Berna Yeniçeri
Turkish footballer (born 1996)
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Berna Yeniçeri (born January 26, 1996) is a Turkish women's football defender, who plays in the Super League for Trabzon. She has been a member of the Turkish national team since 2011.[1][2][3]
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Berna Yeniçeri for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 26, 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Trabzonspor | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2014 | Kdz. Ereğli | 105 | (9) |
| 2014–2017 | Konak | 50 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Ataşehir | 16 | (2) |
| 2018–2021 | Konak | 29 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Beşiktaş | 28 | (5) |
| 2022–2025 | Galatasaray | 63 | (6) |
| 2025– | Trabzon | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Turkey U-17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Turkey U-19 | 36 | (1) |
| 2014 | Turkey U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Turkey | 40 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 July 2023 | |||
Club career
Kdz. Ereğli
Yeniçeri made her professional debut on November 9, 2006, for her hometown club, Kdz. Ereğlispor. She helped them gain promotion to the Women's First League at the end of 2010–11 season.
Konak
After playing six seasons for Kdz. Ereğlispor, she transferred to the İzmir-based league-champions Konak on July 25, 2014.[4] With her new team, she took part at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round matches.[5][6][7] She played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.[8][9][10]
At the end of the 2015–16 season, Konak won the Turkish Women's Football Super League.[1] Yeniçeri played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[11][12][13]
Ataşehir
By mid-August 2017, she had transferred to the Istanbul-based rival Ataşehir after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor.[14]
Konak (return)
In the 2018–19 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak.[1]
Beşiktaş
By mid April, right before the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season started, she joined Beşiktaş J.K. in Istanbul, and helped them to win the league in that season.[1]
Galatasaray
On August 9, 2022, she was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[15] In the statement made by Galatasaray club on 20 July 2025, the management wished her farewell.[16]
Trabzon
International career
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Yeniçeri made her first Turkey girls' U-17 national team appearance in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 10 match against Wales on August 28, 2012.[18] She played also against Norway[19] and Latvia[20] at the same competition. Yeniçeri was capped seven times for the Turkish U-17 national team.[3]
At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10 match against Belgium on September 21, 2013, she made her entrance into the Turkey women's U-19 national team.[3][21]
Her debut in the Turkey women's national team took place in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Wales on June 14, 2014.[22]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kdz. Ereğli | 2008–09 | Second League | 8 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Second League | 18 | 1 | – | – | - | 0 - | 18 | 1 | |
| 2010–11 | Second League | 23 | 5 | – | – | - | - | 23 | 5 | |
| 2011–12 | First League | 22 | 2 | – | – | - | - | 22 | 2 | |
| 2012–13 | First League | 17 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | First League | 17 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |
| Total | 105 | 9 | – | – | 29 | 1 | 134 | 10 | ||
| Konak | 2014–15 | First League | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | First League | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| 2016–17 | First League | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 84 | 4 | ||
| Ataşehir | 2017–18 | First League | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Konak | 2018–19 | First League | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | First League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | First League | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 4 | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2020–21 | Women's League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Super League | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 4 | |
| Total | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2022–23 | Super League | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | Super League | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | Super League | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 6 | ||
| Trabzon | 2025–26 | Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 294 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 393 | 31 | ||
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konak Beledyespor | |||||
| August 13, 2015 | Stadion Otoka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  KF Vllaznia Shkodër | 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round | W 5–1 | 1[9] |
