İpek Emiroğlu (born 1992) is a Turkish female

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Early life

İpek Emiroğlu was born 1992 in

Denizli Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...

, Turkey. She is a student of

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Uludağ University Uludağ (), the ancient Mysian or Bithynian Olympus ( Greek: Όλυμπος), is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of . In Turkish, ''Uludağ'' means " great mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, ...

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in t ...

Referee career

Emiroğlu began her referee career in a Men's U-21 League match as the

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in her hometown in 2009. She served in several matches of the different Boys' Leagues,

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and in all levels of the Women's leagues as assistant referee. She debuted as referee in a Women's Second League match on December 1, 2013, and served first time as referee in the Women's First League on November 9, 2014. İpek Emiroğlu is the youngest ever female football referee in Turkey.

References

Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Denizli Bursa Uludağ University alumni Turkish football referees Turkish sportswomen Women association football referees {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub