Derya Arhan (born January 25, 1999) is a Turkish

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, who plays as a defender for the

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club Fenerbahçe. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team. She was part of the Turkey national women's U-15, women's U-17 and women's U-19 teams.

Club career

Derya Arhan obtained her license for the Küçükyalı, Istanbul-based club Sosyal Hizmetler Gençlik ve Spor on May 25, 2011.

Kdz. Ereğlispor

Effective November 22, 2012, she transferred to Kdz Ereğlispor, and played in their newly established youth team for girls. She enjoyed Turkish Girls' Football Championship with her team in September 2013. Beginning with the 2013–14 season, she started playing in the women's team of her club as defender in the Turkish Women's First League.

Beşiktaş J.K.

In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to

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She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season. ref name="tff0"/> By July 2019, Arhan was transferred by the Spanish club

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to play in the

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ALG Spor

By October 2019, she returned home and signed with the

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-based club

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. She debuted at the

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playing in the , 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team

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, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal.

WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv

On 22 March 2021, she moved to Ukraine and joined

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to play in the

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ALG Spor

After returning home, she rejoined her club ALG Spor. She appeared for ALG Spor only in the first match of the 2021–22 Women's Super League season.

Fatih Karagümrük S.K.

In the 2021–22 Women's Super League season, she moved to the newly established

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Galatasaray S.K.

On 9 August 2022, the

team was transferred to the

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club.

Beylerbeyi S.K.

In August 2023, she signed to the

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promoted club Beylerbeyi S.K. to play in the 2023–24 season.

International career

Turkey girls' U-17

She was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-15 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on October 2, 2013. She capped twice and scored one goal for the Turkey U-15 team. Arhan played first time for the Turkey women's national U-17 team in the friendly game against the team from Greece on March 2, 2104. She later took part in the 2014 UEFA Development Tournament and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 8 matches.

Turkey women's U-19

Between 2015 and 2018, Arhan played for the women's national U-19 team. She was part of the team, which became champion of the 2016 UEFA Development Tournament. She played in two matches of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10 and in every three games of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round Group 2 as well as 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10. She scored two goals in 24 matches for the national U-19 team.

Turkey women's

On November 8, 2018, Arhan debuted in the

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playing in the friendly match against

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Career statistics

Honours

Beşiktaş J.K. *Turkish Women's First Football League: 2018–19 ALG Spor *Turkish Women's First Football League: 2019–20; Third place:

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Fatih Karagümrük *Turkish Women's First Football League Runners-up: 2021–22 Turkey women's U-19 *UEFA Development Tournament: 2016

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arhan, Derya 1999 births Living people Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Footballers from Istanbul People from Bayrampaşa Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Segunda Federación (women) players Santa Teresa CD players Turkish expatriate women's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain ALG Spor players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate women's footballers in Ukraine WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players Beylerbeyi S.K. (women's football) players