Kader Hançar (born 12 November 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil side Tijuana and the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Kader Hançar
Kader Hançar for Fatih Vatan Spor in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-12) November 12, 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Tijuana
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Ataşehir 58 (32)
2017–2019 Konak 33 (39)
2019 Beşiktaş 0 (0)
2019–2020Konak 8 (17)
2020 Osasuna 0 (0)
2020–2022 Beşiktaş 14 (8)
2022–2024 Fatih Vatan 35 (15)
2024–2025 Beylerbeyi 14 (14)
2025– Tijuana 18 (9)
International career
2012–2013 Turkey U-15 3 (4)
2014–2015 Turkey U-17 21 (9)
2014–2018 Turkey U-19 23 (10)
2018– Turkey 31 (11)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025

Club career

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Kader Hançar (red) playing for Konak Belediyespor against Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season's away match

Kader Hançar obtained her license on August 4, 2011. She debuted in the Turkish Women's First League on November 3, 2013, at the age of only 13.[1]

Hançar plays futsal in her high school's team. She was part of the team representing Turkey at the 2014 ISF World Schools Futsal Championship held in Italy that became champion in the girls' category.[2][3] She was the second-ranked top scorer of the tournament with 15 goals following her teammate Hilal Çetinkaya, who netted 17 goals.[4]

Hançar transferred to the İzmir-based Konak Belediyespor, the rival team of Ataşehir Belediyespor, on August 18, 2017.[1] She debuted at the UEFA Women's Champions League playing in the 2017–18 qualifying round held in Tbilisi, Georgie and scored two of the five goals of her team in the first match against WFC Martve.[5] In the second game, she netted even a hat-trick of her team's five goals against the Slovak Partizán Bardejov.[6] In the third game of the qualifying round with Gintra Universitetas from Lithuania, she scored the only goal of Konak Belediyespor, who lost by 1–3 and failed to advance further.[7]

She was transferred by the 2018–19 Women's First League champion Beşiktaş J.K. to play in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9 matches.[8] She scored the only goal of her team in the first game against the Polish Górnik Łęczna.[9] She netted also one goal against the Armenian Alashkert.[10]

In the |2019–20 Women's First League season, she was loaned out from Beşiktaş J.K. to Konak Belediyespor, where she played the first half of the season only. Hançar moved then to Spain to join on 22 January 2020 the Pamplona-based Osasuna Femenino, where she plays in the Segunda División Pro.[11] Following her team Beşiktaş J.K.'s champions title in the 2020–21 Turkcell League season, she played in two matches of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[12][13]

In December 2021, before the beginning of the 2021–22 Women's Super League, she underwent surgery on her right foot due to a calcaneal bone cyst with ankle medial malleolus.[14]

For the 2022–23 Super League season, she transferred to Fatih Vatan Spor.[1]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Konak Belediyespor
August 22, 2017Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi, GeorgiaGeorgia (country) WFC Martve2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying roundW 5–02[5]
August 25, 2017David Petriashvili Stadium Tbilisi, GeorgiaSlovakia Partizán BardejovW 5–13[6]
August 28, 2017David Petriashvili Stadium Tbilisi, GeorgiaLithuania Gintra UniversitetasL 1–31[7]
Beşiktaş.
August 7, 2019Sportpark Scheurserve, Enschede, NetherlandsPoland Górnik Łęczna2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9D 1–11[9]
August 13, 2019Sportpark Heeckeren, Enschede, NetherlandsArmenia AlashkertW 3–01[10]

International career

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After playing in the Turkey girls' national U-15 team's two friendly matches and scoring one goal, she was admitted to the Turkey U-17 team appearing in the friendly match against Greece on March 2, 2014.[15] After scoring two goals in two games with the Turkey U-17, she was called up to the Turkey U-19 team. On March 18, 2014, she debuted in the Turkey U-19 team still at the age of 14.[1][16] She played in three games of the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification- Elite round, and scored two goals.[17]

Hançar appeared in three matches of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification.[1]

International goals()
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Turkey women's national under-17 football team
May 12, 2014Centro Desportivo Da Madeira Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal PortugalUEFA Development CupD 2–21[18]
October 16, 2014Boris Trajkovski Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia Kazakhstan2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualificationW 5–02[19]
October 18, 2014FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia North MacedoniaW 5–01[20]
April 11, 2015Tarsus Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey Finland2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification- Elite roundW 2–12[17]
May 3, 2015National Sports Complex Shefayim, Israel IsraelUEFA Women's Under-16 Development TournamentL 1–41[21]
Turkey women's national under-19 football team
October 21, 2017Király Sportlétesítmény Szombathely, Hungary Armenia2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10W 5–01[22]
April 8, 2018Turners Cross Cork, Ireland Republic of Ireland2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round Group 4W 2–01
(): Friendly matches not included

International goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2018Basa Technical Center, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia5–05–0Friendly
2.14 June 2019CSR Orhei, Orhei, Moldova Moldova2–02–0
3.17 January 2020Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta Malta2–12–1
4.12 November 2022Emirhan Sport Complex, Manavgat, Turkey Jordan6–07–0
5.15 November 2022 Jordan3–05–0
6.16 July 2024Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary Hungary4–14–1UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League
7.30 May 2025Esenler Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Republic of Ireland1–01–22025 UEFA Women's Nations League
8.3 June 2025Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece Greece1–01–0
9.24 October 2025Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo1–04–02025 UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches
10.2–0
11.28 October 2025Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey Kosovo2–03–0

Career statistics

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As of 6 October 2024.[1][5][6][7][9]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ataşehir 2012–13 First League 001313
2013–14 First League 102134236
2014–15 First League 1551482913
2015–16 First League 15720177
2016–17 First League 1818302118
Total 583233159147
Konak 2017–18First League 1929361483643
2018–19First League 141000622012
Total 33393620105655
Beşiktaş 2019–20 First League 00320032
Konak 2019–20 First League 81700511318
Osasuna 2019–20 Segunda División Pro 0000
Beşiktaş 2020–21 First League 220022
2021–22 Super League 1262030176
Total 1482030198
Fatih Vatan 2022–23 Super League 14142183
2023–24 Super League 16710177
2024–25 Super League 511162
Total 359634112
Career total 148105886729223142

Honours

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Turkish Women's First League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Runners-up (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Third places (1): 2016–17
Konak Belediyespor
Third places (1): 2017–18, 2018–19
Beşiktaş J.K.
Winners (1): 2020–21

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Player Details-Kader Hançar". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  2. "ISF Sports Futsal". ISF. Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  3. "Şampiyonlardan İl Müdürümüze Ziyaret" (in Turkish). İstanbul Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  4. "Hilal Çetinkaya: 'Hedefte Messi olmak var'!". Ataşehir Haberci Gazete (in Turkish). 2014-05-07. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  6. 1 2 3 "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  7. 1 2 3 "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  8. "Twente (NED) 2–2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  9. 1 2 3 "Beşiktaş (TUR) 1–1 Górnik Leczna (POL)". UEFA. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Alashkert (ARM) 0–3 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. "Osasuna Femenino refuerza su delantera con Kader Hancar" (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  12. "St.Pölten (AUT) 7–0 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  13. "Beşiktaş (TUR) 4–0 Kamenica Sasa (MKD)". UEFA. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  14. "Beşiktaş Vodafone Takımımızın Sporcusu Kader Hançar Ameliyat Oldu" (in Turkish). Beliktaş JK. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  15. "17 Yaş Altı Millilerimiz komşuda berabere". Spor X (in Turkish). 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  16. "U17 Kız Milli Takımı, İtalya'ya 5–2 Yenildi". Futbol Haberleri (in Turkish). 2015-03-11. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  17. 1 2 "Kızlar U17 Milli Takımı, Finlandiya'yı 2–1 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  18. "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kızlar U-17 Milli)" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  19. "UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship 2015 Matches Qualifying round – Turkey-Kazakhstan". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  20. "UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship 2015 Matches Qualifying round – FYR Macedonia-Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  21. "Women U17s National Team lose to Israel from Penalty Shootout". Turkish Football Federation. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  22. "Király Sportcentre – Szombathely 21/10/2017 Qualifying – Group 10 Turkey 5–0 Armenia". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
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