Servet Uzunlar
 Uzunlar playing for the Western Sydney Wanderers | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yesim Servet Uzunlar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back / Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2008 | NSW Sapphires | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | Sydney FC | 42 | (3) |
| 2010 | Ottawa Fury | ||
| 2012–2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 15 | (3) |
| 2013 | Chungbuk Sportstoto | ||
| 2014–2015 | Sydney FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Sydney FC | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Australia U-20 | 13 | (4) |
| 2008– | Australia | 48 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2015 | |||
Yesim Servet Uzunlar, known as Servet Uzunlar, (born 8 March 1989) is an Australian soccer player who most recently played for the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League competition in the 2018–19 season, and with the Northern Tigers in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women’s competition.
Background
[edit]She was born in 1989 in Sydney to Turkish Australians Nilgün and Bulant Uzunlar.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Uzunlar played junior football for North Sutherland Rockets. The club now presents an annual award in her name to junior girls players who have improved their game over the year.[4][5]
Uzunlar played for NSW Sapphires in the Women's National Soccer League (WNSL) in 2004.[6]
Ahead of the 2008–09 W-League season, Uzunlar joined Sydney FC.[7]
In 2010, she played with the Ottawa Fury.[8]
Uzunlar signed for Californian team Pali Blues for the 2012 USL W-League season.[9]
In October 2012, Uzunlar moved to Western Sydney Wanderers.[10]
She scored the first goal in Western Sydney Wanderers history. In fact she scored the first two.
On 20 October 2012 against Adelaide United, the Wanderers played their maiden W-League game, with Uzunlar scoring in the sixth and 21st minutes.
Mark Bridge scored the Wanderer’s A-League team’s first goal a week later, meaning Uzunlar’s first goal was the club’s first ever goal.
After an ill-fated spell in Korea with Chungbuk Sportstoto, Uzunlar retired from football in 2013 at the age of 25. After a year out of the sport, she rejoined Sydney FC with the aim of playing in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11][12]
In October 2017, it was confirmed that Sydney FC had not re-signed Uzunlar for the 2017–18 W-League season,[13] and after a year off she signed with the Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2018–19 W-League season, returning to the club that she played for from 2012 to 2014.[14]
She won the Wanderers Medal as the team’s Best & Fairest winner, adding to her 2012/13 award.
She played 24 games overall for the Red & Black.
International career
[edit]Uzunlar was a member of the Australian squads that played at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut for Australia in 2008, in a 5–0 loss to China.[15][16]
At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, she played every minute of Australia's four games.[17]
She was named to Australia's 23-player squad for the 2015 Women's World Cup, she appeared in one game as Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[18]
International goals
[edit]Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 October 2008 | Thanh Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Myanmar |
2–0 | 5–1 | 2008 AFF Women's Championship |
| 2 | 20 November 2012 | Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China |  Chinese Taipei |
5–0 | 7–0 | 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2 |
Honours
[edit]
Club
[edit]Country
[edit]Individual
[edit]- Sydney FC W-League Player of the Year: 2009[19]
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC W-League Player of the Year: 2012–13[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ S. Uzunlar at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Leigh, Sales (presenter); Julia, Holman (reporter) (8 June 2015). "Matildas 'fired up' for Women's World Cup's group of death". 7.30. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC. Transcript.
- ^ Parkinson, Andrew (21 May 2015). "Matildas 'shire girl' Uzunlar is ready to take on Vietnam at Kogarah Oval". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "End of Year Awards for 2016". North Sutherland Rockets Soccer Club. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Australia – Women 2004/05". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Sydney Off To A Flier In W-League". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. Sportal Australia. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Fury Coaches Like what They See". Ottawa Citizen. 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Blues sign Australian Servet Uzunlar". Pacific Palisades, CA Patch. Patch Media. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Bossi, Dominic (17 October 2012). "Born in west, but sky blue tugs at Simon's heart". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Bossi, Dominic (11 June 2015). "Matildas defender Servet Uzunlar only resumed playing nine months before 2015 World Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Kyah Simon and Servet Uzunlar to return to Sydney FC". The Women's Game. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Foundation player returns to Wanderers for 2018/19". 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ Howe, Andrew. "Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2017 – via WomenSoccer.com.au.
- ^ Servet Uzunlar – FIFA competition record (archived). Retrieved 3 July 2017
- ^ "S.Uzunlar". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Westfield Matildas name World Cup squad". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Uzunlar takes out FC's Player of the Year". The Women's Game. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Bridge voted best for the Wanderers". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
External links
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australian women's soccer players
- Sydney FC (A-League Women) players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players
- Australian people of Turkish descent
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australia women's international soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football central defenders
- Pali Blues players
- Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea
- Ottawa Fury (women) players
- USL W-League (1995–2015) players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada
- Sportswomen from New South Wales