Zehra Borazancı

Zehra Borazancı — Biography

Zehra Borazancı was born on 16 September 1989 in Famagusta. A dual Northern Cypriot and Turkish citizen who plays as a midfielder, she began her career with the Kyrenia-based club Akdeniz Spor Birliği in the 2008-09 season, winning four consecutive championships with the club and finishing as the league's top scorer with 14 goals in 2010.

At the end of 2011 she moved to Turkey, obtaining her license with Nurçelikspor before transferring to Adana İdman Yurdu. After a season in the Netherlands with AGE Rotterdam, she returned to Adana İdman Yurdu and played there until 2017. In the middle of the 2016-17 season she moved to Konak Belediyespor, with whom she won the Turkish Women's First League title and made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut. In 2018 she went on to play for Ataşehir Belediyespor, ALG Spor, Kireçburnu Spor, 1207 Antalyaspor and Fomget Gençlik ve Spor. She rejoined ALG Spor in June 2021 and won the 2021-22 Turkcell Women's Football Super League title with the club. She joined Istanbul club Beylerbeyi for the 2024-25 season.

Selected for the Northern Cyprus women's national team by coach Serhat Deniz, Borazancı played in the team's first ever official match. She also represented her country in football tennis: she finished runner-up in the women's singles at the 2014 World Championship in North Nicosia, won silver in the women's doubles with Gizem Yahat at the 2015 European Championship in Romania, and remained part of the national squad in 2016 and 2017.