Marlène_Kasaj
Marlène Kasaj
DR Congolese footballer (born 2003)
Marlène Kasaj Yav (born 25 January 2003) is a DR Congolese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish Women's Football Super League club Beylerbeyi and the DR Congo women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marlène Kasaj Yav | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 21)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lubumbashi, DR Congo[2] | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beylerbeyi | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| AC Léopards | |||
| Amani | |||
| 2021–2022 | Adana İdmanyurduspor | 19 | (10) |
| 2022–2023 | ALG Spor | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | Adana İdmanyurduspor | 7 | (2) |
| 2023– | Beylerbeyi | 13 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019– | DR Congo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023 | |||
Kasaj has played for AC Léopards in the Republic of the Congo and for Amani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 2021, she moved to Turkey to join the Turkish Women's Super League club Adana İdmanyurduspor.[3]
On 7 July 2022, she transferred to the Gaziantep-based league champion club ALG Spor.[4] she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League on 18 August 2022.[5]
Kasaj capped for the DR Congo at senior level during the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round).[6]
- As of match played 29 October 2022.
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Adana İdmanyurduspor | 2021–22 | Super League | 19 | 10 | – | – | 19 | 10 | ||
| Total | 19 | 10 | 19 | 10 | ||||||
| ALG Spor | 2022–23 | Super League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
- "RDC-Foot: l'internationale Marlène Kasaj, une redoutable polyvalente (portrait)" [DRC-Foot: the international Marlène Kasaj, a formidable versatile (portrait)] (in French).
- "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi – Bitexen Adana İdmanyurduspor 2–1 Trabzonspor A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- Çelik, Okan (7 July 2022). "Kasaj ALG Spor'da". Telgraf (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- "Brann (NOR) 1–0 ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- "JO 2020 – Qualifications AFRIQUE : le NIGERIA out, le GHANA aussi" [2020 Olympics – AFRICA Qualifications: NIGERIA out, GHANA too]. FootOFéminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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