Pınar Yalçın (born 7 November 1988) is a
Turkish-Swedish 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
...
forward
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who played in the
Swedish Women's Football Division 2
Division 2 () is the fourth level in the league system of Swedish women's football and comprises 9 sections with 10 football teams in each.
Current sections - 2019 season
;Div 2 Norra Norrland
Alviks IK , Assi IF , Hägglunds IoFK , IFK Åk ...
between 2013 and 2017.
She also played for the
Turkey women's national football team
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in 2015.
She is nicknamed "Pinnen" (Swedish for "the stick") by her fans.
Personal life
Yalçın was born in
Rosengård
Rosengård (literally "Rose Manor") was a city district () in the center of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Husie, forming Öster. In 2012, Rosengård had a population of 23,563 of the municipality's 307,758. It ...
district of
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 ...
in Sweden. Her parents immigrated to Sweden from Turkey. She has one sister and two brothers.
Playing career
Club
She began playing in the youth team of
Malmö FF Dam, which was renamed to LdB FC Malmö in 2007, and then to FC Rosengård in 2013.
Yalçın was transferred by the Turkish community club
Malmö Anadolu BI.
After playing briefly for BK Kick,
BK Olympic
BK Olympic is a Swedish football club located in Lindängen which is a residential area of Malmö.
Background
The club was founded in 1920 as IF Olympia. The following year the club was expanded and it was decided to make an application for p ...
,
and
1. Dalby GIF,
she signed with
Husie IF for the 2013–14 season.
In 2013, she also officiated at women's football matches in other league divisions.
International
Yalçın was called up to take part in the Turkey national team for the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round matches. In a newspaper interview, she emphasized that she preferred to play for the Turkey national team.
She added that she is happy to make her debut in the match against
England women's national football team
The England women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, has been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). England played its first interna ...
.
Yalçın was capped four times in the Turkey national team competing in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) matches.
References
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1991 births
Footballers from Malmö
Swedish people of Turkish descent
Women's association football forwards
Swedish women's footballers
Swedish football referees
FC Rosengård players
Turkish women's footballers
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Turkey women's international footballers
Living people
BK Olympic players
Kvarnby IK players
FC Rosengård 1917 players
21st-century Swedish sportswomen
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