Zeynep Kerimoğlu (born 13 May 2003) is a Turkish

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, who plays for the

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club Fenerbahçe S.K. and the

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. Zeynep Kerimoğlu was born in

Ümraniye Ümraniye () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 46 km2, and its population is 723,760 (2023). It was separated from Üsküdar in 1987. It is bordered by Çekmeköy t ...

district of

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, Turkey on 13 May 2003.

Club career

Dudullu Spor

Kerimoğlu obtained her license at age eleven from her hometown club Dudullu Spor on 30 May 2014. She played in the youth teams during her career until 2017. On 2 December that year, she debuted in the Third League. At the end of the 2018–19 Third League, she enjoyed her team's promotion to the Second League. The next season, her team was promoted to the First League. She was named ''Top goalscorer'' of the 2019–20 Second League with 27 goals in eleven matches.

Beşiktaş J.K.

For the 2021–22 Super League season, she transferred to

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She scored eleven goals in 19 matches in one season, she played.

Fenerbahçe S.K.

She joined Fenerbahçe S.K. in the 2022–23 Super League season.

International career

Turkey U-17

Kerimoğlu was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted in the friendly match against

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on 19 December 2017. She took part in one match of the 2018 UEFA U-17 Championship qualification, three games of the 2019 UEFA U-16 Development Tournament and three matches of the 2020 UEFA U-17 Championship qualification. She capped in 14 matches and scored four goals until 2020.

Turkey U-19

She played for the Turkey women's U-19 team first time in a friendly match against

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on 5 September 2021. She participated in one match of the 2022 UEFA U-19 Championship qualification, and in three qualification matches of the 2022 UEFA U-19 Championship. She scored four girls in six matches.

Turkey

On 25 June 2022, she debuted for the Turkey senior team in the friendly match against

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. She played in the 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) against

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Turkish Women's Third Football League :; Dudullu Spor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2018–19 ; Turkish Women's Second Football league :; Dudullu Spor :: ''Runner's up'' (1): 2019–20

Individual

: ''Top goalscorer'' (1): 2019–20 Second League with Dudullu Spor (27 goals)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerimoglu, Zeynep 2003 births Living people People from Ümraniye Footballers from Istanbul Women's association football forwards Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Dudullu Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players