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Feride Akgün (born 1973) is a Turkish former footballer, who played as forward in the Turkish Women's League for various clubs, and the Turkey women's national team. She was named the league's top goalscorer three times.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1973 (age 50–51) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1997 | Dinarsuspor | ||
| 1997–2001 | Marshall Boyaspor | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995–2002 | Turkey | 29 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 May 2002 | |||
Akgün professionally played volleyball at Galatasaray. She then switched over to football.[1]
Akgün played for the Istanbul-based Turkish Women's League clubs Dinarsuspor (1990-1997) and Marshall Boyaspor (1997–2001).[2][3] She enjoyed four league champion and one Federation Cup champion titles. During her time at Dinarsuspor, she became the most goalscorer with 54 goals.[1] She was named three times top goalscorer.[3]
In 2001, she went to Germany, and played trials with FCR 2001 Duisburg and the B-team of FC Bayern Munich.[3]
Akgğn was a member of the Turkey national team between 1995 and 2002,[2][3][4] capping 29 matches and scoring one goal. She played at the UEFA Euro 1997 qualifying, 1999 FIFA World Cup qualification,[1] UEFA Euro 2001 qualifying,[4] and 2003 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]
In 2016, "İstanbul Akademi Futbol Okulları" (Istanbul Academy Football Schools), an institution for football infrastructure, added Akgün to their staff.[5]
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