Melis Özçiğdem

Melis Özçiğdem
BornOctober 26, 1982
Izmir, Turkey
Other occupationTeacher
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
2010-2014A2referee
2010-2014Regional Amateurreferee
2014-TFF Thirdreferee
2014-TFF Secondfourth official
2010Women's Regionalreferee
2008-2009Women's Secondreferee
2009-2014Women's Firstreferee
International
YearsLeagueRole
2013-UEFA Women's Under-17 Championshipreferee
2014-UEFA Women's Under-19 Championshipreferee

Melis Özçiğdem (born October 26, 1982), aka Meliz Özçiğdem, is a Turkish FIFA listed football referee and former international women's footballer. She is a teacher of physical education at a secondry school in Konak, Izmir.[1][2]

Sports career

Player

Club

Melis Özçiğdem began her sports career after obtaining her license for İzmir Öztürkspor in her hometown on November 8, 1999. She joined Ankara University's football team on March 2, 2001 when she enrolled at the university in Ankara. On December 24 that year, she noved to Gazi Üniversitesispor, where she played until the end of the 2001-02 season in the First League capping 8 times and scoring 10 goals. As the women's football league in Turkey was suspended between 2003 and 2006, she took a break. Finally, she transferred to Bucaspor for the 2006-07 season.[3]

International

Özçiğdem was admitted to the Turkey U-19 team and debuted in the 2000 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship Second qualifying round match against Ireland on October 19, 1999. She took part at the 2001 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship First qualifying and Second qualifying round matches. She appeared in 11 matches of the Turkey women's U-19 team.[3]

On May 20, 2001, she played for the first time in the Turkey women's team at the friendly match against Greece. Özçiğdem was part of the national team at the 2003 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) - Group 8 and UEFA Euro 2009 qualifying - Group A1 matches. She capped 8 times in total for the Turkey women's nationals.[3]

She was part of the Turkey yeam at the 2005 Summer Universiade held in Izmir.[4]

Referee

Özçiğdem began her referee career as an assistant referee in a match of the Turkish youth league, (Turkish: Deplasmanlı Süper Gençler Ligi, DSGL, on October 20, 2007. She was tasked in this capacity at the Women's First League on November 30, 2008.[5]

She made her debut as a referee in the Women's Second League on December 28, 2008. She served in various competitions of the Turkish men's reserve team league, called A2 Ligi from November 15, 2010 on. She was promoted to officiate in the Women's First League on December 5, 2010. She appeared for the first time as referee in the TFF Third League on September 20, 2014, and as fourth official in the TFF Second League on December 14 the same year.[5]

Özçiğdem officiated two of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 4 matches in October 2013,[6] two of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Group 6 matches in April 2014,[7] and two of the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 1 matches in October 2014.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Melis Özçiğdem" (in Turkish). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı-Izmir Konak 19 Mayıs Ortaokulu. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  2. ↑ "kartepe suadiye’nin maçına fİfa kokartlı bayan hakem". Kartepe Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Player Details - Meliz Özçiğdem". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  4. ↑ "23rd Summer Universiade 11-21 Ağustos 2005, İzmir /Türkiye - Futbol Kafilesi" (in Turkish). UniSpor. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hakem Bilgileri - Meliz Özçiğdem" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonun. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  6. ↑ "UEFA'dan Melis Özçiğdem'e görev". TRT (in Turkish). 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  7. ↑ "UEFA'dan Melis Özçiğdem'e görev" (in Turkish). Türkiye Faal Futbol Hakemleri ve Gözlemcileri Derneği Genel Merkezi. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  8. ↑ "Melis Özçiğdem'e önemli görev". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  9. ↑ "Melis Özçiğdem'e UEFA'dan görev" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-12-17.