Derya Arhan

Derya Arhan
Arhan with Beylerbeyi in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-25) January 25, 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Bayrampaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Pogoń Szczecin
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 1 (0)
2021–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 20 (5)
2022–2023 Galatasaray 22 (1)
2023–2024 Beylerbeyi 13 (9)
2024–2025 Fenerbahçe 28 (1)
2025–2026 Yüksekova 21 (1)
2026 Neftçi 0 (0)
2026– Pogoń Szczecin 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Turkey U15 2 (1)
2014–2015 Turkey U17 18 (2)
2015–2018 Turkey U19 24 (2)
2018– Turkey 19 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:18, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2024

Derya Arhan (born January 25, 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ekstraliga club Pogoń Szczecin. 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.

Club career

Arhan (right) playing for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2014–15 season's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor
Arhan with ALG in the 2019–20 Women's First League season

Derya Arhan was registered to her first youth club, the Küçükyalı, Istanbul-based Sosyal Hizmetler Gençlik ve Spor, on 25 May 2011.

Kdz. Ereğli

On 22 November 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. Beginning with the 2013–14 season, she started playing in the senior team in the Turkish Women's First League.

Beşiktaş

She moved to Beşiktaş for the 2018–19 League season. She won the league title with the club the 2018–19 season.

By July 2019, Arhan was transferred by the Spanish club Santa Teresa CD in Badajoz, playing in the Primera División B.

ALG

By October 2019, she returned home and signed with the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor. She debuted in the UEFA Women's Champions League in a 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying match against Albanian team KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in Shkodër, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored a goal.

Zhytlobud-2

On 22 March 2021, she moved to Ukraine and joined Ukrainian Women's League club Zhytlobud-2.

Return to ALG

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.

Fatih Karagümrük

For the 2021–22 Women's Super League season, she moved to the newly established Fatih Karagümrük.

Galatasaray

On 9 August 2022, Arhan moved to fellow Turkish Super League club Galatasaray.

Beylerbeyi

In August 2023, she signed for newly promoted top-tier side Beylerbeyi.

Fenerbahçe

Ahead of the 2024–25 Super League season, Arhan moved to Fenerbahçe.

Yükeskova

After one season, she transferred to the Hakkari-based club Yüksekova, which was recently promoted to the top division.

Neftçi & Pogoń Szczecin

Arhan moved to Azerbaijani club Neftçi in the summer of 2026, where she appeared in two UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying matches. On 30 July 2026, she moved to Polish club Pogoń Szczecin on a one-year deal, with an option for another year.

International career

Arhan playing for the Turkey national under-17 team

Turkey U17

She was called up to the Turkey women's national under-15 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on 2 October 2013. She capped twice and scored one goal for the Turkey U15 team.

Arhan played her first game for the Turkey U17 team in a friendly against Greece on 2 March 2014. She later took part in the 2014 UEFA Development Tournament and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches.

Turkey U19

Between 2015 and 2018, Arhan played for the national under-19 team. She was part of the team that won the 2016 UEFA Development Tournament. She played in two matches of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, all games of the Elite round, and the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification. She scored two goals in 24 matches for the under-19s.

Turkey

On 8 November 2018, Arhan debuted in the senior team in a friendly match against Georgia.

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kdz. Ereğli 2013–14 Turkish First League 8071—151
2014–15 Turkish First League 172102—274
2015–16 Turkish First League 18780—267
2016–17 Turkish First League 22470—294
2017–18 Turkish First League 153122—275
Total 8016445—12421
Beşiktaş 2018–19 Turkish First League 17141—212
Santa Teresa 2019–20 Primera Div. B 2000—20
ALG 2019–20 Turkish First League 15510—165
2020–21 Turkish First League 614211114
Total 2165211279
Zhytlobud-2 2021–22 Ukrainian Higher League 1000—10
ALG 2021–22 Turkish Super League 1000—10
Fatih Karagümrük 2021–22 Turkish Super League 20550—255
Galatasaray 2022–23 Turkish Super League 22100—221
Beylerbeyi 2023–24 Turkish Super League 13940—179
Fenerbahçe 2024–25 Turkish Super League 28110—291
Yüksekova 2025–26 Turkish Super League 3000—30
Career total 208396381127248

International

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Arhan goal.
List of international goals scored by Derya Arhan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
127 October 2020Sapsan Arena, Moscow, Russia Russia1–42–4UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
21 December 2020Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Russia1–21–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Honours

Beşiktaş

ALG

Turkey U19

References

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  2. ↑ "Ereğli Yıldız Kızlar Futbol Takımı Türkiye Şampiyonu". Haberciniz (in Turkish). 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 0–2 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Vllaznia (ALB) 3–3 (3–2 p) ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi – Konak Beşediyespor 1–1 Fatih Karagümrük" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımımızda 4 imza birden!". Galatasaray.org. Galatasaray Official Website. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Kenmer, Tahsin (15 August 2023). "Beylerbeyi Spor Kulübü Kadın Futbol Takımı Yeni Sezonda İddialı". BHA Birlik News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Derya Arhan w kobiecej Dumie Pomorza" (in Polish). asd. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Futbol: 2015 17 Yaş Altı Kızlar Avrupa Şampiyonası". Bugün (in Turkish). 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  14. ↑ "U17 Kadın Milli Futbol Takımı Adana'da Kampa Girecek". Şanlıurfa (in Turkish). 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  15. ↑ "U19 Kadın Milliler şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  16. ↑ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2021 Grup Eeleme – Rusya 4–2 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2021 Grup Eleme – Türkiye 1–2 Rusya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 December 2020.