Background
Fatma Şahin was born on December 15, 1990 in Çiğli, İzmir, where her mother is a native of. She grew up in Istanbul and Gebze.
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She is the second child of the family"s three daughters. The family moved to Izmir as their house in Gebze was damaged by the 1999 İzmit earthquake. She studies football coaching at the College of Physical Education and Sports of Ege University in İzmir, and will graduate in 2014.
Club
Şahin began playing football in Elit Çimenspor, a Balçova-based club in her hometown, after receiving her license on October 22, 2004.
Some years later, she wanted to leave the club for the newly established Konak Belediyespor due to disagreement with her coach. However, her club did not release her license, and so she had to take part only at training sessions of Konakspor Belediyespor for one-and-half years.
In February 2008, she transferred officially to Konak Belediyespor, where she plays since then She made her first appearance in the 2013-2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League qualifying round match playing against the Bulgarian team Football Club National Security Agency Sofia on August 8, 2013.
Her team managed as the first ever Turkish women"s club to make it into the Round of 16.
Foreign the 2015-2016 season, she transferred to 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor, which was newly promoted from the Second League. International
Şahin made her national team debut in the friendly match against Macedonia women"s national football team held on January 22, 2006 entering the game on the 82nd minute. As of February 26, 2015, she capped 25 times in the national team
Membership
She is member of the Turkey women"s national team since 2011. After playing 14 matches with the national U-19 team, she became a member of the senior team in 2011.
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Justice and Development Party