's football league system, at the home game against

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), or HSV (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its Association football, football department. Though the current HSV was founde ...

. In the 2009–10 season, she was a regular player. In the 2010–11 season, she was transferred by the Bundesliga rival

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

. On October 31, 2010, Bakır scored her first goal in the Bundesliga in the match against her former club, bringing her team to an intermediate lead with 1–0 in the match. After playing all the years in the

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position, she became a defender in the 2012–13 season. At the end of the 2012–13 season, she left Bayer 04 Leverkusen. She capped forty times in three seasons and scored three goals, including cups.

International

Feride Bakır was admitted to the Turkey women's U-19 team playing in the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 1 match against Sweden on March 27, 2010. She took part also at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 matches. She capped six times in total for the Turkey women's U-19 team. Bakır was called up to the

Turkey women's national football team The Turkey women's national football team () represents Turkey in international women's football (soccer), women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualify ...

before she appeared for the Turkey women's U-19 team. She played for the first time at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 match against

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on November 21, 2009. She participated at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5, and

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 The UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 was contested by six teams competing for one spot for the final tournament. Spain's María Paz Vilas, María Paz set a new competition record when she scored seven goals against Kazakhstan. Stand ...

matches for Turkey. She capped thirteen times between 2009 and 2011.

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