Fatma Şakar (born 26 March 1994) is a Germany-born Turkish

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defender who plays for

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and the Turkey national team.

Personal life

Fatma Şakar was born in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

, Germany on 26 March 1994. She studied Sociology with minor in Psychology at the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public university, public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Aca ...

, and graduated with a title Bachelor in March 2022.

Club career

Şakar is tall and plays as defender. Şakar started her career at the local club SpVgg Durlach-Aue in her hometown

. She then transferred to

1899 Hoffenheim II TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II is the German reserve football teams, reserve team of Football in Germany, German association football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, based in Hoffenheim, Baden-Württemberg. The team has been playing in the tier four Regionalliga ...

, where she played from 2016 to 2020, and scored two goals in 69 matches. 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, she moved to

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Willstätt Willstätt () is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, with a population of 9,787 as at December 31, 2017. It is around east of Strasbourg's city centre. Demographics History Medieval The earliest known mentio ...

. She played also the next season, and capped in 19 games. After two seasons, she joined

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

to play in the

2022–23 2. Frauen-Bundesliga The 2022–23 season of the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was the 19th season of Germany's second-tier Women's association football, women's football league. It ran from 16 September 2022 to 29 May 2023. The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022. RB Leip ...

season. At the end of the season, her team was promoted to the

Frauen Bundesliga The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In the UEFA Women' ...

. She appeared in 28 matches. In the second half of the

2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga The 2023–24 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 34th season of Germany's premier women's football league. It ran from 15 September 2023 to 20 May 2024. The fixtures were announced on 14 July 2023. Teams Team changes Stadiums Personnel ...

season, she terminated her contract prematurely and transferred to the

in the

Frauen-Regionalliga The Frauen-Regionalliga is the third tier of German women's association football. The Frauen-Regionalliga is made up of five separate leagues. Until 2017, the champion of each league was promoted to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga for the next season, so ...

. The team made it to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga at the end of the season.

International career

Germany

Şakar played for the German national youth teams U15 (2013–2014), U16 (2014–2015), U17 (2015–2016) and U19 (2017–2018). She capped in total 25 times.

Turkey

Şakar was called up to the Turkey national team end June 2024, and attended the national team's training camp in July 2024 for preparations to the European Championship qualifying. She debuted in the

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs The play-offs of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition determined the final seven participants of the Women's Euro 2025 final tournament, who joined the eight directly qualified teams and hosts Switzerland. Format The play-offs dete ...

match against

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on 29 October 2024. In 2025, she took part at the UEFA Women's Nations League B2 tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakar, Fatma 1994 births Living people Footballers from Karlsruhe German sportspeople of Turkish descent University of Mannheim alumni German women's footballers 21st-century German sportswomen Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football defenders Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players SC Sand players RB Leipzig (women) players Germany women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers