Hanna Marie Barker (born May 14, 1996) is an American professional

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who plays for Fatih Vatan in the

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Early years

Barker started her soccer career in 2006 playing in her hometown for 96 D'Feeters Kicks SC in the

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(ECNL). From 2012 to 2014, she was part of the Turner High School girls team. She was named twice ''All-district offensive'' and ''Team

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'' in 2012 and 2013. During her university years, Barker was a member of the

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team SFA Ladyjaks. She was selected to the ''Southland Conference All-Tournament Team'' and was named ''Southland Conference Freshman of the Year ''in 2014, ''Southland Conference Midfielder of the Year'' in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

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. She netted in total 29 goals in 78 matches of the Southland Conference women's soccer tournament. She is tall, and plays in the

position.

Club career

Hafnarfjarðar

In February 2018, she went to Iceland, and signed a professional contract with FH Hafnarfjarðar to play in the

Besta deild kvenna The Besta deild kvenna () is the top-tier women's football league in Iceland. It features 10 teams that play a double round robin to decide the champion, which qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The 2022 season was the f ...

Reykjavíkur

The same year, she was loaned out to IR Reykjavíkur in the 1. deild kvenna league.

Diósgyőri

She moved to Hungary, and joined

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a professional Association football, football club, part of the Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc. Founded in 1910 by the local working clas ...

to play in the 2018–19 league season of

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, where she scored in total 35 goals in 73 matches of four seasons.

Ferencvárosi TC

She played for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

in the Hungarian league

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of the 2022–23 season. She scored six goals in 27 matches. She took part in two matches of the Tournament 2 at the

2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 22nd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the second edition to f ...

, and scored one goal.

Fatih Karagümrük

In August 2023, Barker moved to Turkey, and signed with the

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-based club

Fatih Karagümrük S.K. Fatih Karagümrük Spor Kulübü, also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the first ...

Fatih Vatan

For the 2024-25 Turkish Super League season, she transferred to Fatih Vatan, also in Istanbul.

Personal life

Hanna Marie Barker was born in

Farmers Branch, Texas Farmers Branch, officially the City of Farmers Branch, is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 35,991 at the 2020 census. History ...

, United States on May 15, 1996. After completing her secondary education at

R. L. Turner High School R. L. Turner High School is a public high school located in Carrollton, Texas, (USA) in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school serves portions of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and Addison. In 2015, the school was ra ...

, she studied at

Stephen F. Austin State University Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU or SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, in the United States. Named after Stephen F. Austin, one of the founders of Texas, SFA was founded as a teachers college in 1923 and built on part ...

from 2014 to 2017.

Honors

Individual

;

Southland Conference The Southland Conference (SLC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in ...

:; SFA Ladyjacks :: ''Freshman of the Year '' (1): 2014 :: ''Midfielder of the Year'' (2):

Club

;

:; SFA Ladyjacks :: ''Runners-up'' (2):

;

:: Champions'' (1): 2022–23

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Hanna 1996 births Living people People from Farmers Branch, Texas Soccer players from Dallas County, Texas Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Stephen F. Austin State University alumni FH women's football players ÍR women's football players American expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Diósgyőri VTK (women) players Ferencvárosi TC (women) footballers American expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate women's footballers in Hungary American expatriate soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players Fatih Vatan Spor players