Berivan İçen explained

Berivan İçen
Birth Date:15 July 2003
Birth Place:Mazıdağı, Mardin Province, Turkey
Height:1.70 m[1]
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Beylerbeyi S.K.
Clubnumber:21
Youthyears1:2015–2016
Youthclubs1:Galatasaray
Years1:2016–2018
Clubs1:Beşiktaş
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:2018–2019
Clubs2:Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor
Caps2:14
Goals2:15
Years3:2019–2023
Clubs3:Beşiktaş
Caps3:47
Goals3:4
Years4:2023–
Clubs4:Beylerbeyi
Caps4:12
Goals4:0
Nationalyears1:2017–2019
Nationalteam1:Turkey U17
Nationalcaps1:24
Nationalgoals1:12
Nationalyears2:2017–2022
Nationalteam2:Turkey U19
Nationalcaps2:8
Nationalgoals2:6
Nationalyears3:2020–
Nationalteam3:Turkey
Nationalcaps3:2
Nationalgoals3:0
Club-Update:23 December 2023
Nationalteam-Update:11 April 2022

Berivan İçen (born 15 July 2003) is a Turkish footballer, who plays for the Turkish Women's Super League club Beylerbeyi S.K. as a midfielder. She was a member of the Turkey women's national under-17 football team and now represents the Turkish women's national team.

Early life

Berivan İçen was born in Mazıdağı district of Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey, on 15 July 2003. She has nine siblings.

Club career

İçen began playing football at age six in 2010. She was discovered as she drew the attention of the chairman of amateur club Cennet Barbarosspor's in Küçükçekmece, district of Istanbul Province. She was playing with the football on the touchline. The club chairman convinced her father to let her join by promising to finance the girl's education expenses. In 2012, she entered the team of her age group, which consisted of boys only. That year, the left-footed girl was instrumental for her team's advance to the quarter-finals at a tournament organized by the Municipality of Küçükçekmece in the National Sovereignty and Children's Day.

İçen obtained her license to play for Galatasaray on 17 April 2015. She scored eleven goals in a match of the 7th round in the 2016 Girls' under-13 League (Minik Kızlar Ligi) that ended 15–0 for her team Galatasaray. In October 2016, after Galatasaray closed the women's football department, she transferred to Beşiktaş In the 2018–19 season, she joined Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor in Küçükçekmece to play in the Women's Second League. She scored 15 goals in 14 matches. In the 2020–21 season, she returned to her former club Beşiktaş, where she scored two goals in nine games. Following her team's champion title in the 2020–21 Turkcell League season, she played in two matches of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.

In August 2023, she signed with the newly to the Super League promoted club Beylerbeyi S.K. to play in the 2023–24 season.

International career

İçen was called up to the Turkey women's national under-17 football team, and debuted in the friendly match against Russia on 21 December 2017. She played in two of the 2018 UEFA Women's under-17 Championship qualification matches. She took part in three 2018 UEFA Women's Under-16 Development Tournament matches. Further, she played in three 2020 UEFA Women's under-17 Championship qualification matches. She has been capped 25 times by the Turkey women's under-17 team, and scored 12 goals in total.

In September 2020, she was called up to the Turkey women's national team. She debuted at the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying match against Slovenia on 18 September 2020.

Career statistics

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ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beşiktaş J.K.First League0 0 7 1 7 1
Total0 0 7 1 7 1
Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor2018–19 Second League14 15 10 5 24 20
Total14 15 10 5 24 20
Beşiktaş J.K.First League9 2 8 6 17 8
First League5 0 1 0 6 0
Super League19 2 2 0 8 6 29 8
Super League14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Total47 4 2 0 17 12 66 16
Beylerbeyi.Super League12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Total12 0 2 0 0 0 12 10
Career total73 19 2 034 18 109 37

Honours

Turkish Women's First League:
  • Beşiktaş J.K.
  • Winners (1): 2020–21 Runners-up (1): 2019–20 1

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Berivan İçen . soccerdonna.de . 24 February 2024 . de.