Nurceren Akgün was born in Antalya, Turkey on 20 June 1992.[3] Following her marriage to the handball goalkeeper Coşkun Göktepe in 2017, she added "Göktepe", the surname of her spouse, to her family name.[4]
Club career
Akgün Göktepe is 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb). In the beginning of her career, she played in the left wing position. With her transfer to Yenimahalle Bld. SK, she started to play as a pivot.[1]
Muratpaşa Bld. SK
Akgün started her handball career at her hometown club Muratpaşa Bld. SK, playing in the 2010–11 season.[1] She experienced her team's third-place finish in the league in the 2010–11 season, champions title in the 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons as well as the runner-up position in the 2014–15 season.[5][6][7]
In the 2015–16 season, she moved to Ankara to join Yenimahalle Bld. SK.[1] She played ın Yenimahalle Bld. SK including the 2020–21 season.[15][16] She scored in total 62 goals in 22 matches played in the 2020–21 season.[17]
In May 2021, she transferred to the newly formed club Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi EGO SK.[17] She appeared in only three matches of her new club in September of the 2021–22 Super League season.[2]
Kastamonu Bld. GSK
In October 2021, Akgün Göktepe moved to Kastamonu Bld. GSK to play in the remaining 2021–22 season.[2][25] She played two seasons there until the 2022–23 season.[26]
Her team was the runner-up in the 2022–23 Women's Handball Turkish Cup ("2022–23 Kadınlar Hentbol Türkiye Kupası").[27]
In August 2021, she was honored by the Hentbol Haber with the Bests of Handball award for her successful appearance as pivot in the 2020–21 Turkish Super League.[4][16][43]