Ayşe Kuru
{{Short description|Turkish footballer (born 1974)}}
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| name = Ayşe Kuru
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|01|02}}
| birth_place = Cide, Kastamonu, Turkey
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| position = Defender
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| years1 = 1996–1999
| clubs1 = Dinarsuspor
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| years2 = 1999
| clubs2 = Zara Ekinlipor
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| years3 = 1999–2001
| clubs3 = Marshall Boyaspor
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| nationalteam1 = Turkey
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2001
| nationalcaps1 = 30
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Ayşe Kuru (born 2 January 1974) is a Turkish former women's football defender. She was part of the Turkish women's national team between 1996 and 2001.
Playing career
=Club=
Kuru obtained her license for Dinarsuspor on 30 August 1996. She played in the Turkish Women's Football League, and was captain of her team. After Dinarsuspor withdrew from the league, she transferred to Zara Ekinlispor in August 1999, and then moved to Marshall Boyaspor in November the same year.
Kuru became the first ever Turkish women's footballer to play abroad after she moved to Germany to join FCR Duisburg.
=International=
Kuru was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team and debuted at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualification - Group 8 match against Bulgaria on 21 October 1995. She played in five matches of the qualification round. She played in seven matches of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification - Group 7, in three matches of the
1998 Women's Harvest Cup, in six matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualification - Group 8 and in one match of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification - Group 8. She capped 30 times in total for the women's national team.
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuru, Ayse}}
Category:Sportspeople from Kastamonu
Category:Turkish women's footballers
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Turkey women's international footballers
Category:Turkish expatriate women's footballers
Category:Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:FCR 2001 Duisburg players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
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