Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk, aka Nadija Inan or Nadja Inan (born Helga Nadire İnan on September 10, 1984), 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 ...

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currently playing in the Turkish Women's Second Football League for Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor in

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. She was a member of the

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between 2008 and 2010.

Playing career

Club

Inan entered in her hometown club FSC Mönchengladbach in July 2003, and played until the end of that year. Then, she played in other German clubs

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(January 2004 – June 2005) and SG Wattenscheid 09 Women (July 2006 – June 2008). Inan transferred to

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, competing at the Nationalliga A Women in

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between 2009 and 2011. In January 2012, she moved to Turkey to play for Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor with the initiative of her uncle, who is the father of women's national player Burcu Düner.

International

She scored her first goal for Turkey at the UEFA Support Tournament against

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in 2008. In the UEFA Support Tournament next year, she netted a goal against

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n women.

References

1984 births Women's association football midfielders German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland German sportspeople of Turkish descent German women's footballers Living people Footballers from Mönchengladbach Turkey women's international footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen FFC Zuchwil 05 players Frauen-Bundesliga players FCR 2001 Duisburg players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland 21st-century German sportswomen {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub

Playing career

Club

International

See also

References