Necla Güngör Kırağası

Necla Güngör

Necla Güngör Kırağası, head coach of Turkey girls' U-17 team at 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification match Turkey vs Finland.
Personal information
Full name	Necla Güngör Kırağası
Date of birth	1982 (age 34–35)
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Teams managed
Years	Team
2009–2014	Turkey girls' U-15
2012–	Turkey girls' U-17
2014	Turkey women's U-21

Necla Güngör Kırağası (born Necla Güngör in 1982) is a Turkish female football manager, currently serving as the technical director of the Turkey girls' national U-17 team. She served before as the manager of the Turkey girls' national U-15 team.

Necla Güngör was born in 1982, and grew up with her two siblings in Ankara, Turkey. Despite being the granddaughter of a well-known Muslim preacher in Ankara, and the daughter of a hajji, she was supported in playing football by her family. During her childhood, she used to step in when her father's football team lacked a player on the artificial turf.

Necla Güngör graduated from the School of Sport Sciences and Technology at Hacettepe University in Ankara. In 2000, she was tasked with the introduction of rhythm training to footballers by music assisting manager Ersun Yanal at Ankaragücü. The next year, she moved with him to Gençlerbirliği S.K. to instruct the infrastructure team's players in basic training. Later, she received bids from Ankaraspor. After four years, she served again under Ersun Yanal in Manisaspor.

Through Oğuz Çetin, she was introduced to the Turkish Football Federation. After nine years with men's football teams, Necla Güngör was first appointed as a trainer for the women's national team; she then became the director of the Women's Football Department of the Federation. After serving five years as a trainer, she was appointed director of football for the Turkey girls' national under-15 team, supported by Yücel Uyar, the director of the Federation's Education Department. She became the first ever female football director of a Turkish national team. Currently, she serves as the director of football for the Turkey girls' national U-17 team, and at the same time as a specialist in the Federation's Department of Football Development.