Reyhan Yüksekoğlu
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Reyhan Yüksekoğlu (born 20 August 1980) is a retired Turkish women's footballer, who last played in the Turkish Women's First League in
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position for Lüleburgaz 39 Spor with jersey number 8. She was a member of the Turkey girls' national U-19 and women's national teams.


Club career

Yüksekoğlu started her football career at Gümüşsuyu Spor in 1995. Later, in 1997, she was with Gençosman Sitespor. She then played for the Zara Ekinlispor, Marshall Boyaspor, Zeytinburnuspor and
Maltepe Yalıspor Maltepe Yalıspor, shortly Yalıspor, is the women's football team of the club located in Maltepe district of Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic ...
between 1997-2002. In 2003. No women's leagues competitions were held in Turkey in the years between 2003 and 2006. In 2006, she transferredto Dıostluk Spor. In the following seasons, she was with her former clubs Maltepe Yalıspor and Zeytinburnuspor until 2009. After playing all the time in the Women's First League for
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-based clubs, she moved in the 2009-10 Women's Second League season to the high school team Düvenciler Lisesispor in
Kırklareli Kırklareli () is a city in the East Thrace, European part of Turkey. It is the seat of Kırklareli Province and Kırklareli District. The team finished the season as champion, and they were promoted to the Women's First League. The team was renamed to Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in the 2011-12 Women's First League season. She captained her team together with Esra Erol. On 15 January 2012, she suffered rupture of the
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on her left leg. After the surgery, she had to stay away about six months from the football pitch. She ended her active sports career.


International career

Yüksekoğlu played for the Turkey girls' national U-17 team in two matches of the 1999 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship qualifying round and scored one goal against
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. She was admitted to the Turkey women's national team, and debuted in the
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match against
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on 25 September 1997. She took part at the
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and
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. She scored two goals in a total of 29 matches played.


Honours

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Turkish Women's Second Football League The Turkish Women's Second Football League () is the third tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey. Format Teams promoted to Women's First League Format As of 2023–24 Season, 31 teams compete for promot ...
:; Düvenciler Lisesispor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2009-10.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuksrkoglu, Reyhan 1980 births Footballers from Rize Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Lüleburgaz 39 Spor players Living people