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Servet Uzunlar
Uzunlar playing for the Western Sydney Wanderers
Personal information
Full name Yesim Servet Uzunlar[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2004–2008 NSW Sapphires
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Sydney FC 42 (3)
2010 Ottawa Fury
2012–2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 15 (3)
2013 Chungbuk Sportstoto
2014–2015 Sydney FC 13 (0)
2016–2017 Sydney FC 9 (0)
2018–2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Australia U-20 13 (4)
2008– Australia 48 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2015

Yesim Servet Uzunlar, known as Servet Uzunlar, (born 8 March 1989) is an Australian soccer player who most recently played for the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League competition in the 2018–19 season, and with the Northern Tigers in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women’s competition.

Background

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She was born in 1989 in Sydney to Turkish Australians Nilgün and Bulant Uzunlar.[2][3]

Club career

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Uzunlar played junior football for North Sutherland Rockets. The club now presents an annual award in her name to junior girls players who have improved their game over the year.[4][5]

Uzunlar played for NSW Sapphires in the Women's National Soccer League (WNSL) in 2004.[6]

Ahead of the 2008–09 W-League season, Uzunlar joined Sydney FC.[7]

In 2010, she played with the Ottawa Fury.[8]

Uzunlar signed for Californian team Pali Blues for the 2012 USL W-League season.[9]

In October 2012, Uzunlar moved to Western Sydney Wanderers.[10]

She scored the first goal in Western Sydney Wanderers history. In fact she scored the first two.

On 20 October 2012 against Adelaide United, the Wanderers played their maiden W-League game, with Uzunlar scoring in the sixth and 21st minutes.

Mark Bridge scored the Wanderer’s A-League team’s first goal a week later, meaning Uzunlar’s first goal was the club’s first ever goal.

After an ill-fated spell in Korea with Chungbuk Sportstoto, Uzunlar retired from football in 2013 at the age of 25. After a year out of the sport, she rejoined Sydney FC with the aim of playing in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11][12]

In October 2017, it was confirmed that Sydney FC had not re-signed Uzunlar for the 2017–18 W-League season,[13] and after a year off she signed with the Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2018–19 W-League season, returning to the club that she played for from 2012 to 2014.[14]

She won the Wanderers Medal as the team’s Best & Fairest winner, adding to her 2012/13 award.

She played 24 games overall for the Red & Black.

International career

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Uzunlar was a member of the Australian squads that played at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut for Australia in 2008, in a 5–0 loss to China.[15][16]

At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, she played every minute of Australia's four games.[17]

She was named to Australia's 23-player squad for the 2015 Women's World Cup, she appeared in one game as Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[18]

International goals

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Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 October 2008 Thanh Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  Myanmar 2–0 5–1 2008 AFF Women's Championship
2 20 November 2012 Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China  Chinese Taipei 5–0 7–0 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2

Honours

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Uzunlar playing for Australia

Club

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Sydney FC

Country

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Australia

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ^ S. Uzunlar at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. ^ Leigh, Sales (presenter); Julia, Holman (reporter) (8 June 2015). "Matildas 'fired up' for Women's World Cup's group of death". 7.30. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC. Transcript.
  4. ^ Parkinson, Andrew (21 May 2015). "Matildas 'shire girl' Uzunlar is ready to take on Vietnam at Kogarah Oval". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. ^ "End of Year Awards for 2016". North Sutherland Rockets Soccer Club. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Australia – Women 2004/05". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Sydney Off To A Flier In W-League". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. Sportal Australia. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Fury Coaches Like what They See". Ottawa Citizen. 19 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Blues sign Australian Servet Uzunlar". Pacific Palisades, CA Patch. Patch Media. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  10. ^ Bossi, Dominic (17 October 2012). "Born in west, but sky blue tugs at Simon's heart". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  11. ^ Bossi, Dominic (11 June 2015). "Matildas defender Servet Uzunlar only resumed playing nine months before 2015 World Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Kyah Simon and Servet Uzunlar to return to Sydney FC". The Women's Game. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Foundation player returns to Wanderers for 2018/19". 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  15. ^ Howe, Andrew. "Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2017 – via WomenSoccer.com.au.
  16. ^ Servet UzunlarFIFA competition record (archived). Retrieved 3 July 2017
  17. ^ "S.Uzunlar". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Westfield Matildas name World Cup squad". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Uzunlar takes out FC's Player of the Year". The Women's Game. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Bridge voted best for the Wanderers". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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