Emine Demir (born November 11, 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender, who plays in the Women's Super League for Yüksekova with jersey number 6. She was a member of the Turkey girls' U-17, Turkey women's U-19, women's U-21 and Turkey women's teams.[1]

Emine Demir
Emine Demir for Trabzon İdmanocağı (December 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-11) November 11, 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Taşbaşı, Hakkari, Turkey
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Yüksekova
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Malatya 8 (0)
2009–2011 Mersin Cam 14 (3)
2011–2012 Adana İdmanyurdu 42 (14)
2012–2016 Trabzon İdmanocağı 71 (6)
2017–2019 Hakkarigücü 40 (21)
2019–2021 Ataşehir 19 (1)
2021–2022 Fatih Vatan 22 (1)
2022 Galatasaray 7 (1)
2022–2023 Fatih Vatan 10 (0)
2023–2024 Hakkarigücü 13 (0)
2024– Yüksekova 18 (1)
International career
2008 Turkey U-17 1 (0)
2011–2012 Turkey U-19 19 (0)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (0)
2015–2016 Turkey 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2016

Early years

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She was born to Kurdish parents in Taşbaşı village of Hakkari province in southeastern Turkey on November 11, 1993. She began football playing in the regional primary boarding school of the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living.[2][3] Her first club Malatya Gençlik ve Spor provided her scholarship for education in the Sports High School in Malatya. She supports her family financially.[4]

Club career

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Emine Demir of Hakkarigücü Spor in the 2018–19 First League.

Emine Demir of Hakkarigücü Spor in the 2018–19 Turkish Women's First.

She received her license for Malatya Gençlik ve Spor on November 16, 2007, and played the 2008–09 season in the Turkish Women's Second League.[4] The next season, she moved to Mersin Camspor to play in the Women's First League. In the 2010–11 season, she was transferred by Adana İdmanyurduspor,[5][6] which was promoted to the Women's First League one season later. Dmir has been part of Trabzon İdmanocağı since 2012. After three full and a half seasons, she moved to Hakkarigücü Spor in her hometown to play in the Women's Second League.[1] She earned her team's promotion to the Women's First league in the 2018–19 season. In October 2019, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor.[1]

Galatasaray

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On 22 August 2022, the Turkish Women's Football Super League team was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[7]

Fatih Vatan Spor

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In the second half of the 2022–23 season, she returned to her former club Fatih Vatan Spor.[1]

International career

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Emine Demir (#18) playing for Turkey national team at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against Germany in Istanbul, Turkey

Emine Demir was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team to play at the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship – Group 5 matches.[4] She debuted in the game against Faroe Islands on October 23, 2008.[1]

She Became a member of the Turkey women's U-19 team playing for the first time in the 2011 Kuban Spring Tournament against Ukraine on March 6, 2011. She played at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 3 and 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship – Group A matches.[2][5][6] She capped in total 19 times for the Turkey women's U-19 team.[1]

On November 26, 2014, she appeared for Turkey women's U-21 team in a friendly match against Belgium.[1]

In February 2015, Emine Demir was called up to the Turkey women's.[8] She was a substitute at the friendly matches against the Georgian women.[1][9][10] On August 19, 2015, she debuted in the Turkey women's team appearing in the friendly match against Albania.[1]

Career statistics

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As of 28 September 2025.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malatya 2008–09Second League 801090
Mersin Cam 2009–10 First League 14300143
Adana İdmanyurdu 2010–11Second League 23770307
2011–12First League 19790287
Total 42141605814
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2012–13First League 18130211
2013–14First League 12000120
2014–15First League 16110171
2015–16First League 17440214
2016–17First League 800080
Total 71680796
Hakkarigücü 2016–17Second League 760076
2017–18Second League 1814001814
2018–19First League 15100151
Total 4021004021
Ataşehir 2019–20First League 15100151
2020–21 First League 400040
Total 19100191
Fatih Vatan 2021–22 Super League 22100221
Galatasaray 2022–23 Super League 710071
Fatih Vatan 2022–23 Super League 10000100
Hakkarigücü 2023–24 Super League 13000130
Yüksekova 2024–25 First League 17100171
2025–26 Super League 100010
Total 18100181
Career total 2464825027148

Honours

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Turkish Women's First League
Adana İdmanyurduspor
Third place (1): 2010–11
Trabzon İdmanocağı
Third places (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
Turkish Women's Second League
Hakkarigücü Spor
Second places (1): 2017–18

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Oyuncular-Futbolcular – Emine Demir" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  2. 1 2 "Arkadaşları evlendi onlar futbolu seçti". Foto Spor (in Turkish). 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  3. "Dağları top peşinde koşarak aştı". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  4. 1 2 3 Aydın, Gülden (2008-09-14). "Buradan çıkışımız futbol sayesinde olacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  5. 1 2 "İdmanyurdu'nda Milli mutluluk". Ekspres Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2012-06-22. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  6. 1 2 "Dişi kramponlarda milli heyecan". Günaydın Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2012-06-22. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  7. "Galatasaray son olarak Fatih Vatan SK forması giyen Emine Demir'i kadrosuna kattı". twitter.com. KadınFutbolHaberleri 🇹🇷 (@Futbolkadin) _ Twitter. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. "Kadınlar A-Milli'de Değişim". Yerel Futbol (in Turkish). 2015-02-19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  9. "A Milli Kadın Futbol Takımı'nın rakibi Gürcistan!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  10. "Kadın A Milli Futbol Takımı, Gürcistan'ı 6–0 yendi". İTV Haber (in Turkish). 2015-02-26. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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