Selen Altunkulak

Selen Gül Altunkulak (born 2 December 1997) is a women's association footballwomen's football midfielder who plays for Seconde Ligue club Toulouse. Born in France, she represents Turkey at international level.^[2]

Selen Altunkulak

Altunkulak with Turkey in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Selen Gül Altunkulak
Date of birth	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Valence, Drôme, France
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Toulouse
Number	6
Youth career
2011–2012	Vendenheim
2012–2013	Monteux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Vendenheim	10	(6)
2015–2019	Metz	23	(1)
2019–2020	Marseille	4	(0)
2021–2023	Rodez	26	(12)
2024–	Toulouse	21	(33)
International career‡
2017–2019	Turkey	12	(8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:50, 01 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 November 2019

Club career

Altunkulak played in the U19 youth team of FC Vendenheim in the 2011–12 season and of FCF Monteux in 2012–13 season. Between 2013 and 2015, she was a member of FC Vendenheim again. In the 2015–16 season, she transferred to FC Metz-Algrange .^[3][4]

For the 2019–20 Division 1 Féminine season, she signed on 1 July 2019 with Olympique de Marseille, which was recently promoted from the Division 2 Féminine.^[5]

She signed with Rodez on 29 January 2022, and played two seasons.^[5] On 12 January 2024, she transferred to Toulouse.^[5] In the 2023-24 Division 3 Féminine season, she appeared in 21 matches and scored 33 goals. She scored also one goal in two matches of the Coupe de France Féminine.^[6]

International career

She was admitted to the Turkey women's national team, and debuted internationally in the Goldcity Women's Cup 2017 on 1 March 2017, and scored her first international goal. She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 matches.^[7][8] In the second match of the tournament, she scored a hat-trick in the match against Luxembourg on 8 April 2017.^[9]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Turkey women's national team
6 April 2017	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Montenegro	2019 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round - Group 4	W 3–0	1,[7]
8 April 2017		Luxembourg		W 9–1	3,[9]

Honours

Individual

• Top goalscorer (1): 2022–23 Seconde Ligue with Rodez.