Meryem Cennet Çal (born 12 July 2000), also known as Meryem Çal or Cennet Çal, is a Germany-born Turkish

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, who plays as a

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for

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (, ), abbreviated as BJK, is a Turkish professional sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

in the Turkish Women's Super League, and the Turkey women's national team. She was also a member of the Germany women's U-19 team. She had played in Germany and Switzerland before she moved to Turkey. She owns dual citizenship from Germany and Turkey.

Club career

VfL Sindelfingen

Çal started her career in Germany at

VfL Sindelfingen VfL Sindelfingen is a German sports club from Sindelfingen, Baden–Württemberg. With more than 9,000 members, the club, which was established in 1862, is one of the largest sporting organizations in Germany. VfL Sindelfingen has departments for ...

in the 2016–17 2. Frauen-Bundesliga and the

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. She continued to play for the team at the 2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal Frauen. She capped 33 times in total for VfL Sindelfingen.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

In the 2018–19 2. Frauen-Bundesliga season, she transferred to

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, where she played three seasons scoring three goals in 41 matches in total.

BSC YB Frauen

In January 2022, she transferred to

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to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Swiss Women's Super League season, where she played in eight matches.

Fenerbahçe S.K.

In June 2022, she moved to Turkey, and signed with Fenerbahçe S.K. to play in the

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International career

Germany U-19

In 2017 and 2018, Çal played for the Germany women's U-19 team three matches in total at the 2018, and the

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scoring one goal.

Turkey

Çal was admitted to the Turkey women's team, and debuten on 14 July 2023 in the friendly match against

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. She took part in three matches at the

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. She scoredone goal in the match against

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at the

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cal, Meryem Cennet 2000 births Living people People from Sindelfingen Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's international footballers German women's footballers Germany women's youth international footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Association football players with dual nationality Women's association football midfielders German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Women's Super League (Switzerland) players VfL Sindelfingen players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany 21st-century German sportswomen