Handan Kurğa

Handan Kurğa — Biography

Handan Kurğa was born on 10 September 1993 in the Digor district of Kars. A Turkish women's footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, she obtained her licence on 11 May 2007 while at high school and started out with Düvenciler Lisesispor in the Second League. The team was renamed Ataşehir Belediyespor in 2009-10 and was promoted to the First League; the following season it won the league.

After 28 appearances for Ataşehir she moved to Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in 2011-12, staying only one season because the team folded. From 2012 she was a substitute goalkeeper at Izmir's Konak Belediyespor, winning five league titles and appearing in UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying matches. In August 2017 she returned to Ataşehir Belediyespor, joined ALG Spor in the second half of 2018-19 and finished runner-up after losing the play-off match, then went back to Konak in 2019-20. On 10 August 2022 she joined Galatasaray, with whom she won the league in 2023-24, and on 31 July 2025 she signed a new one-year contract.

She began her international career with the Turkey U-17 team in 2008 and played twice for the U-19 side. Her only senior cap came on 8 April 2017 against Luxembourg in the preliminary round of 2019 World Cup qualifying.