Busem Şeker


Busem Şeker is a Turkish-German football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First League for Konak Belediyespor with jersey number 10. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.

Private life

Busem Şeker was born in Hamburg, Germany on 19 July 1998. She resides in Rothenburgsort, a borough of Hamburg. She is a high school student, and hopes to pass the Abitur at the end of the 2016/17 term. She also jobs in the hotel and restaurant business. She did a 'Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr' in 2017/18 in Hamburg.

Playing career

Club

Şeker got interested in football playing already at the age of four.
She began her playing career in the youth team of FTSV Lorbeer Rothenburgsort. There, she was the only girl among boys. She made it to become also captain of the youth team, at which she was respected by her male playmates. At the age of 17, she transferred to ASV Bergedorf 85. After one season, she signed with SV Henstedt-Ulzburg in the German 2nd Women's Football Bundesliga North.
She coached the "F-Jugend" team of her initial club, at which still only boys play.
On 11 October 2018, she went to Turkey to play for the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor in the 2018–19 Women's First League. After playing one season, at which she scored five goals in 16 matches, she returned to Germany on 27 August 2019.

International

Şeker was approached by Çağla Korkmaz, Turkish-German player of VfL Wolfsburg II, for joining the Turkey women's national team that she prompt accepted. She was admitted to the national team, and debuted internationally in the Goldcity Women's Cup 2017 on 1 March 2017. She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 matches.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First Football League