Fatma Songül Gültekin (born 5 November 1997) is a Turkish field hockey, hockey5s and indoor hockey forward player for Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK, and a former football player. She is part of Turkey women's national hockey teams.
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5 November 1997
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Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkey | 20 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Football career
editGültekin started playing football already in primary school.[1] In May 2011, she obtained her license from the local club Gaziantep Fıstık Spor. In the 2011–12 and 2012–13 Second League, she played in seven matches and scored four goals for her team Gaziantep Fıstık Spor. After a break of two years, she transferred in the 2015–16 Third League to Güneykent Spor, and was loaned out to ALG Spot. She netted ten goals in eight matches for ALG Spor. In the 2016–17 Third League season, she played 17 matches for Güneykent Spor and scored six goals. In the last game of the season, she moved to ALG Spor, which became league champion following the play-offs, and was promoted to the Second League.[2] ALG Spor became champion after the 2017–18 Second League season, and was promoted to the First League.[2][3] She played in the first half of the 2018–19 First League season. After netting 35 goals in 18 matches for ALG Spor, she transferred to 1207 Antalya Spor in the league's second half. She played six matches and scored one goal for 1207 Antalya Sporin the Second League. For the 2019–20 Third League, she signed with the Gaziantep Asya S.K. She had four goals in two matches.[2]
In her football career as a forward,[1] between January 2012 and March 2020 with a two-year break, she capped in 58 matches and recorded 60 goals in total.[2]
Hockey career
editGültekin met hockey sport in 2011 while playing football at that time. She took part in training for hockey two days a week in addition to five-day long football training. After gaining a certain level of progress in hockey, she tried hard to perform both sports at the same time. She became a forward player in hockey thanks to the same attacker position, she had in football. Finally, she preferred hockey to football.[1]
She plays for Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK in the THF Women's Field Hpckey Super League (Turkish: THF Kadınlar Açık Alan Hokey Süper Ligi, KAAHSL) and the THF Women's Indoor Hockey Super League (Turkish: THF Kadınlar Salon Hokeyi Süper Ligi, KSHSL). As of the end of 2023, she scored 323 goals in 116 league matches in total.[4]
Indoor hockey
editIn the 2019–20 KSHSL season, she was with Atılım Muğla Olimpik.Her team finished the league at rank four. She was named top goalscorer of the league season.[5]
Gültekin became the top goalscorer with 70 goals netted in the 2020 KSHSL season, which her team Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK finished as champion.[6]
Her team, Gaziantep Polis Gücü, finished the 2019–20 THF Indoor Super League as champion.[5]
She was part of the team, which became runners-up at the 2023–24 THF Women's Indoor Hockey League after losing to Ege Yıldızları SK in the final.[7]
Gültekin was part of the national team, which finished the 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Berlin, Germany, in ninth place. She became the top goal scorer of the competition with nine goals.[8]
Field hockey
editHer team, Gaziantep Polis Gücü, won the 2018–19 THF Women's Field Hpckey Super League season.[9]
In 2022, she enjoyed her team's champions title in the THF Women's Field Hockey Super League.[10]
She was part of the Gaziantep Polis Gücü team in the 2022–23 THF Women's Field Hockey League, which became runners-up after the play-offs.[11]
As a member of Gaziantep Polis Gücü, she was named MVP of the EuroHockey Club Trophy II – Women 2024 in Alanya, Turkey.[12]
International hockey career
editIn 2017, Gültekin was selected to the Turkey women's national under 21 indoor hockey team for preparations for the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship II.[13]
She is part of the Turkey field hockey team and the Turkey indoor hockey team . >She netted 22 goals in 20 international matches.[4]
Indoor hockey
editGültekin was part of the national indoor hockey team at the 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II held in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia. Turkey finished the tournament as runners-up.[14] She played at the 2022 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Hamburg, Germany, where the national team ranked sixth.[15]
Hockey5s
editIn June 2023, Gültekin took part in the Women's EuroHockey5s Championship in Wałcz, Poland. Turkey ranked fifth among ten participating nations.[16]
Field hockey
editGültekin played for the national field hockey team in the Women's EuroHockey Championship III in 2015 at Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia,[17] 2017 at Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia,[18] 2021 at Lipovci, Slovenia,[19] and 2023 at Zagreb, Croatia,[18] She won two gold medals, in 2017,[20] 2023,[18] and two bronze medals in 2015,[17] 2021 with the national team.[19]
Personal life
editFatma Songül Gültekin was born in the Şahinbey district of Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey on 5 November 1997.[2][4]
Honours
editClubs
edit- Turkish Women's Football Third League
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- ALG Spor
- Champions (1): 2016–17
- Turkish Women's Football Second League
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- ALG Spor
- Champions (1): 2017–18
- THF Women's Indoor Hockey Championship
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- Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK
- Champions (1): 2020,[6]
- THF Women's Field Hockey Championship
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- Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK
- Champions (2): 2018–19, [9] 2021–22.[10]
- Runners-up (1): 2022–23.[11]
- THF Women's Indoor Hockey League
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- Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK
- Runners-up (1): 2023–24.[7]
International
edit- Women's EuroHockey Championship III
Individual
edit- Most Valuable Player (2)
- 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III,[21]
- EuroHockey Club Trophy II – Women 2024.[12]
- Top Goalscorer (4)
- 2019–20 KSHSL (Atılım Muğla Olimpik),[5]
- 2020–21 KSHSL (Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK (70 goals),[6]
- 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III (Turkey),[21]
- 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship (9 goals)[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Hem futbolcu hem hokeyci: Fatma Songül Gültekin". Fanatik (in Turkish). 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Fatma Songül Gültekin" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "ALG Spor 3–0 Alpler GS" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Fatma Songül Gültekin" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Kadınlar Salon Hokey Süper Ligi sona erdi". 48 Spor (in Turkish). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Kral'da Kraliçe'de Polisgücü'nden". Gaziantep Time (in Turkish). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b "2023 – 2024 Kadınlar Salon Süper Lig" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "A Milli Kadın Takımımız Avrupa Şampiyonasını 9. SSırada Tamamladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ a b "2018–2019 Sezonu Kadınlar Açık Alan Hokey Süper Lig Ödül Töreni Yapıldı" (in Turkish). Osmaniye Valiliği. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Hokey'in Gol Kraliçesi Efsane Sporcu Perihan". Olay Media (in Turkish). 23 May 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "2022–2023 Sezonu Kadınlar Açık Alan Süper Lig Şampiyonluk PLlay-off'u" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Avrupa'nın En İyi Kadın Oyuncusu Fatma Songül Gültekin". Tek Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ Kibar, Ömer Hakan (17 January 2017). "Hem futbolu hem hokeyi kariyerine sığdırdı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "EuroHockey Indoor Championship II 2020 (W) – Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia". FIH. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Çakmak, Fatih (8 March 2023). "Türkiye kadın hokeyinde 150 yıllık ülkelerle aynı kategoride yarışıyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Ergün, Göktuğ (14 December 2023). "A Milli Kadın Hokey Takımı, EuroHockey'de derece almak için çalışıyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "EuroHockey Championships III 2015 (W) Turkey 5–0 Croatia". FIH. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "EuroHockey Championship III 2023 Women Final – Türkiye 3–1 Switzerland". FIH. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "EuroHockey Championship III Women 2021 Switzerland 3–2 Turkey". FIH. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b "EuroHockey Championship III 2017 Women Turkey 2–0 Croatia". FIH. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Hokeyde Avrupa'nın en iyisi Polisgücü'nden Fatma". Gaziantep Söz (in Turkish). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.