Ece Tekmen (born 23 February 2002) is a Turkish

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, who plays for

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and the

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Club career

Tekmen started her football career at the Second League women's football club Harb-İş Spor in Kocaeli. Ahe played for the Kocaeli Bayan FK. In 2019, she suffered

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rupture, which caused a stay off from the pitch for five months in the beginning of the

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season. The team finished the 2018–19 Turkish Second Football League season as runner-up, and was promoted to the First League. She transferred to

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.< She enjoyed her team's third place in the

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. She enjoyed the 2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the

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International career

;Turkey girls' U17 She was called up to the training camp of the national girls'U17 team. She internationally debuted in the

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against

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on 25 January 2017. She took part in five matches of the UEFA Women's U17 Development Tournament in 2017, scoring a goal against

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. She played at the 2018 UEFA U17 Championship qualification – Group 7 and Elite round – Group 6 matches. She netted two goals in the friendly game against North Ireland on 6 February 2018. She participated at the 29018 UEFA Women's U16 Development Tournament, and the 2019 UEFA U7 Championship qualification – Group 6 matches. She capped 29 timesin total for the Turkey girls' U17 team. ;Turkey women's U19 On 10 September 2019, Tekmen played her only match for the Turkey women's U19 team. ;Turkey women's By October 2020, she was called up to the

. She played for the national team in July and September 2021.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Turkish Women's Second League :;Kocaeli Bayan FK ::''Runner-ups'' (1): 2018–19 ;Turkish Women's First League :;ALG Spor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2021–22 ::''Third places'' (1):

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Individual

; ''Top goalscorer'' :; Turkish Women's Second League: with Kocaeli Bayan FK (33 goals)

References

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