Bilgesu Aydın (born June 8, 1994) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir with jersey number 88. She is member of the Turkey women's national team.[1][2]

Bilgesu Aydın
Bilgesu Aydın for Ataşehir Belediyespor (March 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-08) June 8, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Denizli, Turkey
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Konak Belediyespor
Number 88
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Bucaspor 19 (0)
2011–2012 Gazi Üniversitesispor 16 (0)
2012–2015 Ataşehir Belediyespor 22 (0)
2016– Konak Belediyespor 41 (0)
International career
2012 Turkey U-19 7 (0)
2017 Turkey 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 8, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 5, 2017

Bilgesu Aydın was born in Denizli on June 8, 1994.[1] She studied physical education and sports at Ege University in Izmir.[2]

Playing career

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She began football playing encouraged by her mother, who took her to the local football club in Izmir, where the family moved to, and registered her. She bought her goalkeeper glove and shoes knowing that her daughter wanted to be a goalkeeper.[2]

Club

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Bilgesu Aydın (right) playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the home match of the 2013–14 season against Konak Belediyespor.

Aydın received her license for Bucaspor on May 29, 2009. She played two seasons for the team, capping 19 times during this time. In the 2011–12 season, she transferred to the Ankara-based Gazi Üniversitesispor, where she played one season and appeared in 16 games. On October 22, 2012, Bilgesu Aydın signed for Ataşehir Belediyespor in Istanbul.[1][2] In the beginning of the second half of the 2015–16 season, she was transferred by the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor.At the end of the season, she enjoyed her team's champion title.[1] She debuted and played at the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[3][4][5]

International

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In December 2011, she was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 national team,[2][6] and debuted in the friendly match against the Russian junior women on February 18, 2012.[2][7] She took part in three matches of the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 5.[8][9][10] Aydın capped 7 times for the nationals so far.[1]

Aydın debuted in the Turkey women's national team playing in the 2017 Goldcity Women's Cup against Kosovo.[1]

Career statistics

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As of match played December 8, 2019.[1][3][4][5]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bucaspor 2009–10 First League 1 0 0 0 1 0
2010–11 First League 18 0 0 0 18 0
Total 19 0 0 0 19 0
Gazi Üniversitesispor 2011–12 First League 16 0 2 0 18 0
Total 16 0 2 0 18 0
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2012–13 First League 10 0 5 0 15 0
2013–14 First League 9 0 0 0 9 0
2014–15 First League 2 0 0 0 2 0
2015–16 First League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 22 0 5 0 27 0
Konak Belediyespor 2015–16 First League 3 0 0 0 3 0
2016–17 First League 14 0 3 0 1 0 18 0
2017–18 First League 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2018–19 First League 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2019–20 First League 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 41 0 3 0 1 0 45 0
Career total 98 0 3 0 8 0 109 0

Honours

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Turkish Women's First League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
Third places (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Oyuncular Futbolcular-Bilgesu Aydın" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bilgesu Aydın: Yolumu annem açtı". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  3. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  4. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  5. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  6. ^ "U19 Kadın seçmeleri başlıyor". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 0–1 Rusya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  8. ^ "World of Wonders Football Centre – Antalya 20/10/2012 Norway 2–0 Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  9. ^ "World of Wonders Football Centre – Antalya 22/10/2012 Turkey 0–2 Scotland". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  10. ^ "World of Wonders Football Centre – Antalya 25/10/2012 Belarus 0–2 Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-04-23.