Leyla Güngör Explained

Leyla Güngör
Birth Date:29 May 1993
Birth Place:Malmö, Sweden
Position:Defender
Youthyears1:1998–2004
Youthclubs1:Türk Anadolu FF Malmö
Youthclubs2:IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
Years1:2011
Years2:2012–2014
Nationalyears1:2010
Nationalteam1:Turkey U-17
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2010–2012
Nationalteam2:Turkey U-19
Nationalcaps2:11
Nationalgoals2:7
Nationalyears3:2010–2013
Nationalteam3:Turkey
Nationalcaps3:15
Nationalgoals3:2
Club-Update:December 3, 2013
Ntupdate:October 31, 2013

Leyla Güngör (born May 29, 1993) is a Turkish international women's footballer who plays as a defender in the Swedish Damallsvenskan for FC Rosengård. She is a member of the Turkish national team.

Early life

Leyla Güngör was born on May 29, 1993, in Malmö, Sweden to a Turkish father and Swedish mother, as their second child.

Playing career

Club

Leyla began playing football at the age of five following her older brother Sami's footsteps. She entered the Turkish community's sports club Türk Anadolu FF Malmö, a mixed-gender team. She was supported by her parents, and her grandfather took Leyla to training when her parents were at work. At the age eleven, she transferred to IF Limhamn Bunkeflo. Currently, she plays in the Swedish Women's First League team FC Rosengård, which is the third club in her career.

International

After playing some time in the Sweden women's national under-17 football team, Güngör received an invitation from the Turkish Football Federation to join the Turkey national team. Enthusiastically preferring the Turkish side, she promptly accepted. In the beginning, she communicated to the team in English, because she could not speak Turkish well but could understand it.

On September 11, 2010, she played for the first time in the Turkey U-19 national team at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 against Romania, and scored both of the game's goals for her country.

Promoted to the Turkey women's national team in 2011, she scored the only goal for Turkey in her first appearance in the match against the Spanish side at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2.