Benan Altıntaş

Benan Altıntaş — Biography

Benan Altıntaş is a footballer for the Turkish women's national team whose club career has run from Galatasaray to Trabzonspor. She came through the youth national teams and, at club level, took the path she began at the Ankara-based Fomget Gençlik ve Spor up to the top division; in July 2026 she joined Trabzonspor's women's football team.

She started her career at Fomget in 2016 and played her first match in the Women's Third League on 13 November 2016. The team went up to the Second League at the end of that season and, at the end of 2018-19, won the title and was promoted to the First League. On 4 August 2023 she signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray and signed a new one-year deal on 31 July 2025. Her transfer from the Istanbul club to Trabzonspor was announced on 18 July 2026.

Her national-team journey began with the U17s in 2017: she made her international debut against Russia at the UEFA Development Tournament on 12 May 2017, played in the 2018 U17 European Championship qualifying matches and scored 4 goals in 12 matches at that level. In 2018 she was called up to the U19s and played in two friendlies, and she joined the senior national team in a friendly on 14 June 2021. On 12 June 2021, World Day Against Child Labour, she joined teammates in a social-media campaign run by a local-government academy together with the Turkish Football Federation.