Selen Altunkulak

Selen Altunkulak
Altunkulak with Turkey in 2018
Personal information
Full name Selen Gül Altunkulak
Date of birth (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Valence, Drôme, France
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Toulouse
Number 6
Youth career
2011–2012 FC Vendenheim
2012–2013 Monteux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 FC 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– Turkey 21 (13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:50, 01 October 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:41, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Selen Gül Altunkulak (born 2 December 1997) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Seconde Ligue club Toulouse. Born in France, she represents Turkey at international level.

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 Metz.[citation needed]

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.

She signed with Rodez on 29 January 2022, and played two seasons. On 12 January 2024, she transferred to Toulouse. 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.[citation needed]

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. In the second match of the tournament, she scored a hat-trick in the match against Luxembourg on 8 April 2017.

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 March 2017Antalya, Turkey Kosovo3–24–22017 Turkish Women's Cup
26 April 2017Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Montenegro2–03–02019 FIFA World Cup qualification preliminary round
38 April 2017 Luxembourg5–09–1
47–1
58–1
64 April 2018Istanbul, Turkey Estonia2–03–2Friendly
73–2
87 April 2018 Estonia2–03–0
91 December 2025 Albania2–02–0
1018 April 2026Sinop, Turkey Switzerland1–11–12027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
119 June 2026Ta' Qali, Malta Malta3–03–0
129 October 2026Istanbul, Turkey Slovenia2–03–32027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs
133–1

Honours

Toulouse

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Selen Altunkulak". Footofeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Selen Gül Altunkulak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Selen Altunkulak" (in French). FC Metz. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Selen Gul Altunkulak". FlashScore. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Karadağ'ı 3–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Turkey 3–0 Montenegro". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Turkey 9–1 Luxembourg". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "J18 : Toulouse, le titre et la montée" (in French). 5 April 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Trophées 2025-2026 : les lauréat(e)s" (in French). 18 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Seconde Ligue 2025-2026 - Classement des buteuses". Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Championnat de France de D3 2023-2024 - Groupe B - Classement des buteuses". Retrieved 19 May 2026.