Servet Uzunlar

Servet Uzunlar — Biography

Servet Uzunlar (full name Yeşim Servet Uzunlar) was born in Sydney on 8 March 1989 and is an Australian footballer of Turkish descent. She played junior football with North Sutherland Rockets, which now gives an annual award in her name to the junior girl who improves most over a season. She played for NSW Sapphires in 2004 and joined Sydney FC before the 2008-09 W-League season.

At Sydney FC she won the Premiership in 2009 and 2010-11, the 2009 championship, and the club's Player of the Year award in 2009. She then played for Ottawa Fury and Pali Blues. After moving to Western Sydney Wanderers in October 2012, she scored in the sixth and 21st minutes of the club's first W-League match, against Adelaide United, making hers the first goal in its history; she was Player of the Year in 2012-13. After a spell with Chungbuk Sportstoto in South Korea she retired in 2013, returning to Sydney FC a year later. In 2018-19 she was back at the Wanderers and again won Player of the Year, and she also played for Northern Tigers.

Uzunlar played at the 2006 and 2008 U-20 World Cups and made her senior debut for Australia in 2008 against China, going on to score 2 goals in 48 matches. She played every minute of all four games at the 2011 World Cup and was in the 2015 squad.