Merve Aladağ
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{short description|Turkish women's footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Merve Aladağ
| image = MerveAladağ02.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Merve Aladağ for Ataşehir Belediyespor (October 2014)
| fullname = Merve Aladağ
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|03|01}}
| birth_place = Akçadağ, Malatya, Turkey
| height =
| currentclub = Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
| clubnumber = 23
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2006–2009
| clubs1 = Malatya Gençlik Spor
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2009–2011
| clubs2 = Altınşehir Lisesi Spor
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 25
| years3 = 2011–2015
| clubs3 = Ataşehir Belediyespor
| caps3 = 72
| goals3 = 62
| years4 = 2016–2018
| clubs4 = Kireçburnu Spor
| caps4 = 43
| goals4 = 17
| years5 = 2018–
| clubs5 = Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
| caps5 = 28
| goals5 = 5
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = Turkey U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2009
| nationalteam2 = Turkey U-19
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam3 = Turkey
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 8 March 2020
| nationalteam-update = 19 September 2012
}}
Merve Aladağ (1 March 1993) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish First League club Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor. With her team, she has also played the Champions League. She is a member of the Turkish national team, having made her official debut on 23 November 2011 against Romania, and as a junior international she played the 2012 U-19 European Championship.
Playing career
=Club=
File:MerveAladağ06.JPG in the 2014–15 season home match against Adana İdmanyurduspor]]
File:MerveAladağ&MerveOdabaşoğlu.jpg in the 2017–18 League season's home match against Ataşehir Belediyespor]]
Aladağ began her career in the high school team of Altınşehir Lisesi Spor, which played in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. Appeared in 17 league matches in the 2010–11 season, she scored a total of 21 goals.
The next season, she was transferred by Ataşehir Belediyesi, a club competing in the Turkish Women's First League. Aladağ netted 27 goals in 21 matches in the 2011–12 season, was named Top Scorer ({{langx|tr|Gol kraliçesi}}) and enjoyed her first league championship. She played in three matches at the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League and scored the only goals of her team in two matches. In the 2012–13 season, she netted 12 goals for Ataşehir Belediyesi in 17 matches.
In the beginning of the 2015–16 league season, Merve Aladağ was
transferred by Kireçburnu Spor. After three seasons with the Istanbul-based club, she moved to Kdz. Ereğlispor in October 2018.
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| +International goals | |||||
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=6 |Ataşehir Belediyespor | |||||
| 13 August 2011 | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina | {{flagicon|BIH}} SFK 2000 Sarajevo | bgcolor=#fcc |L 1–4 | rowspan=2 |2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 4 | 1 |
| 18 August 2011 | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina | {{flagicon|ROM}} CFF Olimpia Cluj | bgcolor=#fcc |L 1–4 | 1 | |
| 11 August 2012 | Lendava Sports Park Lendava, Slovenia | {{flagicon|LTU}} Gintra Universitetas | bgcolor=#cfc |W 3–2 | 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 1 | 1 |
=International=
Aladağ made her national team debut on 23 November 2011 in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match against the Romanian team.
She played for the Turkey U-19 national team in four games, the first on 8 May 2012. She scored a goal in the friendly match against the Hungarian team on 8 May 2012.
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| +International goals (Friendly matches not included) | |||||
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=6 |Turkey women's U-19 | |||||
| 24 September 2009 | Byca Arena Buca, Turkey | {{fbw|GEO}} | bgcolor=#cfc |W 13–0 | 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 7 | 2 |
Career statistics
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| rowspan=2 |Club
!rowspan=2 |Season !colspan=3 |League !colspan=2 |Continental !colspan=2 |National !colspan=2 |Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=2 |Malatya Gençlik Spor
|2006–2009 |3 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| colspan=2 |Total
!3 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| rowspan=3 |Altınşehir Lisesi Spor | 2009–10
|Second League |10 | 4 | – | – | 9 | 3 | 19 | 7 |
| 2010–11
|Second League |17 | 21 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | |
| colspan=2 |Total
!27 | 25 | – | – | 9 | 3 | 36 | 28 | |
| rowspan=6 |Ataşehir Belediyespor
|First League |21 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 30 | |
| 2012–13
|First League |17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 13 | |
| 2013–14
|First League |14 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2014–15
|First League |15 | 17 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | |
| 2015–16
|First League |5 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| colspan=2 |Total
!72 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 86 | 66 | |
| rowspan=4 |Kireçburnu Spor
|First League |7 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2016–17
|First League |19 | 5 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| 2017–18
|First League |17 | 8 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | |
| colspan=2 |Total
!43 | 17 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 43 | 17 | |
| rowspan=3 |Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
|First League |12 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2019–20
|First League |16 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| colspan=2 |Total
!28 | 5 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |
| colspan=3 |Career total
!173 | 111 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 199 | 118 |
Honors
=Club=
=Individual=
; Turkish Women's First League
: Top Scorer 2011–12 – (27 goals) with Ataşehir Belediyespor
References
External links
- {{UEFA player|250005832}}
{{Turkish Women's Football Highest League top goalscorers}}
{{commons category|Merve Aladağ}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aladag, Merve}}
Category:Turkish women's footballers
Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Ataşehir Belediyespor players
Category:Kireçburnu Spor players
Category:Karadeniz Ereğlispor players
Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players