Elif Deniz

Elif Deniz
	Elif Deniz for Trabzon İdmanocağı (December 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth	25 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Trabzon İdmanocağı
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2012	Kdz. Ereğlispor
2012–present	Trabzon İdmanocağı
Total
International career‡
2008–2009	Turkey U-17
2011	Turkey U-19
2014	Turkey U-21
2011–2015	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 February 2015

Elif Deniz (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish women's football midfielder who last played in the First League for Trabzon İdmanocağı with jersey number 11. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2010.^[1]

Career

Club

She received her license on 5 May 2006 for her hometown club Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she played until October 2012.^[2] In the 2012–13 season, Elif Deniz transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı.^[3]

International

Elif Deniz was called for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team, and debuted in the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round match against the Irish girls on 18 October 2008.^[4] She participated also at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round matches, and capped 11 times in total for the youth nationals.^[1]^[5]

She appeared for the first time in the Turkey women's U-19 team in the match against Icelandic juniors at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round on 31 March 2011.^[5] Elif Deniz participated also at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship – Final tournament matches. She capped 23 times in total and scored one goal for the junior women's team.^[2]^[6]^[7]

She made her first appearance in the women's national team on 3 February 2010 playing in a friendly match against the Russian team.^[8] She participated in the qualifying round matches of UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6. As of 19 June 2014 she capped 7 times in the national team.^[1]

Career statistics

As of 3 January 2016.^[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kdz. Ereğlispor	2008–09	Second League	8	3	–	–	5	0	13	3
	2009–10	Second League	18	11	–	–	9	0	27	11
	2010–11	Second League	14	6	–	–	8	0	22	6
	2011–12	First League	21	7	–	–	12	1	33	8
	Total		61	27	–	–	34	1	95	28
Trabzon İdmanocağı	2012–13		17	4	–	–	3	0	20	4
	2013–14	First League	11	0	–	–	4	0	15	0
	2014–15	First League	14	2	–	–	2	0	16	2
	2015–16	First League	9	1	–	–	0	0	9	1
	Total		51	7	–	–	9	0	60	7
Career total			112	34	–	–	43	1	155	35