Meryem Yamak
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 Meryem Yamak (2015) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 August 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Soma, Manisa, Turkey | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 | FC Hochbrück | ||
| 1980–1990 | FC Bayern Munich | ||
| 1991–1993 | FC Wacker München | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1994 | SV Türk Gücü Munich | ||
| 1994–1995 | FC Wacker München | ||
| 1999–2001 | FC Bayern Munich II | ||
| 2002–2014 | Teams and schools in Spain | ||
| 2014 | Qatar women's | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Meryem Yamak (born 26 August 1962), also known as Meriç Yamak,[1] is a German former football player and coach of Turkish origin. Yamak, who currently works as a women's football European representative and scout for the Turkish Football Federation, is the first professional footballer of Turkish origin in Germany. In addition, she is the first woman of Turkish origin with an A license for football coaching.
Meryem Yamak was born in Soma, Manisa in western Turkey on 26 August 1962.[2] She has four siblings. Early 1970s, her father Hüseyin emigrated to Germany with his wife and five children.[1][3]
Playing career
Yamak started playing football together with her brothers Yusuf and Aziz, impressing bystanders with her talent.[1] Settled with her family in Bavaria, Germany, she began playing football at age twelve in the youth team of FC Hochbrück, a club in the neighborhood of Garching, Munich.[1]
In 1980, she was signed by FC Bayern Munich.[2] She became the first women's footballer of Turkish origin at Bavarian Football Association (Bayerischer Fussball-Verband, BFV) level and then in Women's Federal League (Frauen-Bundesliga).[1] She enjoyed the victory at the 1981 States Cup (Länderpokal) as a member of the BFV-Select team . Her team Bayern Munich reached the final of the 1982 German Women's Football Championship (Deutsche Frauen Fußballmeisterschaft 1982), becoming runners-up.[4] In 1985, she underwent a knee surgery.
In 1991, she transferred to FC Wacker München. After two seasons, she retired form active playing career in 1993.[2]
