Çiğdem Belci
Çiğdem Belci for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 17 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Mersin, Turkey | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ataşehir Belediyespor | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2008 | Mersin Camspor | 13 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Mersingücü Cengiz Topelspor | 17 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Trabzonspor | 17 | (3) |
| 2010–2015 | Ataşehir Belediyespor | 88 | (11) |
| 2015–2016 | Kireçburnu Spor | 18 | (5) |
| 2016– | Ataşehir Belediyespor | 23 | (0) |
| Total | 176 | (25) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Turkey U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2006– | Turkey | 45 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 28, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 6, 2016 |
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Çiğdem Belci (born 17 June 1987) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Ataşehir Belediyespor in Istanbul with jersey number 4. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2003.
Çiğdem Belci was born on 17 June 1987 in Mersin, southern Turkey. She has three older sisters and a younger brother, who follows her footsteps playing in a feeder club in Mersin.
At the age of eight, she began playing football with boys in the neighborhood. Convinced by her daughter's interest, the father took her then to Mersin Camspor, and registered her. However, feared of her daughter's future, he wanted her leave the club. Her mother supported Çiğdem, and was able to stop the father's pressure. Her father changed his mind when she transferred to successful clubs and continued with her higher education.
She studied physical education and sports at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun. After graduation, she was appointed a teacher.
Çiğdem Belci obtained her license from her hometown club Mersin Camspor on 1 September 1999, where she played until the end of 2007–08 season and capped 13 times scoring three goals. She moved to Mersingücü Cengiz Topelspor and after one season, she transferred to the Black Sea club Trabzonspor for the 2009–10 season.
The next season, Belci signed for the Istanbul-based club Ataşehirspor, and enjoyed two consecutive league championships in 2011 and 2012. She debuted in the UEFA Women's Champions League playing against Lithuanian side Gintra Universitetas on 11 August 2011. She participated in three group matches of the qualifying round. The next year, she played again in three qualifying round matches. However, her team was not successful either in 2011–12 or in 2012–13 to advance further to the knockout stage.
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