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Didem Karagenç

Didem Karagenç (born 16 October 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Beşiktaş with jersey number 3. She is a member of the Turkish national team.[2][3][4]

Didem Karagenç
Didem Karagenç (January 2024)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor
2007–2012 Gazi Üniversitesispor 69 (32)
2012–2015 Konak Belediyespor 47 (1)
2015– Beşiktaş 118 (13)
International career‡
2008–2010 Turkey U-17 16 (2)
2009–2012 Turkey U-19 32 (1)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (0)
2010– Turkey 65 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2023

Private life edit

Didem Karagenç was born in Ankara, Turkey, on 16 October 1993.[2] She works as a teacher of physical education and sports in a school.[5]

Club career edit

 
Didem Karagenç for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season.
 
Didem Karagenç with Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2023–24 season.

Karagenç received her license for Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor on 27 October 2004, where she was until January 2007. During this time, no leagues were held in the country. With the reestablishment of the women's football leagues, she transferred to her hometown club Gazi Üniversitesispor. In the six seasons, she played for Gazi Üniversitesispor, she capped 70 times, scored a total of 32 goals, and enjoyed three league championships in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2009–10.[2]

For the 2012–13 season, she signed for te İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor.[6] She became again champion in her first season with the team.

She played with Konak Belediyespor at the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League in the qualification round matches in August 2013 and in the knockout stage matches in October 2013.[3][4][7][8]

By October 2015, she transferred to the Istanbul-based team Beşiktaş J.K. to play in the Second League. At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed the league champion title and the promotion of her team to the First League.[2] At the end of the 2018-19 First League season, she enjoyed the champion title of her team.[2] She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches.[9][10][11]

In the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season, she enjoyed the second champion title with her team.[12][13] She played in two matches of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[14][15]

International career edit

 
Didem Karagenç for Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Belarus

Didem Karagenç was called up to the Turkey girls' U-17 national team debuting in the match against Ireland at the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round on 18 October 2008.[3] She played also against the teams Netherlands and Faroe Islands at the same competition. She participated at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying playing against Denmark, Ireland and Slovenia. She capped 16 times and scored two goals in the girls' U-17 national team.[2]

On 19 September 2009 she made her first appearance in the women's U-19 national team playing against Serbia at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 7 match. At the same tournament, she played also against France and Georgia. Karagenç participated at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 1 matches against Sweden, Ireland and England. her further appearances in the women's U-19 national team were at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 (Romania, Czech Republic and Northern Ireland), at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round (Iceland, Germany and Wales) as well as at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship – Group A (Portugal, Denmark and Romania). In the women's U-19 national team, she capped 32 times netting one goal.[2]

She played for the first time for the women's national team on 15 April 2009 in a friendly match with Belarusian women. Karagenç was team member in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 match against Austria. She played in nine matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 round against Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Romania and Kazakhstan. In 2013, Karagenç took part at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 matches against the English and Montenegron women.[2][4]

Karagenç appeared in four games of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 against Croatia, Russia and Hungary.[2]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scored
Turkey U-19
March 8, 2012 Sputnik Sport Center, Sochi, Russia   China Kuban Spring Tournament W 2–0 1[16]
Turkey
April 8, 2017 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands   Luxembourg 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round - Group 4 W 9–1 1[17]
October 27, 2020 Sapsan Arena, Moscow, Russia   Russia UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group A L 2–4 1[18]

Career statistics edit

As of match played 8 April 2023.[2]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gazi Üniversitesispor 2007–2009 First League 14 4 – – 7 0 21 4
2009–10 First League 17 4 – – 19 1 36 5
2010–11 First League 21 14 – – 11 1 32 15
2011–12 First League 17 10 – – 19 1 36 11
Total 69 32 – – 56 3 125 35
Konak Belediyespor 2012–13 First League 18 1 – – 5 0 23 1
2013–14 First League 16 0 7 0 6 0 29 0
2014–15 First League 13 0 – – 5 0 18 0
Total 47 1 7 0 16 0 70 1
Beşiktaş J.K. 2015–16 Second League 12 5 – – 6 0 18 5
2016–17 First League 21 1 – – 3 1 24 2
2017–18 First League 16 4 – – 3 0 19 4
2018–19 First League 17 1 – – 4 1 21 2
2019–20 First League 13 0 3 0 5 0 21 0
2020–21 First League 6 0 0 0 6 1 12 1
2021–22 Super League 20 2 2 0 11 0 33 2
2022–23 Super League 13 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
Total 118 13 5 0 40 2 163 15
Career total 234 46 12 0 112 6 358 52

Honours edit

Turkish Women's First Football League
Gazi Üniversitesispor
Winners (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10
Third places (1): 2008–09
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Beşiktaş J.K.
Winners (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
Turkish Women's Second Football League
Beşiktaş J.K.
Runners-up (1): 2015–16

References edit

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  5. ^ Yüksel, Pınar Yıldız (2018-01-07). "Biz sahada parfüm kokarız". sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  6. ^ "Didem Karagenç Konak Belediyespor'da" (in Turkish). Kadın Futbol Kulüpler Birliği. 2012-09-06. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  7. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2014 Matches Qualifying round – NSA Sofia-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
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  10. ^ "Twente (NED) 2-2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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  14. ^ "St.Pölten (AUT) 7-0 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Beşiktaş (TUR) 4-0 Kamenica Sasa (MKD)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Kuban Spring Turnuvası - Çin Cumhuriyeti 0-2 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  17. ^ "2019 FIFA Kadınlar Dünya Kupası Ön Elelme - Türkiye 9-1 Lüksemburg" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Russia 4-2 Turkey". UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
 
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