Merve Aladağ (1 March 1993) is a Turkish

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who plays as a striker for Turkish First League club

Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor is a women's association football, women's football team based in the Karadeniz Ereğli district of Zonguldak Province in Turkey. They are associated with Karadeniz Ereğli Belediye Spor Kulübü, a men's side, and pl ...

. With her team, she has also played the Champions League. She is a member of the Turkish national team, having made her official debut on 23 November 2011 against

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, and as a junior international she played the 2012 U-19 European Championship.

Playing career

Club

Aladağ began her career in the high school team of Altınşehir Lisesi Spor, which played in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. Appeared in 17 league matches in the 2010–11 season, she scored a total of 21 goals. The next season, she was transferred by Ataşehir Belediyesi, a club competing in the Turkish Women's First League. Aladağ netted 27 goals in 21 matches in the 2011–12 season, was named ''Top Scorer'' () and enjoyed her first league championship. She played in three matches at the

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and scored the only goals of her team in two matches. In the 2012–13 season, she netted 12 goals for Ataşehir Belediyesi in 17 matches. In the beginning of the 2015–16 league season, Merve Aladağ was transferred by

Kireçburnu Spor Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football () is a women's association football, women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of the 1951-established Foot ...

. After three seasons with the

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-based club, she moved to Kdz. Ereğlispor in October 2018.

International

Aladağ made her national team debut on 23 November 2011 in the

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match against the

n team. She played for the Turkey U-19 national team in four games, the first on 8 May 2012. She scored a goal in the friendly match against the Hungarian team on 8 May 2012.

Career statistics

Honors

Club

; Turkey Women's First Football League :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2011–12 :: ''Runners-up'' (3):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15

Individual

; Turkish Women's First League : ''Top Scorer 2011–12'' – (27 goals) with Ataşehir Belediyespor

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aladag, Merve Living people 1993 births People from Akçadağ Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football forwards Ataşehir Belediyespor players Kireçburnu Spor players Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers