Berna Yeniçeri

Berna Yeniçeri
Berna Yeniçeri for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 season.
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-26) January 26, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 105 (9)
2014–2017 Konak Belediyespor 50 (3)
2017–2018 Ataşehir Belediyespor 16 (2)
2018–2021 Konak Belediyespor 29 (4)
2021–2022 Beşiktaş 28 (5)
2022– Galatasaray 17 (3)
International career‡
2012–2013 Turkey U-17 7 (0)
2012–2015 Turkey U-19 36 (1)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (0)
2014– Turkey 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023

Berna Yeniçeri (born January 26, 1996) is a Turkish women's football defender, who plays in the Super League for Galatasaray. She has been a member of the Turkish national team since 2011.[1][2][3]

Club career

Berna Yeniçeri playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.
Berna Yeniçeri (left) playing for Konak Belediyespor against Kireçburnu Spor in the 2015–16 season's away match.

Yeniçeri made her professional debut on November 9, 2006, for her hometown club, Kdz. Ereğlispor. She helped them gain promotion to the Women's First League at the end of 2010–11 season.

After playing six seasons for Kdz. Ereğlispor, she transferred to the Izmir-based league-champions Konak Belediyespor on July 25, 2014.[4] With her new team, she took part at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round matches.[5][6][7] She played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.[8][9][10]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, Konak Belediyespor won the Turkish Women's Football Super League.[1] Yeniçeri played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[11][12][13]

By mid-August 2017, she had transferred to the Istanbul-based rival Ataşehir Belediyespor after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor.[14]

In the 2018–19 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor.[1] By mid April, right before the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season started, she joined Beşiktaş J.K. in Istanbul, and helped them to win the league in that season.[1]

Galatasaray

On 9 August 2022, she was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[15]

International career

Berna Yeniçeri of Turkey national team (October 2019)

Yeniçeri made her first Turkey girls' U-17 national team appearance in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 10 match against Wales on August 28, 2012.[16] She played also against Norway[17] and Latvia[18] at the same competition. Yeniçeri was capped seven times for the Turkish U-17 national team.[3]

At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10 match against Belgium on September 21, 2013, she made her entrance into the Turkey women's U-19 national team.[3][19]

Her debut in the Turkey women's national team took place in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Wales on June 14, 2014.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 December 2022.[1][11][12][13]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2008–09 Second League 8 0 – – - - 8 0
2009–10 Second League 18 1 – – - 0 - 18 1
2010–11 Second League 23 5 – – - - 23 5
2011–12 First League 22 2 – – - - 22 2
2012–13 First League 17 1 – – 16 0 33 1
2013–14 First League 17 0 – – 13 1 30 1
Total 105 9 – – 29 1 134 10
Konak Belediyespor 2014–15 First League 16 1 3 0 14 0 33 1
2015–16 First League 14 2 3 1 7 0 24 3
2016–17 First League 20 0 3 0 4 0 27 0
Total 50 3 9 1 25 0 84 4
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2017–18 First League 16 2 0 0 2 0 18 2
Total 16 2 0 0 2 0 18 2
Konak Belediyespor 2018–19 First League 16 1 0 0 5 0 21 1
2019–20 First League 13 3 0 0 6 0 19 3
2020–21 First League - - - - 5 0 5 0
Total 29 4 0 0 16 0 45 4
Beşiktaş J.K. 2020–21 Women's League 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
2021–22 Super League 22 4 0 0 9 0 31 4
Total 28 5 0 0 9 0 37 5
Galatasaray S.K. 2022–23 Super League 17 3 0 0 2 0 19 3
Total 17 3 0 0 2 0 19 3
Career total 245 26 9 1 83 1 337 28
International goals
Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scored
Konak Beledyespor
August 13, 2015 Stadion Otoka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Albania KF Vllaznia Shkodër 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round W 5–1 1[9]

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League
Kdz. Ereğlispor
Third places (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Third places (1): 2018–19
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2017–18
Beşiktaş J.K.
Winners (1): 2020-21
Galatasaray
Winners (1): 2023–24

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Berna Yeniçeri". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  2. ^ "Berna Yeniçeri". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. ^ a b c "Berna Yeniçeri". SoccerPunter. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  4. ^ "Konak Belediyespor, Karadeniz Ereğlispor'dan Ebru Topçu ve Berna Yeniçeri'yi transfer etti". 46 Medya (in Turkish). 2014-08-01. Archived from the original on 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  5. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Matches Qualifying round – Konak-Rīgas Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  6. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Matches Qualifying round – Minsk-Konak Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  7. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  8. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  9. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Konak-Vllaznia". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  10. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  11. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  12. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  13. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  14. ^ "Ereğlili Milliler, Ataşehir'e Transfer Oldu". Şafak Gazete (in Turkish). 2017-08-14. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  15. ^ "Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımımızda 4 imza birden!". Galatasaray.org. Galatasaray Official Website. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  16. ^ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) Wales 0–2 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  17. ^ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) Norway 5–1 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  18. ^ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) Turkey 1–0 Latvia". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  19. ^ "U19 Women's lose to Belgium: 4–0". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  20. ^ "2015 FIFA Dünya Kadınlar Kupası Elemeleri Galler 1–0 Türkiye". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
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