Shirley Kocaçınar
Turkish-Dutch footballer
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Shirley Hubertina Maria Adriana Kocaçınar (born 4 December 1986) is a footballer who plays as a forward, currently playing for Fortuna Sittard.[1][2] Born in the Netherlands, she represented Turkey at international level, making her debut in 2011.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shirley Hubertina Maria Adriana Kocaçınar | ||
| Date of birth | December 4, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Heerlen, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Sittard | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | Reuver VV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Willem II | ||
| 2008–2009 | Roda JC | 11 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | RKTSV Kerkrade | 9 | (0) |
| 2010 | Venray | 1 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | VVV-Venlo | 13 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | RKTSV Kerkrade | 12 | (15) |
| 2012– | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Turkey | 4 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 23, 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals as of October 21, 2011 | |||
Playing career
Club
Kocaçınar played in the first season of the BeNe League, Premier Women's League, at Willem II. After one year, she moved to Roda JC,[1][4] where she scored four goals in eleven league games. As her club folded due to financial problems,[5] she transferred to RKTSV Kerkrade in the 2009–10 season. She returned to the Premier League with VVV-Venlo in the 2010–11 season. After the termination of her contract, she returned to her former club RKTSV Kerkrade,[6] where she scored 15 goals in 12 matches becoming topscorer.[7] In the 2012–13 season, Kocaçınar transferred to Fortuna Sittard.[2][8][9][10][11]
In January 2013, she tried to transfer to the Turkish team Trabzon İdmanocağı without success due to problems with documentation.[12]
Kocaçınar plays also futsal for the Sittard-based club FSG Gezien.nl.[13]
International
In the possession of a Turkish passport, she was called up to the Turkey team. She took part in friendly international matches in 2011. In the match against Greece on April 29, 2011, she scored two goals. She capped four times for the Turkey women's national team.[14]
Honours
Individual
- Top scorer 2011–12 season with RKTSV Kerkrade[7]