Elif Keskin (born 12 January 2002) is a

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, who plays in the Turkish Women's Super League for

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with jersey number 55. She played for the Turkey national U-17 and Turkey U-19 teams before she became a member of the

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team.

Club career

Elif Keskinobtained her license from

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

on 30 May 2014. She debuted for her team in the Turkish Women's First League match on 5 February 2017. In the 2018-19 Women's First League season, she enjoyed her team'league champion title. She was part of the 2018-19 Women's First League champion team Beşiktaş J.K. at the , 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches. She scored one goal against the Dutch

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. Following her team's champion title in the 2020-21 Turkcell League season, she played in two matches of the

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. In the 2022-23 Super League, she transferred to

International career

Keskin was admitted to the Turkey women's national under-15 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Moldova on 7 April 2016. She capped in two matches for the Turkey U-15 team. She became then a member of the Turkey U-17 team in the friendly match against

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on 25 January 2017. She took part at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 7 and 2018 UEFA qualification - Elite Round Group 6 matches in addition to the UEFA Development Tournaments in 2017 and 2018. She capped 27 times in total, and scored three goals. On 27 February 2019, she debuted for the Turkey U-19 team in the friendly match against Belgium U*19 team. She took part at the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Elite round Group 6 and matches.

Career statistics

Honours

Turkish Women's First League :;Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (2): 2018–19,

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:: ''Runners-up'' (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keskin, Elif Living people 2002 births People from Gaziosmanpaşa Footballers from Istanbul Turkish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Beşiktaş J.K. women's football players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players