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Turkish footballer (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sejde Aftoni̇a Aylli̇n Aykal (born 24 January 1998), known as Sejde Abrahamsson, is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Women's Super League side Club YLA. Born in Sweden, she plays for the Turkey women's national team. She represented her country of birth at U15 and U23 levels.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sejde Aftoni̇a Aylli̇n Aykal[1] | ||
Birth name | Sejde Aftonia Ayllin Abrahamsson | ||
Date of birth | 24 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Piteå, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Club YLA | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | KIF Örebro | 19 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Hammarby | 41 | (0) |
2019 | KIF Orebro | 12 | (1) |
2020 | Piteå | 20 | (0) |
2021 | Sevilla | 4 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Napoli | 20 | (0) |
2022 | Slavia Prague | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Club YLA | 15 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Sweden U15 | ||
2018 | Sweden U23 | ||
2024– | Turkey | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024 |
Abrahamsson plays as a defender in the center back position.[2]
She played her first years at professional level in her hometown club KIF Örebro. After three league seasons,[3] she moved to the Stockholm-based club Hammarby for the 2017-18 season. She played two seasons with Hammarby.[2] In the last match of the successful season, she tore her cruciate ligament. In the 2019 season, she returned to her home club KIF Örebro, where she completed her rehab. In the 2020 season, she joined Piteå.[4]
Her career in foreign countries began when she left her club Piteå in Sweden in the winter of 2020 to join Sevilla in Spain,[4][5] where she played only a few matches due to an injury.[6] In July 2021, she signed with the Italian Seria A-club Napoli.[6][3] She played for the Czech club Slavia Prague in 2022.[7] In the 2023-24 season, she transferred to Club YLA, the women's section of Club Brugge KV in Belgium.[8]
Abrahamsson was selected to the Sweden girls' national under-15 football team in September 2013 to play in two matches against Norway.[9]
Already at age 20, she became a member of the Sweden women's national under-23 football team in 2018.[2]
Abrahamsson was called up to the Turkey national team as midfielder in July 2023.[10] She is eligible through descent.[11] She played in two friendly matches in February 2024,[1] scoring the only winning goal against Romania.[12] She played her first official match appearing in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B against Switzerland.[13]
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