Full name | Gamze Durmuş Pakkan | ||
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Born |
1994 (age 29–30) Turkey | ||
Other occupation | Academic | ||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2014–2022 | Boys' U14, U15, U16, U17, U19 Regional Development | referee | |
2015–2020 | Women's Second | referee | |
2016–2021 | Men's Regional Amateur | referee | |
2017–2020 | Women's Third | referee | |
2017–2019 | Men's U21 | referee | |
2018–2022 | Men's Third | referee | |
2019– | Women's First | referee | |
2021– | Women's Super | referee | |
2022– | Men's Second | referee | |
2022– | Men's First | referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2021 | FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | referee | |
2021–2022 | UEFA Women's U17 Championship qualification | referee | |
2023 | UEFA Women's U19 Championship qualification | referee |
Gamze Durmuş Pakkan ( née Durmuş; 1994) is a Turkish female FIFA-listed football referee. [1] [2] She is an academic at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. [3]
Durmuş was born in 1993, [4] and started her football official career as assistant referee in a Turkish Women's Football Third League match played in Ankara on 7 December 2014. [5] İn 2015, she was promoted to referee, and officiated the Turkish Women's Football Second League match on 20 December between Fomget GSK and Ovacık GSK. [6] On 1 October 2016, she served for the first time as fourth official in the Turkish Men's Football U21 League match between Kardemir Karabükspor and Trabzonspor. [7] On 23 October the same year, she officiated her first Turkish Regional Amateur League match. [8]
On 10 March 2017, she debuted as referee in a TFF Third League (Professional) match. [9] Her first Turkish Women's Football First League match as referee took place between Fomget GSK and Kireçburnu Spor on 22 December 2019. [10] She was promoted to a video assistant referee (VAR) position in the Turkish Men's Football Super League match between Galatasaray S.K. and Fatih Karagümrük S.K. on 2 April 2022. [11]
On 23 October 2022, she served the first time as referee in the TFF Second League (Professional) match between Bucaspor 1928 and Balıkesirspor. [12] On 11 March 2023, she debuted as fourth official in a Turkish Men's Super League match. [13] As of 1 October 2023, she has served in various official roles in a total of 163 matches at different level domestic men's and women's competitions. [1]
Gamze Durmuş and her husband Burak Pakkan were appointed to officiate the 2021–22 TFF First League derby match in Ankara on 12 September 2021 between MKE Ankaragücü and Gençlerbirliği S.K. [4] While Burak administered the match, she served as the fourth official. [14] That a married referee couple were together in charge in an official league match happened for the first time in the history of Turkish football. [4]
Nominated by the Turkish Referee's Cemtral Committee ( Turkish: Merkez Hakem Kurulu, MHK), she was confirmed as a FIFA-listed football referee in December 2020. [4]
In November 2021, she officiated one match at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E. [15] In September 2021 and March 2022, she administered four matches at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – League B, Group B1. [16] In October 2023, she served in two matches at the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification. [17]
Durmuş lives in Ankara, Turkey. On 20 June 2021, she married in Ankara to Burak Pakkan, who is also a football referee. [4] [18]
Durmuş holds a PhD title in Sport management from the Faculty of Sports at Gazi University in Ankara, [19] and is a faculty member at the same university. [3]