Merve Aladağ

Merve Aladağ — Biography

A striker, Merve Aladağ made her name in the 2011-12 season, when she scored 27 goals in 21 matches for Ataşehir Belediyespor, finished as the league's top scorer and won her first league title. That autumn, on November 23, 2011, she also made her debut for the senior national team against Romania. In later years she carried on with Kireçburnu in Istanbul and then with Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyespor.

Aladağ began playing in her hometown of Malatya, and her breakthrough came with the school side Altınşehir Lisesi Spor, a Second League team for which she scored 21 goals in 17 matches. That form earned her a transfer to the First League club Ataşehir Belediyespor. In her first season there she played three matches in the UEFA Women's Champions League and scored. In 2012-13 she added 12 goals in 17 matches, though the team finished runner-up in each of 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 rather than retaining the title. At the start of 2015-16 she moved to Kireçburnu Spor, spent three seasons there and joined the Karadeniz Ereğli club in October 2018.

She also wore the shirt of the Turkey under-17 and under-19 national teams. With the under-19s she played four matches, scored in a friendly against Hungary on May 8, 2012, and took part in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship that year.