Benan Altıntaş (born 10 November 2001) is a Turkish women's football forward, who plays for Turkcell Women's Football Super League club Galatasaray, and the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Benan Altıntaş
Benan Altıntaş of Fomget Gençlik ve Spor (October 2019)
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Galatasaray
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2023 Fomget Gençlik ve Spor 93 (114)
2023– Galatasaray 0 (0)
International career
2017 Turkey U-17 15 (5)
2018 Turkey U-19 2 (0)
2021– Turkey 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 October 2021

Club career edit

Fomget Gençlik ve Spor edit

Altıntaş started her career entering the Ankara-based club Fomget Gençlik ve Spor in 2016. She played her first match in the 2016-17 Turkish Women's Third Football League on 13 November 2016.[2] At the end of the season, she enjoyed her team's promotion the Second League.[3] At the end of the 2018–19 season, her team became champion and was promoted to the Fşrst League.[4]

Galatasaray edit

She signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray on 4 August 2023.[5]

International career edit

Altıntaş was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted internationally at the UEFA Development Tournament against Russia on 12 May 2017.[6] She participated at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 7 matches.[6] She capped in 12 matches and scored four goals in total for the Turkey U-17 team..

In 2018, she was called up to the Turkey U-19 team. She played in two friendly matches.[7]

She became a member of the Turkey women's national team in the friendly match on 14 June 2021.[8][9]

International goals edit

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 July 2021 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania   Albania 1–1 2–1 Friendly

Social activity edit

On 12 June 2021, the World Day Against Child Labour, Altıntaş joined with some of her teammates a social activity launched on the social media by the Turkish "World Academy of Local Government and Democracy" (WALD) (Turkish: Dünya Yerel Yönetim ve Demokrasi Akademisi) in cooperation with the Turkish Football Federation.[10]

Career statistics edit

As of match played 6 November 2022
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ankara BB Fomget GS 2016–17 Third League Gr. 4 24 54 3 0 27 54
2017–18 Second League Gr. B 17 17 12 5 29 22
2018–19 Second League 25 28 2 0 27 28
2019-20 First League 16 11 0 0 16 11
2020-21 Women's League 6 2 0 0 6 2
2021-22 Super League 1 1 4 1 5 2
2022-23 Super League 4 1 0 0 4 1
Total 93 114 21 6 114 120
Career total 93 114 - - 21 6 114 120

Honours edit

Turkish Women's Second League
Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
Winners (1): 2018-19
Third places (1): 2017-18
Galatasaray
Winners (1): 2023–24
Turkish Women's Third League
Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
Winners (1): 2016-17

References edit

  1. ^ "Benan Altıntaş" (in Turkish). Maçkolik. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Kadınlar 3.Ligi - Konyaaltı Gençlik ve Spor 0-4 Fomget Gençlik ve Spor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kadınlar 2.Ligi - Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor 1-2 Fomget Gençlik ve Spor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Kadınlar 1.Lig - Fomget Gençlik ve Spor 1-2 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Galatasaray Petrol Ofisi'nden 6 imza birden!". Galatasaray S.K. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "UEFA Avrupa Şampiyonası Grup Eleme 2018 - Türkiye 0-3 Hollanda" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Özel Maç - Polonya 4-0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Özel Maç - Türkşiye 3-1 Bulgaristan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Milli Takım, Arnavutluk karşısında galip". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Children Are Not Workers, We are Ready to Challenge". WALD. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

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