Yonca Şentürk


Yonca Şentürk is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Turkish First League for Konak Belediyespor, İzmir with jersey number 14.

Playing career

Club

Yonca Şentürk obtained her license on May 30, 2008 during her education at Bozkurt Sports High School in Denizli, and continued to play until the end of the 2009–10 season for her school team, which competed in the Women's Second and Regional League.
Following her high school graduation, she transferred to the Ankara-based Gazi Üniversitesispor, which had finished the 2009–10 Women's First League season as champion. For her new team, she debuted at the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 1 match against the Bulgarian team FC NSA Sofia on August 5, 2010. She appeared in all three games of the tournament's qualifying round.
After one season with Gazi Üniversitesisspor, Şentürk signed with Konak Belediyespor in the 2011–12 season. Şentürk enjoyed league champion title won by her team in the 2013–14 season. She appeared in two matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.
At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title. She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She appeared in three games of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

International

She was called up to the Turkey girls' national under-17 team debuting in the friendly match against Bulgaria on June 26, 2009. Şentürk participated at the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches. She capped 13 times.
Şentürk was admitted to the Turkey women's national under-19 team, and played her first match against Poland in a friendly game on January 31, 2010. She took part at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 appearing in all the three games. She capped 16 times for the women's national juniors.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League