Zerrin Bakır


Zerrin Bakır is a Turkish football coach, and former football player in the top Turkish women's football leagues. She was a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 and A teams.

Private life

Zerrin Bakır was born in Çamakkale on 27 June 1981.

Club career

Bakır started her football career at her hometown club Çanakkale Belediyespor. She then played for Gemlik Zeytinspor, Kuzeyspor, and Maltepe Yalıspor in the Women's League, Marmara Üniversitesispor in the Women's Second League as well as Kartalspor and again Marmara Üniversitesispor in the Women's First League. She scored ten goals in a total of 31 league matches.

International career

In 1999, she became member of the Turkey girls' U-19 team, and appeared in two matches of the 2000 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying First round and in three matches of the Second round.
She was admitted to the Turkey women's national team and debuted in the friendly match against Israel on 1 July 1999. She played at three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying and six matches of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA). She scored two goals in a total of 16 international matches.

Manager career

Bakır started a manager career after obtaining a UEFA A Coaching Licence. In 2014, she was appointed head coach of the newly established girls football club Öz Yavuzselimspor in Esenler district of Istanbul. ın 2015, Her team competed in the Turkish Girls' U-15 Regional Championship's Group Istanbul. The team took part in the Girls' U-17 Turkey Championship in 2016.