Elif Deniz (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish

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who last played in the First League for

Trabzon İdmanocağı İdmanocağı or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish sports club based in Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü, which matched the Istanbul derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. İdmanocağı were compared ...

with jersey number 11. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2010.

Career

Club

She received her license on 5 May 2006 for her hometown club Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she played until October 2012. In the 2012–13 season, Elif Deniz transferred to

International

Elif Deniz was called for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team, and debuted in the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round match against the Irish girls on 18 October 2008. She participated also at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round matches, and capped 11 times in total for the youth nationals. She appeared for the first time in the Turkey women's U-19 team in the match against Icelandic juniors at the

2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second Qualifying Round is the second round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The matches will be played in March and April 2011. 24 teams are split into 6 grou ...

on 31 March 2011. Elif Deniz participated also at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship – Final tournament matches. She capped 23 times in total and scored one goal for the junior women's team. She made her first appearance in the women's national team on 3 February 2010 playing in a friendly match against the Russian team. She participated in the qualifying round matches of

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and

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group comprised Belarus, England, Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales. The group winners qualified directly for the ...

. As of 19 June 2014 she capped 7 times in the national team.

Career statistics

Honours

;Turkish Women's First League :; Kdz. Ereğlispor :: ''Third places'' (1): 2011–12 :; Trabzon İdmanocağı :: ''Third places'' (1): 2014–15, 2015–16

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* Living people 1993 births People from Karadeniz Ereğli Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players Karadeniz Ereğlispor players {{Turkey-women-footy-bio-stub