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Melisa Ertürk
Personal information
Full name Melisa Dilber Ertürk
Date of birth (1993-08-09) August 9, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Youth career
2003–2006 Gloucester Hornets SC
2006–2009 Nepean Hotspurs
2007–2010 → Queen Elizabeth Royals
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 20 (2)
2012 UT Martin Skyhawks 22 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Ottawa Fury Women
International career‡
2010 Turkey U-17 4 (3)
2010–2012 Turkey U-19 18 (4)
2010–2012 Turkey 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 5, 2012

Melisa Dilber Ertürk (born August 9, 1993) is a women's football midfielder playing in Canada and the United States. Born in Canada, she was a member of the Turkey women's U17, U19 and Turkey women's national teams.

Private life

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Ertürk was born to Mehmet Ertürk and his Franco-Canadian spouse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 9, 1993.[1][2]

As a girl, she was initially interested in gymnastics. However, she was inspired by her elder sister, who played football. At the age of six, she asked her mother for permission to play football. She liked it, playing much after the first match. She began to play in the beginners' league. The next year, she took part in competition league. She had to play with older children, because she was more skilled than her peers.

She has the strong support of her parents, who watch her playing from the bleachers and plan their free time according to their daughter's sports program. Her sister's football career ended after a severe injury. Her father is still in active sports. He plays football in the club Istanbulspor SC, which he co-founded. Ertürk admits that her managers contributed much to her development in football.[3] The 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall sportswoman played also varsity volleyball.[4]

Ertürk received a bilingual secondary school diploma (French immersion diploma).[4] Her poor knowledge of Turkish became a language barrier and a communication problem during her time with the Turkey national team. After her first participation at the national team training camp, she began a Turkish language course in Canada.[3]

Playing career

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Club

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Ertürk played football in school teams during her education. As a player in the midfielder position, she was with [Nepean Hotspurs SC,[5] Ontario, [3] Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Middle Tennessee State University.[6][4] She played in the U17 team of the Ottawa Fury Women, who compete in the American-Canadian USL W-League.[3] Ertürk served as a team captain in 2009.[4]

International

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Turkey girls' U17

Ertürk was admitted to the Turkey girls' U17 team. She played in the International Women's Under-17 Friendship Tournament held in Drama, Greece, appearing for the first time in the team against Bulgaria on June 27, 2010. She capped four times and scored three goals for the national U17 team.[2][7]

Turkey women's U19

She became a member of the Turkey women's U19 team. She played in the 2010 Kuban Spring Tournament held in Sochi, Russia, and debuted for the national U19 team in the match against Southern Russia team on March 6, 2010.[5][8] She scored three goals in the tournament.[2][9][10][11]

She took part in the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 1 matches and debuted against Sweden U19 team in Örebro, Sweden on March 27, 2010.[1] She netted a goal against Ireland on March 29, 2010.[2] She was called up again to the national U19 team for the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round, and played in three matches.[12][13][14] Ertürk took part at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 3 matches in Wales between March 31 and April 5, 2011.[15] She participated in the matches against Iceland and Germany.[16][17] Before the match against Wales, she contracted acute appendicitis and underwent a successful surgery in a hospital at Carmarthen, Wales.[18] Ertürk capped in total 18 times and scored four goals.[2]

Turkey women's

Ertürk participated at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches as a member of the Turkey women's team. Her first appearance was in the game against Austria in Anger, Styria, Austria on June 23, 2010.[19][20] She took part also in the matches against England in Walsall, England on July 29, 2010,[21] and against Austria in Samsun on August 25, 2010.[22] Her next participation was at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match against Germany in Izmir on February 15, 2012.[23]

Honours

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  • Member of the Honor Roll (2003, 2007–08)[4]
  • Teamwork Award by Gloucester Hornets SC (2003, 2004)[4]
  • Leadership Award by Gloucester Hornets SC (2005, 2006)[4]
  • Athletic and Sportsmanship Award by Queen Elizabeth School (2007)[4]
  • Champion: City Schools Championship (2007–08, 2010–11),[4]
  • Runner-up: Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations competition (2008–09)[4]
  • Runner-up: Provincial All-Star Championship (2009)[4]
  • USL North American champion (2010)[4]
  • Super-Y North American Championship title with Ottawa Fury Women U17 (2010)[3][4][24][25]
  • Award of Excellence (2010)[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Melisa Ertürk". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Melisa Dilber Ertürk" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kütükoğlu, Ceyla (2011-02-01). "Futbolcu ailenin, futbolcu kızı: Melisa Ertürk" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "MT Athletics – Melisa Erturk". Go Blue Raiders. 2011. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  5. ^ a b "U19 Bayan Milli Takımı, Güney Rusya Karması'nı 7–1 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  6. ^ "Almanya maçının aday kadrosu açıklandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  7. ^ "Bayanlar Uluslar Arası Dostluk Turnuvası (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Bulgaristan 0–3 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  8. ^ "U19 Bayan Milli Takımı, Ural Karması'nı 5–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  9. ^ "Kuban Spring Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 0–1 Çin Cumhuriyeti" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  10. ^ "U19 Bayanlarımız Kuban Spring Turnuvası'nda yarı finale yükseldi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  11. ^ "Women U19s claim third place". Turkish Football federation. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  12. ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2011 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 2–3 Romanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  13. ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2011 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 1–1 Çek Cumhuriyeti" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  14. ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2011 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 1–0 Kuzey İrlanda" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  15. ^ "İşte Bayan Milliler'in aday kadrosu". İnternet Haber (in Turkish). 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  16. ^ "Second qualifying round (Group 3) Iceland 1–3 Turkey". UEFA. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  17. ^ "Second qualifying round (Group 3) Germany 2–0 Turkey". UEFA. 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  18. ^ "Melisa Dilber Ertürk ameliyat oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  19. ^ "A milli bayanlar Avusturya karşısında". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  20. ^ "Qualifying round (Group 5) Austria 4–0 Turkey". UEFA. 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  21. ^ "Qualifying round (Group 5) England 3–0 Turkey". UEFA. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  22. ^ "Qualifying round (Group 5) Turkey 2–2 Austria". UEFA. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  23. ^ "Kadın A Milli Futbol Takımı, Almanya'ya 5–0 Yenildi". Haberler (in Turkish). 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  24. ^ "Ottawa Fury wins U-17 championship". canada Soccer. 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  25. ^ "Sahaya çıktılar ABD'den bursu kaptılar". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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