Leyla Güngör (born May 29, 1993) is a Turkish international women's footballer who plays as a defender in the Swedish Damallsvenskan for FC Rosengård. She is a member of the Turkish national team.

Early life

Leyla Güngör was born on May 29, 1993, in

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, Sweden to a Turkish father and Swedish mother, as their second child.

Playing career

Club

Leyla began playing football at the age of five following her older brother Sami's footsteps. She entered the Turkish community's sports club Türk Anadolu FF Malmö, a mixed-gender team. She was supported by her parents, and her grandfather took Leyla to training when her parents were at work. At the age eleven, she transferred to IF Limhamn Bunkeflo. Currently, she plays in the Swedish Women's First League team FC Rosengård, which is the third club in her career.

International

After playing some time in the Sweden women's national under-17 football team, Güngör received an invitation from the Turkish Football Federation to join the Turkey national team. Enthusiastically preferring the Turkish side, she promptly accepted. In the beginning, she communicated to the team in English, because she could not speak Turkish well but could understand it. On September 11, 2010, she played for the first time in the Turkey U-19 national team at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 against Romania, and scored both of the game's goals for her country. Promoted to the Turkey women's national team in 2011, she scored the only goal for Turkey in her first appearance in the match against the Spanish side at the

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 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gungor, Leyla 1993 births Footballers from Malmö Living people Swedish people of Turkish descent Swedish women's footballers Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders FC Rosengård players Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Damallsvenskan players Kristianstads DFF players IF Limhamn Bunkeflo players 21st-century Swedish sportswomen