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{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Selin Kuralay
| image = Selinkuralay adelaide.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Kuralay with [[Adelaide United FC (W-League)|Adelaide United]] in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|01|25}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name=aoc/>
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]]
| clubnumber = 14
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Hume City FC|North Coburg]]
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = [[Ringwood City]]
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs3 = [[Box Hill Inter|Box Hill United]]
| collegeyears1 = 2005–2006
| college1 = [[Florida State Seminoles]]
| collegecaps1 = 50
| collegegoals1 = 29
| collegeyears2 = 2008
| college2 = [[Savannah College of Art and Design|SCAD Bees]]
| collegecaps2 = 15
| collegegoals2 = 10
| years1 = 1999–2003
| clubs1 = Victoria Vision / Box Hill Inter
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2004
| clubs2 = [[Victoria Institute of Sport]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2004
| clubs3 = [[Queensland Academy of Sport Football Program|Qld Academy of Sport]]
| caps3 = ?
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2005
| clubs4 = [[Hampton Roads Piranhas]]
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 0
| years6 =
| clubs6 = [[Box Hill Inter]]
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| years8 = 2008–2009
| clubs8 = [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.melbournevictory.com/default.aspx?s=wleague_playerstats | title=Melbourne Victory Westfield W-League Player Stats | publisher=[[Melbourne Victory FC]] | accessdate=20 February 2009}}</ref>
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2010–2011
| clubs9 = [[Adelaide United FC (W-League)|Adelaide United]]
| caps9 = 9
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2015–
| clubs10 = [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]]
| caps10 = 2
| goals10 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Australia women's national under-20 soccer team|Australia U-19]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2004–
| nationalteam2 = [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]]
| nationalcaps2 = 22
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| ntupdate = 3 July 2011
| club-update = 5 March 2017
}}
'''Selin Kuralay''' (born 25 January 1985 in [[Melbourne]], Australia<ref name="victory">{{cite web | url=http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=446&tid=269 | title=Player profile – Selin Kuralay | publisher=[[Melbourne Victory FC]] | accessdate=20 February 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928191717/http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=446&tid=269 | archivedate=28 September 2011}}</ref>) is an Australian [[association football|soccer]] player of [[Turkish Australian|Turkish]] ancestry.<ref name="espn">{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2681586 | title=Florida State's international stars take stage in Cary | work=[[ESPN]] | date=1 December 2006 | access-date=25 February 2009 | last=Hays | first=Graham}}</ref>
She plays at national league level for Australian [[W-League (Australia)|W-League]] team [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]].

==Club career==

===Junior football===
Kuralay took up football as a six-year-old, playing for [[Hume City FC|North Coburg]]. She later played with [[Ringwood City]] and [[Box Hill Inter|Box Hill United]]. In 2001, she was jointly awarded (with [[Spase Dilevski]]) the Weinstein Medal as [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n Junior Player of the Year. She is the only female footballer to have won the medal.<ref name="oxf4">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/JnrPOY.html | title=Weinstein Medal | publisher=OzFootball | accessdate=25 February 2009 | last=Punshon | first=John}}</ref>

===WNSL===
Kuralay made her debut at national league level in 1999 when she played for Victoria Vision in the Australian [[Women's National Soccer League]]. She won the Rising Star award for the league in the 2000–01 season.<ref name="women">{{cite web | url=http://www.guidomedia.com/aws/selinkuralay05.html | title=From Melbourne to Florida | work=allwomensport.com | accessdate=20 February 2009 | last=Preston | first=Taryn | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917173058/http://www.guidomedia.com/aws/selinkuralay05.html | archivedate=17 September 2009}}</ref>

In 2004 Kuralay played for the [[Queensland Academy of Sport Football Program|Queensland Academy of Sport]] in the WNSL, scoring two goals.<ref name="womensoccer">{{cite web | url=http://www.womensoccer.com.au/socceron/wsrap_2005%5Cwsrap_dec04.html | title=Queensland Sting facts & figures | work=womensoccer.com.au | accessdate=25 February 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719212744/http://www.womensoccer.com.au/socceron/wsrap_2005/wsrap_dec04.html | archivedate=19 July 2008}}</ref>

===W-League (USA)===
In 2005 Kuralay played 12 matches for the [[Hampton Roads Piranhas]] in the American [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]].<ref name="usl">{{cite web | url=http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/transactions/92360.html | title=Piranhas bolster roster with trio | publisher=[[USL W-League (1995–2015)|USL W-League]] | date=18 February 2005 | accessdate=25 February 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610060953/http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/transactions/92360.html | archivedate=10 June 2011}}</ref>

===College soccer===

====Florida State University====
Kuralay began her college soccer career for [[Florida State Seminoles|Florida State University]] in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference#Soccer|Atlantic Coast Conference]]. In 2005, her first season for FSU, she scored 16 goals and made nine [[Assist (football)|assists]] both of which were records for a first year player. Kuralay was a first team [[National Soccer Coaches Association of America]] All-America team member.<ref name="fsuintl">{{cite web | url=http://www.internationalcenter.fsu.edu/featuredStudent.cfm?who=selin | title=Featured Student – Selin Kuralay | publisher=[[Florida State University]] | accessdate=24 February 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070813080729/http://www.internationalcenter.fsu.edu/featuredStudent.cfm?who=selin | archivedate=13 August 2007}}</ref> She was a semifinalist in the 2005 [[Hermann Trophy]]. She was one of 11 [[Soccer America Magazine]] [[Most valuable player|MVP]]s for 2005.<ref name="ncaa1">{{cite web | url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/w_soccer_RB/2008/wsoc%20awardsind.pdf | title=Women's Award Winners | publisher=[[NCAA]] | accessdate=25 February 2009}}</ref>

In 2006, her second season, she tied the FSU record for game-winning goals. She was also selected in Soccer Buzz Magazine's All-America team<ref name="soccerbuzz">{{cite news | url=http://www.soccerbuzz.com/2006awards/national/allamericas.htm | title=2006 All-Americas | work=Soccer Buzz | accessdate=26 February 2009}}</ref><ref name="acc">{{cite web | url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/121506aaa.html | title=Selin Kuralay Named A Soccer Buzz First Team All-American | publisher=[[Atlantic Coast Conference]] | date=15 December 2006 | accessdate=20 February 2009}}</ref>

====Savannah College of Art and Design====
Kuralay played in 2008 for [[Savannah College of Art and Design]] in [[The Sun Conference]]. In her only season at SCAD she scored 10 goals and laid off five assists in 15 matches. She was named in the 2008 [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] All-America team.<ref name="sav1">{{cite web | url=http://www.scadathletics.com/news/2008/12/31/WSOC_1231080827.aspx | title=Selin Kuralay, Melissa Feuerriegel named to NAIA All-America teams | publisher=[[Savannah College of Art and Design]] | date=31 December 2008 | accessdate=24 February 2009 | last=MacEachern | first=Michael | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130202080138/http://www.scadathletics.com/news/2008/12/31/WSOC_1231080827.aspx | archivedate=2 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=sav2>{{cite web
| title = 2008 SCAD Women's Soccer SCAD Overall Team Statistics | publisher =[[Savannah College of Art and Design]]
| date = 14 November 2008
| url = http://www.scadathletics.com/custompages/wsoc/stats/2008/teamcume.htm#TEAM.IND
| accessdate = 24 February 2009}}</ref>

===W-League (Australia)===
In 2008 Kuralay joined the [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]]. She scored two goals on her debut to help Victory defeat [[Adelaide United FC (W-League)|Adelaide United]].<ref name="twgf">{{cite web | url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/a-league/w-league-roar-looking-good-154575/ | title=W-League: Roar looking good | publisher=[[The World Game]] | date=30 November 2008 | accessdate=24 February 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Selin Kuralay.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Kuralay playing for Melbourne in 2009.]]

==International career==

===Under 19===
In 2002 Kuralay played for the Australian team at the [[FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship]] in Canada.<ref name=fifa/> In May 2002 she scored five goals in Australia's 13–0 win in a World Cup Qualifying match against [[Samoa women's national football team|Samoa]].<ref name="ozf5">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/YoungMatildas/2002A.html | title=Young Matildas (U20) Internationals for 2002 | publisher=OzFootball | accessdate=26 February 2009 | last=Esamie | first=Thomas}}</ref>

She was selected for her second [[2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|U-19 World Championship]] in 2004, which was held in Thailand.<ref name="fifa">{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=190169/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102153048/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=190169/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 November 2012 | title=FIFA Player Statistics: Selin Kuralay | publisher=[[FIFA]] | accessdate=20 February 2009}}</ref>

===Senior women's team===
After making her debut against [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] in February 2004, Kuralay played 22 times for the [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia women's national football (soccer) team]] and scored two goals.<ref name="ozf1">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/2004A.html | title=Matildas Internationals for 2004 | publisher=OzFootball | accessdate=24 February 2009 | last=Esamie | first=Thomas}}</ref><ref name="oxf2">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/2005A.html | title=Matildas Internationals for 2005 | publisher=OzFootball| accessdate=20 February 2009 | last=Esamie | first=Thomas}}</ref><ref name="oxf3">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/2008A.html | title=Matildas Internationals for 2008 | publisher=OzFootball | accessdate=25 February 2009 | last=Esamie | first=Thomas}}</ref>

Kuralay played three matches for the [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australian women's football team]] at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament|Athens Olympics]] and also represented Australia at the [[2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|2002]] and [[2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|2004]] FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship finals.<ref name="aoc">{{cite web | url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/3589/Selin+Kuralay | title=Athlete – Selin Kuralay | publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]] | accessdate=20 February 2009}}</ref><ref name=fifa/>

==Honours==

===Individual===
*Weinstein Medal – Joint Winner – 2001<ref name=oxf4/>
*[[Women's National Soccer League]] Rising Star – Winner – 2001<ref name=women/>
*[[National Soccer Coaches Association of America]] All-America team member<ref name=ncaa1/>
*[[Hermann Trophy]] Semifinalist – 2005.<ref name=ncaa1/>
*Soccer America Magazine MVP – 2005<ref name=ncaa1/>
*Soccer Buzz Magazine – All-America team – 2006<ref name=soccerbuzz/>
*[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] All-America team – 2008<ref name=sav1/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Melbourne Victory FC W-League squad}}
{{Australia Squad 2004 Summer Olympics (Women's Football)}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian women's soccer players]]
[[Category:Australian people of Turkish descent]]
[[Category:Soccer players from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Florida State University alumni]]
[[Category:Melbourne Victory FC (women) players]]
[[Category:Adelaide United FC (women) players]]
[[Category:Olympic soccer players for Australia]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Victorian Institute of Sport alumni]]
[[Category:Australia women's international soccer players]]
[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players]]
[[Category:Ringwood City SC players]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate women's soccer players]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen]]

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