Hanife Demiryol

Hanife Demiryol — Biography

Hanife Demiryol is a Turkish midfielder known for a path from the youth national teams to the senior women's national team and for playing for many clubs in Turkish women's football. Born in the Konak district of İzmir, she made her name with her scoring at Bucaspor and was called up to the national team. Late in her career she dropped to the lower divisions, playing for Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor in the Women's Second League.

She received her license on April 28, 2006, and rose from Bucaspor's youth side to the first team. Until the end of 2010-11 she made 54 league appearances and scored 33 goals in the Women's First League, and the club finished runners-up in 2008-09. In 2011-12 she moved to Kdz. Ereğlispor, scored 11 goals in 21 matches and finished third in the league. She then spent three seasons at Ataşehir Belediyespor, a team that repeatedly finished second. In 2015-16 she briefly played for Konak Belediyespor, then went to Osmaniye Demirspor in the Second League and Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor in the Third League in the same season. After two seasons away from the pitch she returned to the Second League with Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor.

She wore the national shirt at under-17 level in 2006-2008, scoring 3 goals in 14 matches, and at under-19 level in 2009-2010 with 6 goals in 12 matches. Her senior debut came in the 2015 World Cup qualifying group against Wales on April 4, 2014.