Jessica O'Rourke

{{short description|Association football player}}

{{EngvarB|date=February 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jessica O'Rourke

| fullname = Jessica Lynne O'Rourke Çarmıklı

| birth_name = Jessica Lynne O'Rourke{{cite web |url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1955225 |title=Jessica Lynne O'Rourke |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=26 January 2023 |language=tr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205003021/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1955225 |archive-date=5 December 2016}}

| image = JessicaO'Rourke (5).jpg

| caption = Jessica O'Rourke (2016–17 season)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|01|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}

| position = Midfielder, defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =1999–2004

| youthclubs1 = Medford Strikers Scream

| youthyears2 = 2000–2003

| youthclubs2 = Cherokee High School Lady Chiefs

| youthyears3 = 2001–2004

| youthclubs3 = New Jersey State ODP Team

| collegeyears1 = 2004–2007

| college1 = NC State Wolfpack

| years1 = 2005

| clubs1 = Carolina Dynamo

| caps1 = 5

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2007

| clubs2 = New Jersey Wildcats

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = F.C. Indiana

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = Chicago Red Stars

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009

| clubs5 = Buffalo Flash

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 3

| years6 =2009

| clubs6 =Sporting de Huelva

| caps6 =16

| goals6 =0

| years7 = 2010

| clubs7 = Zvezda 2005 Perm

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2016–2017

| clubs8 = Beşiktaş

| caps8 = 19

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2019–2021

| clubs9 = Beşiktaș

| caps9 = 16

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2022

| clubs10 = Fenerbahçe

| caps10 = 17

| goals10 = 2

| totalcaps = 109

| totalgoals = 16

| nationalyears1 = 2020

| nationalteam1 = Turkey

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

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Jessica Lynne O'Rourke Çarmıklı ({{nee|O'Rourke}}; born 3 January 1986) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder and a defender. Born in the United States, she represented Turkey internationally.

Early life

O'Rourke was raised in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey, and attended Cherokee High School.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228224840/http://gopack.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/orourke_jessica00.html|url=http://gopack.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/orourke_jessica00.html|title=Player Bio: Jessica O'Rourke :: Women's Soccer|website=NC State Wolfpack|accessdate=13 February 2022|archive-date=28 December 2005}}

Club career

File:JessicaO'Rourke (7).jpg in the 2016–17 season's play-off home match against 1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediyespor. ]]

Jessica started her professional career in 2008 with the only professional team in the US at that time, the F.C. Indiana Lionesses. She played a significant role as a defensive midfielder for F.C. Indiana as they won USL W-League Central Conference in 2008; advancing to the Championship Finals where she tallied the only goal for the Lionesses in the 47'.

On January 16, 2009, she was drafted by the Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) with the 2nd pick of the 9th Round (58th overall).

In 2009, she competed in the United Soccer Leagues' W-League as team Vice Captain for the Buffalo Flash; then played in the Spanish Superliga Femenina with the Club Cajasol Sporting de Huelva.

For the 2010/2011 season, she joined the club Zvezda-2005 in the Russian Women's Football Championship league and the UEFA Women's Champions League.

In November 2016, Jessica signed with the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş to play in the Turkish Women's First Football League. After an 18-month absence for maternity, she returned with Beşiktaş J.K. and took part in the first appearance of the club in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches; scoring her first goal in Champions League play against Alashkert in the 87th minute.

On September 3, 2021, Fenerbahçe announced technical staff, with Jessica Çarmıklı being announced as administrative manager.{{cite news |url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/kulup/2021/9/kadin-futbol-takimimizin-teknik-ekibinde-gorev-yapacak-isimler-belli-oldu |title=Kadın Futbol Takımımızın teknik ekibinde görev yapacak isimler belli oldu |date=3 September 2021 |publisher=Fenerbahçe S.K. |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=tr }} On January 8, 2022, Fenerbahçe announced that she would be on the field as a footballer for the club for the rest of the season.{{cite news |url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol-kadin/2022/1/bilgilendirme |title=Bilgilendirme |date=8 January 2022 |publisher=Fenerbahçe S.K. |access-date=24 March 2023 |language=tr }}

International career

By September 2020, O'Rourke Çarmıklı was called up to the Turkey women's national football team to play at the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A matches. She wore the Turkish national jersey for the first time as she was naturalized through her marriage to a Turkish person. She played at the away match against Kosovo in Antalya on 23 October 2020.

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 5 June 2022}}.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan=2 |Club

!rowspan=2 |Season

!colspan=3 |League

!colspan=2 |Continental

!colspan=2 |National

!colspan=2 |Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=4 |Beşiktaş

|2016–17

First League

|19

2192
2019–20First League

|10

210112
2020–21First League

|6

0001070
colspan=2 |Total

!35

41010374
rowspan=2 |Fenerbahçe

|2021–22

|Super League

|17

200172
colspan=2 |Total

!17

200172

Honours

Personal life

O'Rourke has resided in Turkey since 2010 and has settled in Istanbul. She is married to Turkish businessman Oğuzhan Çarmıklı. They have two children.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1955225 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Jessica Lynne O'Rourke |language=Turkish |accessdate=2017-02-10 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=202&ftxtID=33741 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya maçı hazırlıklarına devam ediyor |date=18 September 2020 |language=tr |accessdate=20 September 2020 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=283&ftxtID=33784 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya'ya 3-1 yenildi |date=18 September 2020 |language=tr |accessdate=20 September 2020 }}

{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmUqNfkv00Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/NmUqNfkv00Q |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube |title=Kadın Futbolcumuz Jessica O'Rourke Türkiye'nin tanıtım elçisi oldu |date=2017-04-27 |accessdate=2018-03-08}}{{cbignore}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.haberkarakartal.com/besiktasli-kadin-futbolcu-hamile/ |newspaper=Haber Kara Kartal |title=Beşiktaş'lı kadın futbolcu hamile |date=2017-09-10 |language=tr |accessdate=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815001147/https://www.haberkarakartal.com/besiktasli-kadin-futbolcu-hamile/ |archive-date=2018-08-15 |url-status=dead }} https://www.sporx.com/besiktasin-surpriz-transferi-jessica-orourke-carmikli-SXHBQ697890SXQ

{{cite news |url=https://www.sporx.com/besiktasin-surpriz-transferi-jessica-orourke-carmikli-SXHBQ697890SXQ |newspaper=SporX |title=Beşiktaş'ın sürprix transferi; Jessica O'Rourke Çarmıklı |date=3 April 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=9 August 2019 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2027774--alashkert-vs-besiktas/statistics/ |publisher=UEFA |title=Alashkert (ARM) 0-3 Beşiktaş (TUR) |access-date=15 August 2019 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/2027374--slovenia-vs-turkey/lineups/ |publisher=UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England |title=Slovenia 3-1 Turkey |accessdate=20 September 2020 }}

2009 WPS Draft

2008 USL W-League Season results

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Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:Cherokee High School (New Jersey) alumni

Category:Sportspeople from Evesham Township, New Jersey

Category:Soccer players from Burlington County, New Jersey

Category:American women's soccer players

Category:21st-century American sportswomen

Category:Women's association football defenders

Category:Women's association football midfielders

Category:NC State Wolfpack women's soccer players

Category:F.C. Indiana players

Category:Chicago Red Stars players

Category:Sporting de Huelva players

Category:Zvezda 2005 Perm players

Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players

Category:American expatriate women's soccer players

Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Russia

Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Spain

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Category:American emigrants to Turkey

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Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen

Category:Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players

Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players

Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players

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