Cansu Yağ
Cansu Yağ for Konak Belediyespor (March 2014).
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-22) 22 June 1990
Place of birth Mönchengladbach, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 FSC Mönchengladbach
2007–2008 FFC Braunweiler Pulheim 2000
2008–2010 FSC Mönchengladbach
2010–2011 Trabzonspor 20 (15)
2011–2012 Lüleburgaz 39 Spor 17 (4)
2012–2018 Konak Belediyespor 89 (21)
2022 Bornova Hitab Spor 2 (1)
International career‡
2006 Turkey U-17 1 (0)
2006–2008 Turkey U-19 21 (5)
2006–2016 Turkey 37 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2016

Cansu Yağ (born 22 June 1990) is a Turkish women's football midfielder, who last played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Bornova Hitab Spor in İzmir.[1] She was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team in 2006 after playing for the national U-15, U-17 and U-19 teams.[2]

Early life

Cansu Yağ was born on 22 June 1990 in Mönchengladbach to Turkish parents living in Germany. Her father, a professional football player in Turkey, who continued his sports career also in Germany, took Cansu to football matches since she was two years old. At the age of six, her father registered her in the club he played. The first seven years, Cansu played football in mixed-gender teams. In the first 13 years of her career, she was with four clubs. In Germany, she played in the Fußball-Regionalliga der Frauen, and was lately in the squad of FSC Mönchengladbach.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Club career

Cansu Yağ playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season against Marmara Üniversitesi Spor.
Cansu Yağ driving the ball for Konak Belediyespor in the 2015–16 season against Kireçburnu Spor.
Cansu Yağ (red) playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2017–18 sason's away match.

After graduating from Gymnasium Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach, she moved to Turkey to attend university. There, she enrolled in the Trakya University in Edirne to study physical education and sports. She played for Trabzonspor until its closure,[12] and then became a member of the women's football club Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in October 2011, which was promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.[11] In August 2012, Yağ was transferred by Konak Belediyespor.[13]

At FSC Mönchengladbach, she helped to her team's success by scoring goals many times.[14][15] Yağ continued scoring at Lüleburgaz 39 Spor,[16][17] and Konak Belediyespor as well.[18] In the 2012–13 season, at which she scored three goals in total, she experienced the Turkish league championship.[19] Playing in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, her team completed the qualifying round as group leader, and passed the Round of 32, failed however to reach the quarterfinals by losing the two matches in the Round of 16 against the Austrian side SV Neulengbach.[18]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title.[1] She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[20][21][22]

At the end of the 2017–18 First League season, she ended her career last played at Konak Belediyespor. However, she played in the play-off matches for the 2022–23 Third League season for Bornova Hitab Spor, where she scored one goal in two matches.[1]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Konak Belediyespor
9 August 2014Stadions Arkādija Riga, LatviaLatvia Rīgas FS}2014–15 UEFA Champions League11–01[23]

International career

Cansu Yağ playing for Turkey women's national at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against Germany in Istanbul, Turkey.

Already at the age of 14 and still living in Germany, she was selected to the Turkey girls' U-15 national team, and travelled for this reason to Turkey to take part at the training camps and international matches.[11] After playing in the national U-17 and U-19 teams, she was admitted to the Turkish women's national team in 2006.[4][5][6][8][9] She had preferred to play for the Turkey national rather than for the German.[24] Cansu Yağ played at the 2008 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round matches against the teams from Poland, Austria and Bulgaria, scoring a goal in the last match.[7] In the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match against Georgia, she shot one of the nine goals.[25] Yağ scored two goals against Malta and one goal against Austria in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches in April 2010.[26][27]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
Turkey women's U-19 national football team
2 October 2007KS Proszowianka Stadium Proszowice, Poland Bulgaria4–02008 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round1
Turkey women's national football team
23 November 2006Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Adana, Turkey Georgia9–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying1
11 April 2010Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Trabzon, Turkey Malta5–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 52
25 August 2010Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Samsun, Turkey Austria2–21

Career statistics

As of match played 29 May 2022.[1][20][21][22][28]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FSC Mönchengladbach 2006–07 ––175175
Total ––175175
FFC Braunweiler Pulheim 2000 2007–08 ––5050
Total ––5050
FSC Mönchengladbach 2008–2010 ––182182
Total ––182182
Trabzonspor 2010–11First League 2015––512516
Total 2015––512516
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor 2011–12First League 174––100274
Total 174––100274
Konak Belediyespor 2012–13First League 163––00163
2013–14First League 1547010234
2014–15First League 912100112
2015–16First League 168––30198
2016–17First League 2133000243
2017–18First League 1221000132
Total 89211314010622
Bornova Hitab Spor 2022–23Third League 21––0021
Total 21––0021
Career total 1284113159820050

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Third places (1): 2017–18

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Futbolcular-Cansu Yağ" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Cansu Yağ". UEFA. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Auf dem besten Weg zur Nummer Sieben!" (in German). FSC MG. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  4. 1 2 "U19 Bayanlarımız Bulgaristan'ı 3–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  5. 1 2 "U19 Bayanlar, Polonya'ya 7–1 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  6. 1 2 "U19 Bayanlar, Avusturya'ya 3–2 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  7. 1 2 "U19 Bayanlar, Bulgaristan'ı 4–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  8. 1 2 "Şimdi de bayan milliler Avrupa'da" (in Turkish). 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  9. 1 2 "Bayan A Milli Futbol Takımı, İngiltere'ye 3–0 mağlup oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  10. ↑ Akyol, Cahit (2010-06-27). "Dişi kramponlara gurbetten doping". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  11. 1 2 3 "Cansu Yağ: Türkler Kadın Futbolcu Görünce Şaşırıyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  12. ↑ "Trabzonspor Bayan Futbol Takımından 3 Oyuncuya Milli Davet". Trabzondan Haber (in Turkish). 2011-02-11. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  13. ↑ "Cansu Yağ Konak Belediyespor'da". Amatörün Dünyası (in Turkish). 2012-08-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  14. ↑ "Cansu Yag steuert Hattrick zu Borussias 6:1 in Kommern bei". RP Online (in German). 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  15. ↑ "Cansu Yag sichert Borussia drei wichtige Punkte". RP Online (in German). 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  16. ↑ "Kızlardan Gol Yağmuru". Lüleburgaz Haber (in Turkish). 2011-01-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  17. ↑ "Lüleburgaz 39 tam gaz". Gazete Trakya (in Turkish). 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  18. 1 2 "Konak Belediyespor kadın futbol takımı tarih yazdı". Haber3 (in Turkish). 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  19. ↑ "Türkiye tamam, sıra Avrupa'ya geldi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  20. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  21. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  22. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  23. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  24. ↑ "Die Bundesliga lockt Cansu Yag". RP Online (in German). 2006-06-08. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  25. ↑ "Bayanlarımız gol oldu yağdı: 9–0" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  26. ↑ "A Bayan Milli Takımı, Malta'yı 5–1 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  27. ↑ "A Bayan Milli Takımı, Avusturya ile 2–2 berabere kaldı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  28. ↑ "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
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