Pınar Yalçın
Turkish-Swedish footballer (born 1988)
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Pınar Yalçın (born 7 November 1988) is a Turkish-Swedish women's football forward who played in the Swedish Women's Football Division 2 between 2013 and 2017.[1] She also played for the Turkey women's national football team in 2015.[2][3][4] She is nicknamed "Pinnen" (Swedish for "the stick") by her fans.[5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosengård, Malmö, Sweden | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2005 | Malmö FF Dam | ||
| 2005–2006 | Malmö Anadolu BI | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | BK Olympic | 112 | (217) |
| 2010–2011 | BK Kick | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kvarnby IK | ||
| 2012–2013 | 1. Dalby GIF | ||
| 2013–2016 | Husie IF | ||
| 2017-2018 | IFK Trelleborg | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | Turkey | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 February 2014 | |||
Personal life
Playing career
Club
She began playing in the youth team of Malmö FF Dam, which was renamed to LdB FC Malmö in 2007, and then to FC Rosengård in 2013.[7][8] Yalçın was transferred by the Turkish community club Malmö Anadolu BI.[9]
After playing briefly for BK Kick,[10][11] BK Olympic,[12][13] Kvarnby IK[14] and 1. Dalby GIF,[4] she signed with Husie IF for the 2013–14 season.[5][15]
In 2013, she also officiated at women's football matches in other league divisions.[16]
International
Yalçın was called up to take part in the Turkey national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round matches. In a newspaper interview, she emphasized that she preferred to play for the Turkey national team.[17] She added that she is happy to make her debut in the match against England women's national football team.[4][18]
Yalçın was capped four times in the Turkey national team competing in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) matches.[4][18][19][20][21][22]