Tuğba Karataş (March 17, 1992) is a Turkish

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, who plays in the Turkish Women's Super League for Ankara BB Fomget GS with jersey number 23. She was part of the Turkey women's national U-17, U-19 and A teams.

Club career

Tuğba Karataş obtained her license on May 31, 2004, for

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, where she played until the end of the 2011–12 season. She enjoyed league champion titles in the 2007–08 and 2009–10 seasons. She capped 66 times in total and scored 25 goals for Gazi Üniversitesispor. Karataş took part at the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round- – Group 1 matches with Gazi Üniversitesispor. In the 2012–13 season, she played for Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she appeared in 18 games. After one season, Karataş transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı. In the 2020–21 Turkish Women's League season, she played for the

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-based club Fomhet Gençlik ve Spor. She transferred to

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for the 2021–22 Turkish Women's Super League.

International career

Tuğba Karataş was admitted to the Turkey gitls' national U-17 team and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on May 27, 2007. She took part at the 2008 UEFA Championship qualifying round – Group 6 and 2009 UEFA Championship qualifying round – Group 5 matches. She capped in 11 games. On April 15, 2009, she played for the first time in the Turkey women's U-19 team at the friendly match against Belarus. Karataş played at the 2010 UEFA Championship First qualifying round – Group 7 matches. She was in 6 matches of the Turkey women's U-19 team. She was called up to the Turkey women's national team to play at the UEFA Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 matches; however, she sat on the bench. On 7 April 2022, she debuted for the Turkey national team in the

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match against

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Career statistics

Honours

; Turkey Women's First Football League :; Gazi Üniversitesispor :: ''Winners'' (2): 2007–08, 2009–10 :: ''Third places'' (1): 2008–09 :; Kdz. Ereğlispor :: ''Third places'' (1):

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:; Trabzon İdmanocağı :: ''Third places'' (1): 2014–15

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karatas, Tugba 1992 births Living people People from Delice Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Gazi Üniversitesispor players Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fatih Vatan Spor players