Fatma Kara

Fatma Kara (born June 15, 1991) is a Turkish women's football midfielder, who plays in the Germann Frauen-Regionalliga West for 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003. She is a member of the Turkish national team.

Fatma Kara
Fatma Kara for Ataşehir Belediyespor (March 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-15) June 15, 1991
Place of birth Herten, Recklinghausen, NRW, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003
2008–2009 SG Lütgend Dortmund
2009–2010 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003
2010–2011 Trabzonspor 22 (9)
2011–2014 Trabzon İdmanocağı 48 (10)
2014–2017 Ataşehir Belediyespor 63 (28)
2017–2018 Beşiktaş J.K. 17 (5)
2018–2019 HK/Víkingur 34 (3)
2020 ÍBV 16 (2)
2020– 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003
National team‡
2007 Turkey U-17 10 (0)
2007–2010 Turkey U-19 32 (18)
2009– Turkey 45 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2020

Early life

Fatma was born in Herten district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on June 15, 1991.[1][2] Her father Hasan Kara is a Turkish immigrant. Her parents, initially, did not allow her to play football. The father of her German schoolmate, however, succeeded to convince the parents. At the age of nine, Kara entered the local football club JK SpVgg. Herten.[3]

Her three-year younger sister Ayşe Kara is also a footballer, who follows her footsteps.[3]

Playing career

Club
Fatma Kara taking a direct free kick in the home match against Marmara Üniversitesi Spor (January 2014)
Fatma Kara(white/red) driving the ball for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season's home match against Kdz. Ereğlispor.
Fatma Kara (#5) attacking Konak Belediyespor for Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season's home match.

Fatma Kara played in Germany for the hometown club 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003[4][5][6] in the German Regionalliga West. In the 2008–09 season, she moved to SG Lütgend Dortmund upon an offer to accomplish her high school education there. The next season, she returned to her previous club, and enjoyed league championship.[3]

After her graduation, she moved to Turkey, and signed for Trabzonspor. She scored nine goals in 22 matches she appeared with Trabzonspor. After playing one season, the women's side of the club dissolved, and she transferred to the rival club Trabzon İdmanocağı in the 2010–11 season. In the two seasons with Trabzon İdmanocağı, Kara netted 10 goals in 40 appearances.[1]

On January 10, 2014, Kara was transferred by the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor.[7]

After four seasons by Ataşehir Belediyespor, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season.[1]

In May 2018, Kara signed with the Reykjavík-based club HK/Víkingur of the Icelandic women's league Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[8] She scored two goals in 17 matches of the 2018 season for her team.[9] In November 2019, Kara signed with ÍBV.[10] After one season in Vestmannaeyjar, Kara returned to her initial club 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003 in the German Frauen-Regionalliga West, for which she had played until 2009.[11][12]

International
Fatma Kara for Turkey women's national team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Belarus.

In 2007 still living in Germany, she was called up for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team, and made her debut in the friendly match against the Azeri team on May 27.[13] Until October 2007, she capped ten times in the youth national team, and participated also at the 2008 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification round matches.[1]

Fatma Kara debuted in the Turkey U-19 national team in the friendly match against Maceonian juniors on September 16, 2007.[14] She capped 32 times until April 2010, and played in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 qualification matches of UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[6][15][16][17]

Kara appeared for the first time in the women's national team playing against Azerbaijan team in the UEFA Support International Tournament on May 11, 2009.[16] She also took part in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 and UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 matches. As of end September 2014, she capped 25 times in the national team scoring 4 goals.[1]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 October 2019Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit, Turkey Slovenia1–61–6UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Career statistics

As of 18 September 2020

Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2006–10 ––––49194919
Total ––––49194919
Trabzonspor 2010–11 First League 229––20249
Total 229––20249
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2011–12 First League 226––80306
2012–13 First League 184––00184
2013–14 First League 80––0080
Total 4810––805610
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2013–14 First League 912––521414
2014–15 First League 178––41219
2015–16 First League 134––30164
2016–17 First League 244––00244
Total 6328––1237531
Beşiktaş J.K. 2017–18 First League 175––20195
Total 175––20195
HK/Víkingur 2018 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 172––20192
2019 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 171––101272
Total 343––121464
ÍBV 2020 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 41––2061
Total 41––2061
Career total 18856––872327579

Honors
German Regionalliga West
1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003
Winners' (1): 2009–10[3]
Turkish Women's First Football League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Runners-up (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Third places (1): 2016–17
Beşiktaş J.K.
Runners-up (1): 2017–18

References
  1. "Player Details-Fatma Kara". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. "Fatma Kara". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  3. Backs, Thomas. "Kick it like Kara" (PDF). Herten Erleben (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  4. "Genç bayanlar bugün kampta". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  5. "U17 Bayanlarımız, Bulgaristan'ı 2–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. "U19 Bayanlar, Avusturya'ya 3–2 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  7. "Ataşehir Belediye transferde hızlı". Yerel Futbol (in Turkish). 2014-01-10. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  8. Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (2 May 2018). "Tyrknesk landsliðskona komin í HK/Víking (Staðfest)". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  9. F. Kara, Soccerway, retrieved 31 December 2018
  10. Magnús Már Einarsson (18 November 2019). "Fatma Kara og Kristjana Sigurz í ÍBV (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  11. Magnús Már Einarsson (21 January 2021). "Fatma Kara farin frá ÍBV til Þýskalands". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. Holz, Heike (6 January 2021). "Zurück im alten Revier - 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003 freut sich über namhafte Verstärkung". 24Vest (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  13. "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) aZARBAYCAN 2–1 tÜRKİYE" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  14. "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli)" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  15. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 1–7 Polonya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  16. "UEFA Support Uluslararası Turnuva (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 1–0 Azerbaycan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  17. "U19 Bayan Milliler, Moldova'yı 8–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
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