Sara Keçeci is a Turkish-Danish female handballer playing in goalkeeper position.
Background
Sara was born in Sønderborg, Denmark to Mehmet Keçeci, a Turkish father, who immigrated from Diyarbakır in 1991, and a Danish mother. Her father works in a plant for manufacturing agricultural machinery, and her mother is a primary school teacher. Her father is a former football player and basketball player, and also serves as an official at a local sports club"s football team
Career
She has dual citizenship. At age five, Sara Keçeci began playing football. At age ten, Sara switched over to mainly handball, however continued to play football in her Hørup school team at the same time.
Inspired while watching a handball match of the Turkey women"s national team at a European championship in Denmark, her interest for handball has been strengthened.
Club
During her high school years, she played in the Hørup Central School"s girls" handball team Later, Keçeci was with the Danish Women"s Handball League teams KIF Vejen in 2012-2013 and Vejen EH in 2013-2014.
After her club went bankrupt, she signed in July 2014 for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. She was appointed also goalkeeper coach of the youth teams of girls U-14, U-16 and U-18 in her club Silkeborg-Voel for the 2015-2016 season. She was admitted to Turkey girls" U-17 team debuting Handball at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Trabzon, Turkey.
On October 8, 2015, she played at the European Championship match for Turkey against the Danish women in her homeland Denmark.
Membership
She is a member of the Turkish national team Sara Keçeci became a member of the Turkey team and took part at the qulifications round matches of 2014 European Championship, 2015 World Championship and 2016 European Championship.