Sara Keçeci

Sara Keçeci
Sara Keçeci at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship qualification.
Personal information
Born (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 30)
Sønderborg, Denmark
Nationality Danish, Turkish
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Hadsten Håndbold
Number 12
Senior clubs
Years Team
  • 2012–2013
  • 2013–2014
  • 2014–2016
  • 2016–2018
2018-
 Holstebro Håndbold
National team 1
Years Team Apps
  • 2011
  • 2014
  • 2014–
3
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 October 2015

Sara Keçeci (born 21 October 1994) is a Turkish-Danish female handballer playing in goalkeeper position. She has dual citizenship[1] but plays internationally as a member of the Turkish national team.[2][3][4]

Early years

Sara was born in Sønderborg, Denmark to Mehmet Keçeci, a Turkish father, who immigrated from Diyarbakır in 1991, and a Danish mother.[1] Her father works in a plant that manufactures agricultural machinery, and her mother is a primary school teacher. Her father is a former footballer and basketball player, and also serves as an official at a local sports club's football team.[3]

At age five, Sara Keçeci began playing football. When she grew up, her mother drew Sara's interest to handball because she did not want her daughter to play with boys anymore. At age ten, Sara switched mainly to handball, however continued to play football in her Hørup school team at the same time.[5][6] Inspired while watching a handball match of the Turkey women's national team at a European championship in Denmark, her interest for handball was strengthened.[3]

Sports career

Club

During her high school years, she played in the Hørup Central School's girls' handball team.[7] Later, Keçeci was with the Danish Women's Handball League teams KIF Vejen in 2012–13 and Vejen EH in 2013–14. After her club went bankrupt, she signed in July 2014 for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM.[2][8][9][10][11]

She was appointed also goalkeeper coach of the youth teams of girls U-14, U-16 and U-18 in her club Silkeborg-Voel for the 2015–16 season.[12]

National team

She was called up to Turkey girls' U-17 team debuting Handball at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Trabzon, Turkey.[3][1]

Sara Keçeci became a member of the Turkey team and took part in the qualifications round matches of the 2014 European Championship, 2015 World Championship and 2016 European Championship.[11][13][14][15] On 8 October 2015 she played in the European Championship match for Turkey against the Danish women in her homeland Denmark.[11][16][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Eilertsen, Jens (2 August 2011). "Høruphav-pige spiller for tyrkisk landshold". Dinby (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Sara kececi (Turkey)". Handball 123. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ülkemin formasını giymek bana onur veriyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Sara Kececi". Scoresway. Retrieved 10 October 2015.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Kruså Skole Pigehold 2009". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  6. ^ Skov Thorsted, Karin (4 November 2009). "Hørup Centralskoles pigehold skal spille om finaleplads i Parken i Ekstrabladets Skolefodbold". Jydske Vestkysten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  7. ^ Stoffer, Anders; Henrik Schou (8 April 2010). "Saras sidste krampetrækninger". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Sara Kececi og det tyrkiske landshold glippede vm-kvalifikationen" (in Danish). Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Sara Kececi er altid klar til at træde ind på banen" (in Danish). Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  10. ^ Rasmussen, Jens (12 July 2014). "Silkeborg-Voel henter tyrkisk landsholds-målmand". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Lisby, Mass (8 October 2015). "Klavs Bruun får debutsejr mod Tyrkiet". Sporten TV2 (in Danish). Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Sara Kececi ny målvogtertræner i Silkeborg-Voel Elite" (in Danish). Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Milliler boğalara yenildi". Sözcü (in Turkish). 11 June 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  14. ^ "2015 Women's World Championship Turkey vs Austria". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Hentbolda havlu attık". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Sara Kececi: Fedt trods nederlaget". Europa Mester (in Danish). 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  17. ^ Stenfeldt, Esben (22 September 2015). "Voel-målvogter udtaget mod Danmark". Silkeborg Nyt (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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