Nurcan Çelik

Nurcan Çelik (1 January 1980 – 14 February 2026) was a Turkish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She played for the Turkey under-19 national team before she became a member of the Turkey senior national team. She was the founder and president of Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor. After retiring from active playing, she became manager of the newly reestablished women's team of Galatasaray.

Background Nurcan Çelik was born in a low-income family as the youngest of three children, a son and two daughters, in Artvin, northeastern Turkey on 1 January 1980.

Illness and death In 2008, Çelik was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She was buried in her hometown of Artvin.

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