Güzide Alçu (born 5 July 1997) is a Turkish
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
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* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
defender who plays for
Hakkarigücü in the
Super League
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. She was part of the
Turkey women's U-19 team.
Personal life
Güzide Alçu was born in
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
, southeastern Turkey on July 5, 1997
in a Kurdish family.
After completing her secondary education at Diyarbakır Sport High School in the 2014–15 academic term, she was enrolled in the Physical Education and Sports College at
Dicle University
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History
Dicle Uni ...
for the study of Physical Education and Sports Teaching.
Club career
Amed
Alçu played football with boys in the youth team of a Diyarbakır club.
She obtained her license on April 7, 2011, from her hometown club Diyarbakır B.B. Spor, which had recently formed their women's football team,
and was later renamed to
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She played for the first time in the 2011–12
Women's Second League. At the end of the 2013–14 season, her club was relegated to the Third League.
She enjoyed her team's promotion to the Second League at the end of the 2015–16 season,
and the next season's unbeaten champion title resulted in her promotion to the First League.
Alçu significantly contributed to her team's success by scoring goals.
She served as the captain of her team.
Discipline for displaying V sign
Alçu and two of her teammates of Diyarbakır B.B. Spor displayed
V sign
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When dis ...
s to the observers in the stadium at
Erzincan
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after her team's win by an extraordinary score of 24–0 against the
Samsun
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-based Gülizar Hasan Yılmaz Güz Vocational High School Spor in the playoff match of the Women's Third League on March 21, 2015. The
Turkish Football Federation
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(TFF) interpreted the action as an insulting sign of ideological expression for
Kurdish separatism of the team members from Diyarbakır and referred the case to the Disciplinary Board of the TFF.
Upon reactions and public indignation, the TFF stepped back. It called the club officials in the late hours of March 26, 2015, and informed that the disciplinary inquiry launched against the four women footballers was lifted.
Neftchi
On 2 September 2024, Alçu transferred to Azerbaijani club
Neftchi PFK, competing in the
Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship
The AFFA Top Girls League () is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Azerbaijan.
History
The league was played out from 2003 for some years. After that there first were no leagues and then only youth (U15, U17) ones.
T ...
.
Hakkarigücü
In September 2024, she transferred to
Hakkarigücü to play in the
2024-25 Super Şeague season.
International career
In 2013, Alçu was called up to the camp of the
Turkey girls' U-17 team to get prepared for the
2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches. However, she was not selected.
She was admitted to the
Turkey women's U-19 team and played only in a friendly match against
Azerbaijan
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on February 24, 2014.
Career statistics
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References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alcu, Guzide
1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Diyarbakır
Dicle University alumni
Turkish women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
21st-century Turkish sportswomen">Women's association football defenders">Turkish women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Kurdish women's footballers
Amed S.K. (women) players
Hakkarigücü Spor players