Lale Orta
| Born |
January 1, 1960 İstanbul, Turkey |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Other occupation | University lecturer | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1990–98 | A2 Ligi | referee | |
| 1990-04 | TFF Third League | referee | |
| 1996-04 | TFF Second League | referee | |
| 1996-04 | TFF First League | referee | |
| 1997-01 | Turkish Cup | referee | |
| 1999-04 | Süper Lig | referee | |
| 2000–02 | Women's First League | referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2002–07 | UEFA Women's Champions League | referee | |
Lale Orta (born 1960) is a Turkish former football player, coach, sports commentator and referee. She was Turkey's first ever FIFA listed woman referee. Currently, she is an academic in the field of sports science.
Lale Orta was born 1960 in Istanbul. Following her primary and secondary education in shools at Aksaray, Cibali and Bakırköy, she studied Accounting and Finance at Marmara University graduating in 1986. She continued her higher education in Sport management at the same university and earned a Master's degree in 1993. She received a Ph.D. degree with a thesis on "An Analytical Approach over the Football Organizations in Turkey and the World" (Turkish: "Dünyada ve Türkiye'de futbol organizasyonları üzerine analitik bir yaklaşım") at her alma mater in 2002.
Between 1998 and 2003, Orta served as lecturer at the Istanbul Technical University. From 2003 to 2009, she taught at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Since 2009, she is assistant professor and head of Sports Science Department at Okan University in Istanbul.
Lale Orta is married to film and stage actor Ahmet Orta.
Between 1976 and 1989, she played football as goalkeeper in Dostluk Spor, the first women's football team of Turkey, and served as its captain. She became later the country's first female certified football coach, and worked as such for Dostluk Spor and the Turkey women's national football team.
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