Necla Güngör

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Necla Güngör
Personal information
Full name Necla Güngör Kıragası
Date of birth (1981-06-15) 15 June 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Managerial career
Years Team
2009–2014 Turkey U-15
2012–2019 Turkey U-17
2014 Turkey U-21
2020– Turkey

Necla Güngör Kıragası is a Turkish

technical director of the Turkey women's national team. She was previously the manager of the Turkey girls' national U-15 and U-17
teams.

Early years

Necla Güngör was born in 1982, and grew up with her two siblings in Ankara, Turkey. Despite being the granddaughter of a well-known Muslim preacher in Ankara, and the daughter of a hajji, she was supported in playing football by her family. During her childhood, she used to step in when her father's football team lacked a player on the artificial turf.[1]

Sports career

Club

Necla Güngör graduated from the School of Sport Sciences and Technology at

Ankaraspor. After four years, she served again under Ersun Yanal in Manisaspor.[1][2]

National teams

Through Oğuz Çetin, she was introduced to the Turkish Football Federation. After nine years with men's football teams, Necla Güngör was first appointed as a trainer for the women's national team; she then became the director of the Women's Football Department of the Federation. After serving five years as a trainer, she was appointed director of football for the Turkey girls' national under-15 team,[3] supported by Yücel Uyar, the director of the Federation's Education Department.[1] She became the first ever female football director of a Turkish national team.[2]

Turkey girls national U-17 team

Necla Güngör Kıragası, head coach of the Turkey girls' U-17 team (April 2015)

Currently, she serves as the director of football for the Turkey girls' national U-17 team,[4][5] and at the same time as a specialist in the Federation's Department of Football Development.[2] The girls' national U-17 team under her coaching finished the 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 2 at second place, and was promoted to the Elite group round.[6]

Turkey women's national U-21 team

In November 2014, Necla Güngör coached the Turkey women's national U-21 team for two friendly matches.[7]

Turkey women's national team

With effect of 1 January 2020, she was appointed technical director of the Turkey women's national team replacing Talat Tuncel in this position.[8] The national team was successful in all three friendly matches in 2021.[9]

Managerial statistics

As of 5 December 2023
Team Year Record
G W D L Win %
Turkey girls' U-17
2015 11 2 1 8 018.18
2016 6 1 0 5 016.67
2017 16 8 1 7 050.00
2018 15 5 5 5 033.33
2019 8 4 2 2 050.00
Total 56 20 9 27 035.71
Turkey women's
2020 6 2 1 3 033.33
2021 9 5 1 3 055.56
2022 9 4 1 4 044.44
2023 10 8 2 0 080.00
Total 34 19 5 10 055.88
Grand total 90 39 14 37 043.33

References

  1. ^ a b c Akyol, Cahit (2012-01-15). "En büyük destekçilerim hacı babamla hoca dedemdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Kadın teknik direktörün idolü Fatih Terim". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  3. ^ "U15 Kız Milli Takımı'nın seçme kampı sona erdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  4. ^ "Kızlar U17 Milli Takımı, Elit tur müsabakaları aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  5. ^ "Milliler Adana ve Tarsus'ta". Sabah (in Turkish). 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  6. ^ "Necla Güngör Kıragası: Hedefimize ulaştığımız için mutluyuz" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar Milli) (Eleme) Belçika 0-2 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  8. ^ "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya'ya 3-1 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Necla Güngör Kıragası: "Galibiyetler öz güven kazandırdı"" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.