Quick Facts
Biography
Zelal Baturay (born July 7, 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the First League for Gazikentspor with jersey number 21. She is a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 team.
Career
Club
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 obtainer her license on April 7, 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.
International
Baturay was called up to the Tırkey women's national U-19 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on November 26, 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.
Career statistics
- As of May 8, 2016.
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Diyarbakır B.B. Spor | 2011–12 | Second League | 8 | 15 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 2012–13 | Second League | 10 | 33 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33 | |
| 2013–14 | Second League | 12 | 36 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 18 | 37 | |
| Total | 30 | 84 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 36 | 85 | ||
| Gazikentspor | 2014–15 | First League | 14 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 21 | 7 |
| Total | 14 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 21 | 7 | ||
| Maraşgücü Spor | 2015–16 | Third League | 10 | 28 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 |
| Total | 10 | 28 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 116 | – | – | 13 | 4 | 67 | 120 | ||