Serenay Öziri

Serenay Öziri — Biography

Serenay Öziri was born on 21 December 1994 in Gölcük, in Kocaeli province. As a small child she played football with her elder brother and then in the street with boys. Competitive football began when her physical education teacher formed a girls' team at school. With her school team from Kocaeli Karşıyaka High School she played at the 2011 ISF World School Football Championship in Fortaleza, Brazil, where the team lost the final to Germany and finished second, and she was the tournament's top scorer. She studied physical education teaching at Kocaeli University.

Listed as a defender, she has also played in midfield and is known for her long-range goals. She took out her licence with Gölcükspor on 10 June 2008, played two seasons with the club in the Women's Second League, won the title in 2009-10 and played in the First League in 2010-11 after promotion. She then moved to İzmit Belediyespor, and later played in the Second League for İzmit Çenesuyu Plajyoluspor. In the second half of 2012-13 she went to Derince Belediyespor to play in the First League. In 2014-15 she transferred to Second League club Kireçburnu SK and won promotion to the First League at the end of the season. After three seasons she signed with Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyespor for 2017-18, and by October 2019 she had moved to Fatih Vatanspor.

She was capped six times for the Turkey under-17 team, from 2009, and twice for the under-19 team. In 2018 she won the Turkish Intra-University Women's Futsal Super League with her university's futsal team.