Ecem Cumert (born 7 February 1998) is a German-born Turkish

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, who plays as a

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for Turkish Women's Super League club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey women's national team.

Early life

Cumert was born in

Ehingen Ehingen (Donau) (; Swabian: ''Eegne'') is a town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the left bank of the Danube, approx. southwest of Ulm and southeast of Stuttgart. The city, like the entire district of ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

, Germany on 7 February 1998. She has

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of Germany and Turkey. She lived till the age of 14 in

Munderkingen Munderkingen () is the smallest town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 9 km southwest of Ehingen, and 31 km southwest of Ulm. Buildings Danube Bridge The so-called "New Danube ...

with her brother Mert Cumert, her sisters Gülafer-Ceren Cumert, Cemre Cumert and her parents. She then moved to

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

to start her football career.

Playing career

Club

Cumert played in Germany for

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

in the German Frauen-Bundesliga. Between 2014 and 2017, she capped 22 times and scored four goals in total. At the end of the 2016–17 Frauen-Regionalliga season, her team became champion of the Group South and was promoted to the

2. Frauen-Bundesliga The 2. Frauen-Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's association football in Germany. For its first 14 seasons the league was divided into two groups: Nord and Süd. The winner and the runner-up are promoted to the Bundesliga (unle ...

. In September 2017, she moved to Turkey and transferred to the

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

-based

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended their ...

to play in the

Turkish Women's First Football League The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''Turkcell Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's football league of ...

. After scoring two goals in 17 matches of the 2017-18 season, she returned to Germany to play for her hometown club SV Alberweiler in the Frauen-Regionalliga Süd. She capped in 16 games and scored ten goals for SV Alberweiler in two seasons. Cumert transferred to

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

for the

2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga The 2020–21 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 31st season of Germany's premier women's football league. It ran from 4 September 2020 to 6 June 2021. Seven time champion 1. FFC Frankfurt joined forces with Eintracht Frankfurt and competes ...

season. In Summer 2021, she went to Turkey again and joined

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

-based

ALG Spor ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Gözcü. It is located in the İn ...

to play in the 2021–22 Women's Super League.

International

Cumert played for the German national U17 team before she switched over to Turkey national team. She played in the Turkey women's national U-19 team in three matches of the at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10. She was admitted to the Turkey women's national team and debuted internationally in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 match against

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. She played in four of the

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matches. She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.

International goals

Career statistics

Honours

; Frauen-Regionalliga South :;

SC Freiburg II SC Freiburg II is the reserve team of German association football club SC Freiburg, based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. The team played as SC Freiburg Amateure until 2005. The team has reached the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup ...

:: ''Winners'' (1): 2016–17. ; Turkish Women's Super League :;

:: ''Winners'' (1): 2021-22 :;

:: ''Winners'' (1): 2017–18

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cumert, Ecem 1998 births Living people People from Ehingen Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) Footballers from Baden-Württemberg German people of Turkish descent Citizens of Turkey through descent German women's footballers Turkish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Frauen-Bundesliga players Turkey women's international footballers SC Freiburg (women) players Ataşehir Belediyespor players MSV Duisburg (women) players ALG Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fenerbahçe S.K. women's football players