 Uzunlar playing for theWestern Sydney Wanderers | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yesim Servet Uzunlar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | 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 as of 27 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 June 2015 | |||
Yesim Servet Uzunlar, known asServet Uzunlar, (born 8 March 1989) is an Australiansoccer player who most recently played for theWestern Sydney Wanderers in the AustralianW-League competition in the 2018–19 season, and with theNorthern Tigers in theNational Premier Leagues NSW Women's competition.
She was born in 1989 inSydney toTurkish Australians Nilgün and Bulant Uzunlar.[2][3]
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 forNSW Sapphires in theWomen's National Soccer League (WNSL) in 2004.[6]
Ahead of the2008–09 W-League season, Uzunlar joinedSydney FC.[7]
In 2010, she played with theOttawa Fury.[8]
Uzunlar signed for Californian teamPali Blues for the2012 USL W-League season.[9]
In October 2012, Uzunlar moved toWestern 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 withChungbuk Sportstoto, Uzunlar retired from football in 2013 at the age of 25. After a year out of the sport, she rejoinedSydney FC with the aim of playing in the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11][12]
In October 2017, it was confirmed that Sydney FC had not re-signed Uzunlar for the2017–18 W-League season,[13] and after a year off she signed with theWestern Sydney Wanderers for the2018–19 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.
Uzunlar was a member of the Australian squads that played at the2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the2008 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 the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, she played every minute of Australia's four games.[17]
She was named toAustralia's 23-player squad for the2015 Women's World Cup, she appeared in one game as Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[18]
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 |
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