# Safa Merve Nalçacı

Safa Merve Nalçacı (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Turkish Women's Football Super League for Beylerbeyi S.K. with jersey number 2. She was part of the Turkey women's national team.

## Private life

Safa Merve Nalçcacı was born in Van, eastern Turkey on 28 July 1993.

## Club career

Nalçacı obtained her license from Karşıyaka BESEM Spor in İzmir on 16 November 2007. She then played in the team between 2008 and 2012. During this time, she appeared the |Women's Regional and |Second League, scoring 15 goals in 33 matches. In the |2012–13 season, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Çamlıcaspor to play in the |Women's First League. After playing 18 matches, she moved to Karşıyaka Koleji Spor in İzmit in the second half of the 2013–14 Second League season. The next season, she joined the new established team Beşiktaş J.K. in Istanbul, which played in the |Third League. At the end of that season, she enjoyed her team's promotion to the Second League, and after one season to the First League. She capped in 58 matches and scored two goals in three seasons with Beşiktaş J.K. For the 2017–18 First League season, she went to the newly promoted Fatih Vatan Spor, where she played 17 matches.
In July 2018, Nalçacı joined the league champion Ataşehir Belediyespor before the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She played in all three matches of the qualifying round. In October 2018, she returned to Fatih Vatan Spor for the 2018–19 Women's First League season. The next season, she moved to Kireçburnu Spor.
In the 2021–22 Super League season, she was with Fenerbahçe S.K. The next season, she transferred to Pendik Çamlıkspor in the First League, shich was promoted to the Sıper League at the end of the season, and was renamed to Beylerbeyi S.K. in the|2023–24 Super League season.

## International career

Nalçacı was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team, debuting in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against Russia on 2 June 2016.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 25 November 2023.
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Continental | Continental | National | National | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Karşıyaka BESEM Spor | 2008–09 | Second League | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Karşıyaka BESEM Spor | 2009–10 | Regional League | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Karşıyaka BESEM Spor | 2010–11 | Regional League | 9 | 12 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| Karşıyaka BESEM Spor | 2011–12 | Second League | 8 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Karşıyaka BESEM Spor | Total | Total | 33 | 15 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15 |
| Çamlıcaspor | 2012–13 | First League | 18 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Çamlıcaspor | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Karşıyaka Koleji Spor | 2013–14 | Second League | 7 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Karşıyaka Koleji Spor | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Beşiktaş J.K. | 2014–15 | Third League | 16 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Beşiktaş J.K. | 2015–16 | Second League | 19 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Beşiktaş J.K. | 2016–17 | First League | 23 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Beşiktaş J.K. | Total | Total | 58 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 59 | 2 |
| Fatih Vatan Spor | 2017–18 | First League | 17 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fatih Vatan Spor | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | 2018–19 | First League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fatih Vatan Spor | 2018–19 | First League | 10 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Fatih Vatan Spor | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Kireçburnu Spor | 2019–20 | First League | 13 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kireçburnu Spor | 2020–21 | First League | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kireçburnu Spor | Total | Total | 16 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2021–22 | Super League | 17 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fenerbahçe | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pendik Çamlıkspor | 2022–23 | First League | 9 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Pendik Çamlıkspor | Total | Total | 9 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Beylerbeyi | 2023–24 | Super League | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Beylerbeyi | Total | Total | 1 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 186 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 20 |

## Honours
### Turkish Women's First Football League
   ### Beşiktaş J.K.

       Runners-up (1): 2016–17

   ### Pendik Çamlıkspor

       Winers (1): 2022–23

### Turkish Women's Second Football League
   ### Beşiktaş J.K.

       Winners (1): 2015–16

### Turkish Women's Third Football League
   ### Beşiktaş J.K.

       Winners (1): 2014–15

### Turkish Women's Regional Football League
   ### Karşıyaka BESEM Spor

       Runners-up (2): 2009–10, 2010–11