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Berna Yeniçeri (born January 26, 1996) is a Turkish women's football defender, who cplays in the Super League for Galatasaray with jersey number 20. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2011.[1][2][3]

Berna Yeniçeri

Berna Yeniçeri for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 season.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-01-26) January 26, 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Club 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	3	(0)
National team‡
2012–2013	Turkey U-17	7	(0)
2012–2015	Turkey U-19	36	(1)
2014	Turkey U-21	1	(0)
2014–	Turkey	36	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 october 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2022

Club career

She received her license on November 9, 2006, for Kdz. Ereğlispor. Yeniçeri plays since then for her hometown club, which was promoted to the Women's First League at the end of 2010–11 season.

After playing six seasons for her hometown team Kdz. Ereğlispor, she transferred to the Izmir-based league-champion 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, she enjoyed her team's champion title.[1] She 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 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 she enjoyed her team's champion tite.[1]

Galatasaray

On 9 August 2022, the Turkish Women's Football Super League team was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[15]

International career

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 the girls from Norway[17] and Latvia[18] at the same competition. Yeniçeri capped seven times for the girls' 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 the Wales team on June 14, 2014.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 October 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	-	-	-	-	4	0	4	0
	Total		29	4	0	0	15	0	44	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	6	0	28	4
	Total		28	5	0	0	6	0	34	5
Galatasaray S.K.	2022–23	Super League	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
Career total			231	23	9	1	80	1	320	25

International goals

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Konak Beledyespor
August 13, 2015	Stadion Otoka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	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

References

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