Cansu Yağ

Cansu Yağ

Cansu Yağ playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013-14 season.
Personal information
Date of birthJune 22, 1990
Place of birthMönchengladbach, Germany
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Konak Belediyespor, İzmir
Number7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006-2007FSC Mönchengladbach
2007-2008FFC Braunweiler Pulheim 2000
2008-2010FSC Mönchengladbach
2010-2011Trabzonspor20(15)
2011-2012Lüleburgaz 39 Spor17(3)
2012-presentKonak Belediyespor40(8)
National team‡
2006Turkey U-171(0)
2006–2008Turkey U-1920(5)
2006–2013Turkey34(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 10, 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 26, 2013

Cansu Yağ (born June 22, 1990) is a Turkish women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir with jersey number 7.[1] She was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team in 2006 after playing for the national U-15, U-17 and U-19 teams.[2]

Early life

Cansu Yağ was born on June 22, 1990 in Mönchengladbach to Turkish parents living in Germany. Her father, a professional football player in Turkey, who continued his sports career also in Germany, took Cansu to football matches since she was two years old. At the age of six, her father registered her in the club he played. The first seven years, Cansu played football in mixed-gender teams. In the first 13 years of her career, she was with four clubs. In Germany, she played in the Fußball-Regionalliga der Frauen, and was lately in the squad of FSC Mönchengladbach.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Playing career

Club

Cansu Yağ playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013-14 season.

After graduating from Gymnasium Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach, she moved to Turkey to attend university. There, she enrolled in the Trakya University in Edirne to study physical education and sports. She played for Trabzonspor until its closure,[12] and then became a member of the women's football club Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in October 2011, which was promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.[11] In August 2012, Yağ was transferred by Konak Belediyespor.[13]

At FSC Mönchengladbach, she helped to her team's success by scoring goals many times.[14][15] Yağ continued scoring at Lüleburgaz 39 Spor,[16][17] and Konak Belediyespor as well.[18] In the 2012-13 season, at which she scored three goals in total, she experienced the Turkish league championship.[19] Playing in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, her team completed the qualifying round as group leader, and passed the Round of 32, failed however to reach the quarterfinals by losing the two matches in the Round of 16 against the Austrian side SV Neulengbach.[18]

International goals
Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scored
Konak Belediyespor
August 9, 2014 Stadions Arkādija Riga, Latvia Latvia Rīgas FS} 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 11–0 1[20]

International

Already at the age of 14 and still living in Germany, she was selected to the Turkey girls' U-15 national team, and travelled for this reason to Turkey to take part at the training camps and international matches.[11] After playing in the national U-17 and U-19 teams, she was admitted to the Turkish women's national team in 2006.[4][5][6][8][9] She had preferred to play for the Turkey national rather than for the German.[21] Cansu Yağ played at the 2008 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round matches against the teams from Poland, Austria and Bulgaria, scoring a goal in the last match.[7] In the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match against Georgia, she shot one of the nine goals.[22] Yağ scored two goals against Malta and one goal againsy Austria in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches in April 2010.[23][24]

International goals
Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
Turkey women's U-19 national football team
October 2, 2007 KS Proszowianka Stadium Proszowice, Poland  Bulgaria 4-0 2008 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round 1
Turkey women's national football team
November 23, 2006 Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Adana, Turkey  Georgia 9-0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 1
April 11, 2010 Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Trabzon, Turkey  Malta 5-1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 2
August 25, 2010 Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Samsun, Turkey  Austria 2-2 1

Career statistics

As of match played February 22, 2015
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FSC Mönchengladbach 2006–07 - - 17 5 17 5
Total - - 17 5 17 5
FFC Braunweiler Pulheim 2000 2007–08 - - 5 0 5 0
Total - - 5 0 5 0
FSC Mönchengladbach 2008–2010 - - 18 0 18 0
Total - - 18 0 18 0
Trabzonspor 2010–11 First League 20 15 - - 5 5 25 20
Total 20 15 - - 5 5 25 20
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor 2011–12 First League 17 3 - - 10 0 27 3
Total 17 3 - - 10 027 3
Konak Belediyespor 2012–13 First League 16 3 - - 0 0 16 3
2013–14 First League 15 4 7 0 1 0 23 4
2014–15 First League 9 1 2 1 0 0 11 2
Total 40 8 9 1 1 0 50 9
Career total 77 26 9 1 56 10 142 37

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

References

  1. ↑ "Futbolcular-Cansu Yağ" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Cansu Yağ". UEFA. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Auf dem besten Weg zur Nummer Sieben!" (in German). FSC MG. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "U19 Bayanlarımız Bulgaristan'ı 3-0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "U19 Bayanlar, Polonya'ya 7-1 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "U19 Bayanlar, Avusturya'ya 3-2 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "U19 Bayanlar, Bulgaristan'ı 4-0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Şimdi de bayan milliler Avrupa'da" (in Turkish). 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Bayan A Milli Futbol Takımı, İngiltere'ye 3-0 mağlup oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  10. ↑ Akyol, Cahit (2010-06-27). "Dişi kramponlara gurbetten doping". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Cansu Yağ: Türkler Kadın Futbolcu Görünce Şaşırıyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  12. ↑ "Trabzonspor Bayan Futbol Takımından 3 Oyuncuya Milli Davet". Trabzondan Haber (in Turkish). 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  13. ↑ "Cansu Yağ Konak Belediyespor’da". Amatörün Dünyası (in Turkish). 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  14. ↑ "Cansu Yag steuert Hattrick zu Borussias 6:1 in Kommern bei". RP Online (in German). 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  15. ↑ "Cansu Yag sichert Borussia drei wichtige Punkte". RP Online (in German). 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  16. ↑ "Kızlardan Gol Yağmuru". Lüleburgaz Haber (in Turkish). 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  17. ↑ "Lüleburgaz 39 tam gaz". Gazete Trakya (in Turkish). 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Konak Belediyespor kadın futbol takımı tarih yazdı". Haber3 (in Turkish). 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  19. ↑ "Türkiye tamam, sıra Avrupa'ya geldi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  20. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  21. ↑ "Die Bundesliga lockt Cansu Yag". RP Online (in German). 2006-06-08. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  22. ↑ "Bayanlarımız gol oldu yağdı: 9-0" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  23. ↑ "A Bayan Milli Takımı, Malta'yı 5-1 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  24. ↑ "A Bayan Milli Takımı, Avusturya ile 2-2 berabere kaldı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

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