Zelal Baturay (born 7 July 1996) is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a forward in the Women's Super League for Fatih Vatan Spor. She is a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 team.
Club career
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.
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, she was transferred by Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season to play in the Women's First League.
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.
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.
In the second half of the 2019–20 Women's First League season, Baturay moved to the Istanbul-based club Fatih Vatan Spor. 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 Goalscorer of the season.
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. She took part at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches, and scored one goal. Baturay capped 11 times and scored 4 goals so far for the national U-19 team.
+International goals(Friendly matches not included)Date Venue Opponent Competition Result ScoredTurkey women's national U-19 football teamAugust 1, 2014 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament W 7–0 1August 30, 2014 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova W 2–1 1September 18, 2014 İnegöl İlçe Stadium, Bursa, Turkey 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round – Group 4 W 6–1 1
Career statistics .
ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDiyarbakır B.B. Spor2011–12Second League8 15 – – 0 0 8 152012–13Second League10 33 – – 0 0 10 332013–14Second League12 36 – – 6 1 18 37Total30 84 – – 6 1 36 85Gazikentspor2014–15First League14 4 – – 7 3 21 7Total14 4 – – 7 3 21 7Maraşgücü Spor2015–16Third League10 28 – – 0 0 10 28Total10 28 – – 0 0 10 28Amed S.K.2016–17Second League17 13 – – 0 0 17 132017–18First League16 2 – – 0 0 16 22018–19First League16 7 – – 0 0 16 72019–20First League8 4 – – 0 0 8 4Total57 26 – – 0 0 57 26Fatih Vatan Spor2019–20First League4 2 – – 0 0 4 22020–21First League6 7 – – 0 0 6 72021–22Super League21 9 – – 0 0 21 92022–23Super League11 0 – – 0 0 12 0Total42 18 – – 0 0 42 18Career total153 160 – – 13 4 166 164
Honours Club Turkish Women's First League Fatih Vatan Spor Runners-up (1): 2020–21
Individual Top goalscorer: 2020–21 with Fatih Vatan Spor
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