Safa Merve Nalçacı

Safa Merve Nalçacı — Biography

Safa Merve Nalçacı was born on 28 July 1993 in Van. A defender, she took out her licence with Karşıyaka BESEM Spor in İzmir on 16 November 2007 and played for the club from 2008 to 2012, scoring 15 goals in 33 regional and Second League matches. The team were regional league runners-up in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

In 2012-13 she moved to Çamlıcaspor in the Women's First League and, after 18 matches, to Karşıyaka Koleji Spor in İzmit in the second half of 2013-14. The next season she joined the newly formed Beşiktaş; the team won the Third League, then the Second League, reached the First League and finished runners-up in 2016-17. She made 58 appearances and scored twice over three seasons. In 2017-18 she played 17 matches for Fatih Vatanspor. In July 2018 she joined Ataşehir Belediyespor and played all three Champions League qualifying matches, returned to Fatih Vatanspor in October, and then moved to Kireçburnu SK. She was at Fenerbahçe in 2021-22, and in 2022-23 won the First League with Pendik Çamlıkspor, which was promoted to the Super League and renamed Beylerbeyi, the shirt she wore.

She made her debut for the Turkey women's national team in Euro 2017 qualifying against Russia on 2 June 2016. Alongside football she has also competed for Turkey's national skateboarding team.