Esra Manya

Esra Manya (born 11 April 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Super League club Beşiktaş. Born in Turkey, she represented her country of birth at under-17 and under-19 international levels[1] before she joined the Azerbaijan national team at senior level.[2]

Esra Manya
Manya with 1207 Antalya Spor in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-11) 11 April 1999
Place of birth Antalya, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 1207 Antalyaspor 91 (31)
2020 Hakkarigücü Spor 3 (0)
2021–2022 1207 Antalyaspor 27 (5)
2023– Beşiktaş 38 (8)
International career‡
2014–2015 Turkey U17 17 (1)
2016–2018 Turkey U19 20 (4)
2023– Azerbaijan 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024

Club career

Manya signed on 21 May 2013 for her hometown club 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor.[1] She began playing in the 2013–14 season in the Second League. At the end of the 2014–15 season, her team finished the league as champions and was promoted to the First League.[3][4] In the second half of the 2019-20 Second League season, she transferred to Hakkarigücü Spor to play in the 2019–20 First League and appeared in three matches. In the 2020–21 league season, she returned to her former club.[1]

In the 2022–23 Super League season, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş J.K.[1]

International career

Turkey

She was called up to the Turkey under-17 team and debuted in the UEFA Development Tournament against Portugal on 12 May 2014.[5] Manya took part at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches in 2015, 2015 Elite round,[6] and 2016.[7][8][9] She capped 17 times and scored one goal for the Turkey under-17 team so far.

Manya debuted for the Turkey under-19 team at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament match against Slovenia on 9 June 2016.[1] She enjoyed her team's tournament champion title.[10] She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Group 10, 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round Group 2 and 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Group 10.[1]

International goals 1
DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
Turkey under-17
18 October 2014Stadion Kukuš Turnovo, Macedonia North MacedoniaW 5–02015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Gr. 81 [11]
Turkey under-19
12 June 2016Football Centre FRF Buftea, Romania AzerbaijanW 2–12016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament1 [11]
18 October 2017Sportcentrum Bük Bük, Hungary HungaryL 2–52018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Gr. 101 [12]
8 April 2018Turners Cross Cork, Republic of Ireland Republic of IrelandW 2–02018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Elite round Gr. 41 [13]
  • 1 Friendly matches not included

Azerbaijan

Manya played for the Azerbaijan national team in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C - Group 3[2][14] and the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B.[15][16][17]

Career statistics
As of match played on 31 May 2024
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1207 Antalyaspor 2013–14 Second League 106––30136
2014–15 168––111279
2015–16 First League 154––61215
2016–17 224––50274
2017–18 183––123306
2018–19 Second League 10––0010
2019–20 96––0096
Total 9131––37512836
Hakkarigücü Spor 2019-20First League 30––00130
Total 30––0030
1207 Antalyaspor 2020-21First League 30––0040
2021-22Super League 245––00245
Total 275–00275
Beşiktaş 2022-23 Super League 175––00175
2023-24 213––50263
Total 388––50438
Career total 15944––42520149

Honours

Club
Turkish Women's Second League
1207 Antalyaspor
Winner (1): 2014–15

International
UEFA Development Tournament
Turkey women's U-19
Winners (1): 2016

References
  1. "Oyuncu Bilgileri – Esra Manya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. "Cyprus 0-1 Azerbaijan". UEFA Women's Nations League. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. "Kadınlar 2. Ligi'nde şampiyon 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediyespor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. "Şampiyon 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 26 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. "Antalya'nın milli gururu". Sabah (in Turkish). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. "Kadın milli futbol takımı Avrupa'da çeyrek final peşinde". Posta (in Turkish). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. "Futbol: Kızlar 17 Yaş Altı Avrupa Şampiyonası". Radikal (in Turkish). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. "17 yaş altı kız futbol takımımız veda etti". SporX (in Turkish). 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. "Republic of Ireland Women's Under 17s top group to qualify". Extra Time. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  10. "U19 Kadın Milliler şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 2–1 Azerbaycan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  12. "Hungary 5–2 Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  13. "Hungary 5–2 Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  14. "Azerbaijan 1-0 Faroe Islands". UEFA Women's Nations League. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  15. "Hungary 1-1 Azerbaijan". UEFA European Qualifiers. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. "Azerbaijan 0-4 Switzerland". UEFA European Qualifiers. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  17. "Türkiye 1-0 Azerbaijan". UEFA European Qualifiers. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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