Sevgi Çınar

Sevgi Çınar
Sevgi Çınar for Konak Belediyespor (January 2014)
Personal information
Full name Sevgi Çınar
Date of birth (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Seyhan, Adana, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Beylerbeyi
Number 77
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Adana İdmanyurduspor 51 (55)
2012–2017 Konak 79 (56)
2017–2018 Ataşehir BelediyesporAtaşehir 17 (9)
2018–2019 ALG 15 (12)
2019–2023 Beşiktaş 27 (8)
2023– Beylerbeyi 31 (6)
International career‡
2009–2010 Turkey U-17 16 (18)
2010–2012 Turkey U-19 25 (7)
2013–2020 Turkey 27 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2020

Sevgi Çınar (born 15 January 1994) is a Turkish women's football midfielder who plays for Beylerbeyi in the Turkish Super League with jersey number 77. She was part of the Turkey women's U-19 national football team before she entered the Turkey women's national team. She studied physical education and sports at the Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir.[1]

Early life

Çınar was born on 15 January 1994 in Seyhan district of Adana Province to Murat Çınar, who played football in Adana Demirspor. She became interested in football as she accompanied her father to futsal games.[1] At the age of 13, she was discovered by Tevfik Işık, coach of Adana İdmanyurduspor, while she was playing football in the school.[2] In the beginning, her father complied with Sevgi's devotion to football, but her mother objected. She was persuaded by coach Işık. Following her achievements, the parents supported her more and more.[3]

Club career

Sevgi Çınar playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season.
Sevgi Çınar (right) holding the champion trophy of the 2014–15 season after the playoff-match Konak Belediyespor vs Ataşehir Belediyespor.
Sevgi Çınar (left) of Ataşehir Belediyespor getting challenged by Yeliz Açar of Fatih Vatan Spor in the 2017–18 First League.
Sevgi Çınar of ALG Spor in the 2018–19 Women's First League.

In January 2012, Çınar left Adana İdmanyurduspor, where she began her football career, and accepted an offer of Konak Belediyespor.[2] She joined the team in Izmir, and appeared in her new team's play-off matches already in the 2012–13 season of Women's First League.[4] She played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.[5][6][7]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title.[8] She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[9][10][11] Following the play-off round, the 2016–17 season ended for her team as the champion fifth time in a row,[12] and she became "top scorer" for the second time.[13]

By October 2017, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor.[13]

Çınar took part at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She played in all three matches of the qualification round, and scored one goal.[14][15][16]

In October 2018, she joined the recently to the Women's First League promoted club ALG Spor in Gaziantep.[13]

She was transferred by the 2018–19 Women's First League champion Beşiktaş J.K. to play in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9 matches.[17][18] She scored one goal against the Armenian Alashkert.[19] She could not play in the entire 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season due to a cruciate ligament rupture on her left leg, she contracted during a national team camp before the beginning of the regular league season.[20][21] She underwent a surgery late January 2021.[21] Recovering from her injury, she appeared in a friendly match before the beginning of the 2021–22 Super League season.[20] In December 2021, before the beginning of the 2021–22 Women's Super League, she underwent a surgery on her left knee due to the repeated anterior cruciate ligament injury.[22]

End August 2023, she transferred to Beylerbeyi, which play for the first time in the Super League[13]

International goals
Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scored
Konak Belediyespor
August 8, 2013 Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria NSA Sofia 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League W 2–0 1[23]
October 10, 2013 İzmir Alsancak Stadium İzmir, Turkey Poland Unia Racibórz W 2–1 1[24]
August 13, 2015 Otoka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Albania KF Vllaznia Shkodër 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round W 5–1 1[25]
August 23, 2016 Sportpark Vondersweijde, Oldenzaal, Netherlands Malta Hibernians F.C. 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round W 5–0 1[9]
August 22, 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi, Geotgia Georgia (country) WFC Martve 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round W 5–0 2[26]
August 25, 2017 David Petriashvili Stadium Tbilisi, Geotgia Slovakia Partizán Bardejov W 5–1 1[27]
August 13, 2018 III. Kerületi TVE Stadion, Budapest, Hungary Kosovo KFF Mitrovica 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League W 6–1 1[16]
Beşiktaş J.K.
August 13, 2019 Sportpark Heeckeren, Enschede, Netherlands Armenia Alashkert W 3–0 1[19]

International career

Sevgi Çınar playing for Turkey national in the friendly match against Estonia at TFF Riva Facility on 7 April 2018.

She debuted in the Turkey Girls' U-17 national team playing in the friendly match against Bulgaria on 1 July 2009.[8] Çınar scored a total of five goals in two friendly matches against Moldova in August 2009.[28][29] At the 2011 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship – Group 6 matches in Belgium, she scored three goals in the match against the Armenian nationals that ended 7–0 for the Turkish side.[30]

After appearing twelve times for the U-17 national team, she played in the U-19 team for the first time in the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 3 match against Germany on 2 April 2011.[31][32] In the friendly match against the U-19 team from Wales, Sevgi Çınar scored the only goal for Turkey in September 2012.[33]

She scored a goal for Konak Belediyespor in the preliminary group match of 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League against the Bulgarian team FC NSA Sofia.[34] Çınar shot also a goal against RTP Unia Racibórz from Poland in the Round-32 of the same championship.[35] On 28 November 2013, Çınar scored the first goal for Turkey in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Montenegron team that ended with 3–1.[36]

Çınar took part in three matches of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round.[13]

International goals
Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scored
Turkey girls' U-17
August 22, 2009 Stadionul Dinamo Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova Friendly W 6–0 2
August 24, 2009 Stadionul Dinamo Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova Friendly W 8–0 3
October 8, 2010 Marcel De Kerpel Stadium, Wetteren, Belgium  Armenia 2011 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship – Group 6 W 7–0 3
Turkey women's U-19
September 28, 2012 Mudanya, Bursa, Turkey  Wales Friendly D 1–1 1
Turkey women's
November 28, 2013 Buca Arena İzmir, Turkey  Montenegro 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 W 3–1 1
March 5, 2017 GoldCity Stadium Antalya, Turkey  Kosovo GoldCity Women's Cup 2017 W 4–2 2

Career statistics

As of 22 September 2024.

Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Adana İdmanyurduspor 2008–09 Second League 8 16 – – 3 5 11 21
2009–10 First League 16 9 – – 9 9 25 18
2010–11 First League 22 26 – – 15 7 37 33
2011–12 First League 5 4 – – 7 3 12 6
Total 51 55 – – 34 24 85 79
Konak 2011–12 First League 10 4 – – 0 0 10 4
2012–13 First League 17 3 – – 7 1 24 4
2013–14 First League 11 8 7 2 5 1 23 11
2014–15 First League 3 5 – – 2 0 5 5
2015–16 First League 16 12 3 1 0 0 19 13
2016–17 First League 22 24 3 1 6 2 31 27
2017–18 First League 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 3
Total 79 56 16 7 20 4 115 67
Ataşehir 2017–18 First League 17 9 0 0 3 0 20 9
2018–19 First League 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1
Total 17 9 3 1 3 0 23 10
ALG 2018–19 First League 15 12 – – 5 0 20 12
Beşiktaş 2019–20 First League 12 7 3 1 3 0 18 8
2020–21 First League 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
2021–22 Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23 Super League 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
Total 27 8 3 1 6 0 36 9
Beylerbeyi 2023–24 Super League 28 5 0 0 0 0 28 5
2024–25 Super League 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 31 6 0 0 0 0 21 6
Career total 220 146 22 9 68 28 310 183

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's First League
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (1): 2017–18
ALG Spor
Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Individual

Top scorer 2010–11 Women's First League with Adana İdmanyurduspor
Top scorer 2016–17 Women's First League with Konak Belediyespor

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