Shirley Hubertina Maria Adriana Kocaçınar (born 4 December 1986) is çıa footballer who plays as a forward, currently playing for Fortuna Sittard. Born in the Netherlands, she represented Turkey at international level, making her debut in 2011.

Playing career

Club

Kocaçınar played in the first season of the BeNe League, Premier Women's League, at Willem II. After one year, she moved to Roda JC, where she scored four goals in eleven league games. As her club folded due to financial problems, she transferred to RKTSV Kerkrade in the 2009–10 season. She returned to the Premier League with VVV-Venlo in the 2010–11 season. After the termination of her contract, she returned to her former club RKTSV Kerkrade, where she scored 15 goals in 12 matches becoming topscorer. In the 2012–13 season, Kocaçınar transferred to Fortuna Sittard.

Shirley Kocaçınar

In January 2013, she tried to transfer to the Turkish team Trabzon İdmanocağı without success due to problems with documentation.

Shirley Kocaçınar

Kocaçınar plays also futsal for the Sittard-based club FSG Gezien.nl.

Shirley Kocaçınar

International

In the possession of a Turkish passport, she was called up to the Turkey team. She took part in friendly international matches in 2011. In the match against Greece on April 29, 2011, she scored two goals. She capped four times for the Turkey women's national team.

Honours

Individual

Top scorer 2011–12 season with RKTSV Kerkrade

See also

Turkish women in sports

References

1986 births

Sportspeople from Heerlen

Dutch women's footballers

Turkish women's footballers

Women's association football forwards

Turkey women's international footballers

Living people

Dutch people of Turkish descent

Dutch women's futsal players

Eredivisie (women) players

Willem II (women) players

VVV-Venlo (women) players

Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)