Derya Arhan

Derya Arhan (born January 25, 1999) is a Turkish footballer, who plays as a defender for the Turkish Women's Football Super League club Fenerbahçe. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team. She was part of the Turkey national women's U-15, women's U-17 and women's U-19 teams.^[1]

Derya Arhan

Derya Arhan for Beylerbeyi (January 2024).
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-01-25) January 25, 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bayrampaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	99
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2018	Kdz. Ereğlispor	80	(16)
2018–2019	Beşiktaş	17	(1)
2019	Santa Teresa	2	(0)
2019–2021	ALG Spor	21	(6)
2021	Zhytlobud-2	1	(0)
2021	ALG Spor	1	(0)
2021–2022	Fatih Karagümrük	20	(5)
2022–2023	Galatasaray	22	(1)
2023–2024	Beylerbeyi	28	(9)
2024–	Fenerbahçe	19	(1)
International career‡
2013	Turkey U-15	2	(1)
2014–2015	Turkey U-17	18	(2)
2015–2018	Turkey U-19	24	(2)
2018–	Turkey	19	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2024

Club career

Derya Arhan (right) playing for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2014–15 season's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Derya Arhan of ALG Spor in the 2019–20 Women's First League season.

Derya Arhan obtained her license for the Küçükyalı, Istanbul-based club Sosyal Hizmetler Gençlik ve Spor on May 25, 2011.^[1]

Kdz. Ereğlispor

Effective November 22, 2012, she transferred to Kdz Ereğlispor, and played in their newly established youth team for girls. She enjoyed Turkish Girls' Football Championship with her team in September 2013.^[2] Beginning with the 2013–14 season, she started playing in the women's team of her club as defender in the Turkish Women's First League.^[1]

Beşiktaş J.K.

In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K.^[3] She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season.[1]^[1]

By July 2019, Arhan was transferred by the Spanish club Santa Teresa CD in Badajoz to play in the Primera División B.^[4]

ALG Spor

By October 2019, she returned home and signed with the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor.^[1] She debuted at the UEFA Women's Champions League playing in the |2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in Shkodër, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal.^[5][6]

WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv

On 22 March 2021, she moved to Ukraine and joined WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv to play in the Ukrainian Women's League.^[1][7]

ALG Spor

After returning home, she rejoined her club ALG Spor. She appeared for ALG Spor only in the first match of the 2021–22 Women's Super League season.^[8]

Fatih Karagümrük S.K.

In the 2021–22 Women's Super League season, she moved to the newly established Fatih Karagümrük.^[9]

Galatasaray S.K.

On 9 August 2022, the Turkish Women's Football Super League team was transferred to the Galatasaray club.^[10]

Beylerbeyi S.K.

In August 2023, she signed to the Super League promoted club Beylerbeyi S.K. to play in the 2023–24 season.^[11]

International career

Derya Arhan playing for Turkey women's national under-17 football team.

Turkey girls' U-17

She was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-15 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on October 2, 2013. She capped twice and scored one goal for the Turkey U-15 team.^[1]

Arhan played first time for the Turkey women's national U-17 team in the friendly game against the team from Greece on March 2, 2104. She later took part in the 2014 UEFA Development Tournament and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 8 matches.^[1][12][13]

Turkey women's U-19

Between 2015 and 2018, Arhan played for the women's national U-19 team. She was part of the team, which became champion of the 2016 UEFA Development Tournament.^[14] She played in two matches of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10 and in every three games of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round Group 2 as well as 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10. She scored two goals in 24 matches for the national U-19 team.^[1]

Turkey women's

On November 8, 2018, Arhan debuted in the Turkey women's national football team playing in the friendly match against Georgia.^[1]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Turkey women's
October 27, 2020	Sapsan Arena, Moscow, Russia	Russia	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group A	L 2–4	1[15]
December 1, 2020	Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Russia		L 1–2	1[16]

Career statistics

As of 23 December 2023.^[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kdz. Ereğlispor	2013–14	First League	8	0	–	–	7	1	15	1
	2014–15	First League	17	2	–	–	10	2	27	4
	2015–16	First League	18	7	–	–	8	0	26	7
	2016–17	First League	22	4	–	–	7	0	29	4
	2017–18	First League	15	3	–	–	12	2	27	5
	Total		80	16	–	–	44	5	124	21
Beşiktaş J.K.	2018–19	First League	17	1	-	-	4	1	21	2
	Total		17	1	-	-	4	1	21	2
Santa Teresa CD	2019–20	Primera Div. B	2	0	-	-	0	0	2	0
	Total		2	0	-	-	0	0	2	0
ALG Spor	2019–20	First League	15	5	-	-	1	0	16	5
	2020–21	First League	6	1	1	1	4	2	11	4
	2021–22	Super League	1	0	-	-	0	0	1	0
	Total		22	6	1	1	5	2	28	9
Fatih Karagümrük	2021–22	Super League	20	5	-	-	5	0	25	5
	Total		20	5	–	–	5	0	25	5
Galatasaray	2022–23	Super League	22	1	-	-	0	0	22	1
	Total		22	1	–	–	0	0	22	1
Beylerbeyi	2023–24	Super League	13	3	-	-	3	0	16	3
	Total		13	3	–	–	3	0	16	3
Career total			176	32	1	1	61	8	238	41

Honours

Beşiktaş J.K.

• Turkish Women's First Football League: 2018–19

ALG Spor

• Turkish Women's First Football League: 2019–20; Third place: 2020–21

Fatih Karagümrük

• Turkish Women's First Football League Runners-up: 2021–22

Turkey women's U-19

• UEFA Development Tournament: 2016