Damla Demirdön

Damla Demirdön — Biography

Damla Demirdön is a Turkish women's footballer who won four league titles with Gazi Üniversitesispor and Ataşehir Belediyespor and has also played for the Turkey women's national team. A midfielder, she began her club career in Ankara and continued it in Istanbul.

She obtained her license for Gazi Üniversitesispor on January 19, 2005, and played for the team until the end of 2009-10, making 69 appearances in total; she was champion in 2007-08 and 2009-10 and third in 2008-09. In 2010-11 she moved to Istanbul's Ataşehir Belediyespor, with whom she was champion again in 2010-11 and 2011-12 and runner-up in four consecutive seasons from 2012-13 to 2015-16. For Ataşehir she also played in the groups of the 2011-12 and 2012-13 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Her international path began at a young age: she made her U-19 debut in a friendly against Macedonia on January 22, 2006, played in the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying rounds in 2007 and 2008 and made 15 appearances for the junior teams up to September 2008. She was admitted to the senior national team in 2007 and played her first game against Bulgaria on November 4, 2007; she took part in three games of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying, Group 2.