Background
Gamze İskeçeli was born on May 28, 1983 in İzmir, western Turkey. Her father supported Gamze, and registered her in a İzmir-based sport club
Gamze İskeçeli was born on May 28, 1983 in İzmir, western Turkey. Her father supported Gamze, and registered her in a İzmir-based sport club
She studied physical education and sports at Gazi University in Ankara between 2002 and 2007.
She made her Champions League debut in 2013. At the age of six, she got interested in football playing. However, at that time, there was no girls" football team available, so she had to play with her coeval boys.
The talented girl became even top scorer among them.
Today, she works as a teacher of physical education in a primary school in Buca, İzmir. Club
She entered İzmirspor with her father"s and uncle"s initiative.
After playing two years football with boys, she was admitted to Altay South.K. After the dissolving of Altay in ashort time, she went to İzmir Öztürkspor. İskeçeli received her license on November 8, 1999.
As once the goalkeeper got injured, İskeçeli, normally a forward, served also as goalkeeper.
In this position, she transferred to the newly formed Van Eğitimspor at Van, eastern Turkey in February 2001. She received an offer from Gazi University for higher education, and so moved to Gazi Üniversitesispor in January 2002.
After four seasons with Gazi Üniversitesispor, and completing her education there, İskeçeli returned home and paused for a while. Then, she joined Bucaspor in the 2006-2007 season.
Finally, she signed for Konak Belediyespor in the 2009-2010 season.
At the end of the 2012-2013 season, she enjoyed league championship with her club Konak Belediyespor. Iskeçeli debuted in the 2013-2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League match against Football Club National Security Agency Sofia on August 8, 2013, and played in the subsequent preliminary round matches. Beside her playing career, she acts also as a football coach in the school she is serving as a teacher.
International
On September 9, 2000, İskeçeli became part of the U-19 national team in tha match against Austrian junior women.
She capped sixteen times in total, and participated thereby at the 2001 and 2002 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Under-19 Championship qualifying round matches. İskeçeli made her debut in the national team on May 20, 2001 playing in the friendly match against the Greek team
She took part at the 2003 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 8, 2005 Summer Universiade, 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6 matches and a Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match. She capped seventeen times for the Turkey national team as of November 28, 2013.
In addition to her capacity as forward, İskeçeli played also as goalkeeper for the national team
Gamze İskeçeli sustained an injury to her right leg during the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6 match against Montenegro in Izmir on November 28, 2013. She decided to retire from active sports after the rupture of her cruciate ligament was cured.
İskeçeli was a member of the Turkish national team since 2001.