Sejde Abrahamsson

Sejde Abrahamsson — Biography

Sejde Abrahamsson, full name Sejde Aftonia Aylin Aykal, is a Swedish-Turkish center-back and midfielder who grew up in Sweden and chose the Turkey women's national team. She now plays in the Belgian Women's Super League for Club YLA, the women's side of Club Brugge, which she joined in the 2023-24 season.

She began her professional years at KIF Örebro, her hometown club; after three league seasons she moved to Hammarby for 2017-18 and played there two seasons. She returned to KIF Örebro in 2019 and joined Piteå IF for the 2020 season. With KIF Örebro she was Damallsvenskan runner-up in 2014. In the winter of 2020 she left Piteå for Sevilla in Spain, where injury limited her to a few matches. In July 2021 she signed with Napoli in Italy, and in 2022 she played for Slavia Prague in the Czech Republic.

She represented Sweden at youth level: she was selected for the under-15 team for two matches against Norway in September 2013 and joined the under-23 team in 2018 at age 20. In July 2023 she was called up to the Turkey women's national team as a midfielder, eligible through descent. In February 2024 she played two friendlies and scored the only goal in the win over Romania. Her first official match was against Switzerland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifiers, League B.