Dilara Soley Deli

Dilara Soley Deli is a footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for German club Schalke 04. Born in Germany, she plays for the Turkey women's national team. She is a former Azerbaijan youth international.

Club career

Deli started her career in the 2018–19 season in the youth team of FSV Gütersloh 2009 in Germany. She plays in the defender/midfielder position, and is tall.
She played for Arminia Bielefeld four matches in the 2019–20 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, two games in the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen, as well as two matches in the 2020–21 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. She was a member of SV 07 Elversberg in four games in the 2021–22 Regionalliga West season. In the 2021–22 season, she suffered a tear of the Fibular collateral ligament on her knee, and had to stay away from the pitch between 28 March and 6 June 2022.
In the 2023–24 season, she plays for Charleroi in the Belgian Women's Super League. In January 2025, she joined Schalke 04 in Westfalenliga, following a brief stint with Spanish side Sporting de Huelva.

Playing on 28 March 2018 for Azerbaijan U-17 team at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, she scored her team's only goal in the match against Iceland. She capped three times in total.

In June 2022, Deli was called up to the preparation camp of the Turkey team. She was then admitted to the national team, and debuted in the friendly match against Estonia on 17 July 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia. She played at the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C Group 2 against Lithuania on 26 September 2023.