Zelal Baturay
Zelal Baturay for Gazikentspor (January 2015).
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996
Place of birth Eğil, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fatih Vatan Spor
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Diyarbakır B.B. Spor 30 (84)
2014–2015 Gazikentspor 14 (4)
2015–2016 Maraşgücü Spor 10 (28)
2016–2020 Amed S.K. 57 (26)
2020– Fatih Vatan Spor 42 (16)
International career‡
2013–2015 Turkey U-19 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2015

Zelal Baturay (born 7 July 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the Women's Super League for Fatih Vatan Spor with jersey number 21. She is a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 team.[1][2]

Club career

Zelal Baturay of Amed S.K. in the 2018–19 Women's First League.
Zelal Baturay playing for Gazikentspor in the 2014–15 League's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.
Zelal Baturay attacking for Amed S.K. in the 2017–18 Turkish Women's First League in the away match against Beşiktaş J.K.

Zelal Baturay was discovered by Filiz Atay, the female manager of the women's football team Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor, renamed later to Amed Sportif Faaliuetler, as she was playing football with boys on the street in Diyarbakır. Atay was hard put to persuade her parents for Baturay's football playing.[3]

She obtained her license on 7 April 2011 for her hometown club Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor. After playing three seasons in the Second League, at which she scored 84 goals in 30 games,[2][4][5] she was transferred by Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season to play in the Women's First League.[1]

In the 2012–13 season, Zelal Baturay became top scorer of the Second League's Division of Southeast Anatolia-Mediterranean Region with 33 goals in 10 matches.[2][4]

After three seasons with her hometown club Diyabakır B.B. Spor in the Second League, she transferred to Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season, which was newly promoted to the First League. With her team's relegation in the 2015–16 season, she moved to the Third-League team Maraşgücü Spor in Kahramanmaraş. In the 2016–17 season, Baturay returned to her hometown to play for Amed S.K. in the Second League.[1]

In the second half of the 2019–20 Women's First League season, Baturay moved to the Istanbul-based club Fatih Vatan Spor.[1] In the 3030–21 season, her team became runner-up losing to Beşiktaş J.K. in the play-off final match. She was honored with award of Top goalGoalscorer fotting seven goals in the six natcgamf the season.[6]

International career

Baturay was called up to the Tırkey women's national U-19 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on 26 November 2013.[2] She took part at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches, and scored one goal.[2][7] Baturay capped 11 times and scored 4 goals so far for the national U-19 team.[1][4][5]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Turkey women's national U-19 football team
August 1, 2014Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Romania2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development TournamentW 7–01[8]
August 30, 2014Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova UkraineW 2–11[9]
September 18, 2014İnegöl İlçe Stadium, Bursa, Turkey Kazakhstan2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round – Group 4W 6–11[10]

Career statistics

As of 5 February 20232.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Diyarbakır B.B. Spor 2011–12 Second League 815––00815
2012–13 Second League 1033––001033
2013–14 Second League 1236––611837
Total 3084––613685
Gazikentspor 2014–15 First League 144––73217
Total 144––73217
Maraşgücü Spor 2015–16 Third League 1028––001028
Total 1028––001028
Amed S.K. 2016–17 Second League 1713––001713
2017–18 First League 162––00162
2018–19 First League 167––00167
2019–20 First League 84––0084
Total 5726––005726
Fatih Vatan Spor 2019–20 First League 42––0042
2020–21 First League 67––0067
2021–22 Super League 219––00219
2022–23 Super League 110––00120
Total 4218––004218
Career total 153160––134166164

Personal Life

She changed her name and took the name Batu Aren Baturay.

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's First League
Fatih Vatan Spor
Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Oyuncular-Player Details – Zelal Baturay". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Özgülgün, Özgür (2014-01-19). "Diyarbakır'ın gol kraliçesi: Zelal Baturay". Evrensel (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Güneydoğu'da kızların futbol tutkusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sokaktan geldi, 14 maçta 39 gol attı!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  5. 1 2 "Zalal Baturay Milli Takıma Çağrıldı". Diyarbakır Söz (in Turkish). 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Türkiye Kazakistan'ı farklı geçti". Bugün (in Turkish). 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Romanya 0–7 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  9. ↑ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Türkiye 2–1 Ukrayna" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  10. ↑ "Türkiye, Kazakistan'a fark attı: 6–1". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2018-05-17.

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