Background
Yaşam Göksu was born in Konak district of Izmir, Turkey on September 25, 1995.
Yaşam Göksu was born in Konak district of Izmir, Turkey on September 25, 1995.
She is part of the Turkey women"s national football team since 2010. She has two elder brothers. Yaşam Göksu obtained her license on March 2, 2007, and was admitted to the Konak Belediyespor club in her hometown.
Already in the 2008-2009 season, she became part of the team competing in the Women"s First League.
As of the 2013-2014 season, she capped 110 times and scored 10 goals for Konak Belediyespor. Debuting in the match against Football Club National Security Agency Sofia on August 8, 2013, she appeared in seven matches of the 2013-2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League, at which her team advanced to the Round of 16.
Göksu became international playing for the Turkey Girls" U-15 national team in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics qualifying round match against Georgia on October 12, 2009. She capped two times for the Turkey U-15 team
Debuting in the match against the girls from England on October 3, 2010, she was part of the Turkey girls" national U-17 team in the four matches of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls" tournament in Singapore, at which Turkey took the bronze medal.
She played in all three matches of the 2011 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Under-17 Championship - Group 6 round. She capped 8 times in total for the Turkey U-17 team and scored two goals. She appeared for the Turkey U-19 team playing in two games of the 2012 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Under-19 Championship - Group A round.
Later, she took part at two matches of the 2013 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship First qualifying round - Group 5 scoring two goals, three matches of the 2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Under-19 Championship First qualifying round - Group 10, and three games of the 2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Under-19 Championship Second qualifying round - Group 5 competitions.
On May 7, 2014, Yaşam Göksu debuted at the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6 match playing for the Turkey women"s national team against Belarus on May 7, 2015.