Esra Manya (born 11 April 1999) is a women's football midfielder who plays for the Turkish Super League club Fatih Vatan. Born in Turkey, she represented her country of birth at under-17 and under-19 international levels before she joined the Azerbaijan national team at senior level.
Club career Manya signed on 21 May 2013 for her hometown club 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor. She began playing in the 2013–14 season in the Second League. At the end of the 2014–15 season, her team finished the league as champions and was promoted to the First League. In the second half of the 2019-20 Second League season, she transferred to Hakkarigücü Spor to play in the 2019–20 First League and appeared in three matches. In the 2020–21 league season, she returned to her former club.
In the 2022–23 Super League season, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş J.K.
International career Turkey
She was called up to the Turkey under-17 team and debuted in the UEFA Development Tournament against Portugal on 12 May 2014. Manya took part at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches in 2015, 2015 Elite round, and 2016. She capped 17 times and scored one goal for the Turkey under-17 team so far.
Manya debuted for the Turkey under-19 team at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament match against Slovenia on 9 June 2016. She enjoyed her team's tournament champion title. She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Group 10, 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round Group 2 and 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Group 10.
+International goals 1Date Venue Opponent Result Competition ScoredTurkey under-1718 October 2014 Stadion Kukuš Turnovo, Macedonia W 5–0 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Gr. 8 1 Turkey under-1912 June 2016 Football Centre FRF Buftea, Romania W 2–1 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament 1 18 October 2017 Sportcentrum Bük Bük, Hungary L 2–5 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Gr. 10 1 8 April 2018 Turners Cross Cork, Ireland W 2–0 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Elite round Gr. 4 1
1 Friendly matches not included
Azerbaijan Manya played for the Azerbaijan national team in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C - Group 3 and the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1207 Antalyaspor2013–14Second League10 6 – – 3 0 13 62014–1516 8 – – 11 1 27 92015–16First League15 4 – – 6 1 21 52016–1722 4 – – 5 0 27 42017–1818 3 – – 12 3 30 62018–19Second League1 0 – – 0 0 1 02019–209 6 – – 0 0 9 6Total91 31 – – 37 5 128 36Hakkarigücü Spor2019-20 First League3 0 – – 0 0 13 0Total3 0 – – 0 0 3 01207 Antalyaspor2020-21 First League3 0 – – 0 0 4 02021-22 Super League24 5 – – 0 0 24 5Total27 5 – 0 0 27 5Beşiktaş2022-23Super League17 5 – – 0 0 17 52023-2421 3 – – 5 0 26 3Total38 8 – – 5 0 43 8Fatih Vatan2024-25Super League10 0 - - 10 0Career total169 44 – – 42 5 211 49
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 4 April 2025 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 1–0 2–0 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League 2. 24 October 2025 Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, Kazakhstan 1–0 2–1 Friendly 3. 2 December 2025 National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2–1 2–1 2025 Bangladesh Tri-Nations Cup 4. 14 April 2026 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 3–1 3–1 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 5. 18 April 2026 Bank Respublika Arena, Absheron, Azerbaijan 2–0 2–0
Honours Club Turkish Women's Second League 1207 Antalyaspor Winner (1): 2014–15
International UEFA Development Tournament Turkey women's U-19 Winners (1): 2016
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