Career
Club
She received her license on May 5, 2006 for her hometown club Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she played until October 2012. In the 2012-2013 season, Elif Deniz transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı.
International
Elif Deniz was called for the Turkey girls" U-17 national team, and debuted in the 2009 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-17 Championship qualifying round match against the Irish girls on October 18, 2008.
She participated also at the 2010 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-17 Championship qualifying round matches, and capped 11 times in total for the youth nationals. She appeared for the first time in the Turkey women"s U-19 team in the match against Icelandic juniors at the 2011 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship Second qualifying round on March 31, 2011.
Elif Deniz participated also at the 2012 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship – Final tournament matches. She capped 23 times in total and scored one goal for the junior women"s team
She made her first appearance in the women"s national team on February 3, 2010 playing in a friendly match against the Russian team
She participated in the qualifying round matches of Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 and 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6. As of end June 19, 2014, she capped 7 times in the national team