[1] Berivan İçen was born to a Kurdish family in Mazıdağı district of Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey, on 15 July 2003.

She was discovered as she drew the attention of the chairman of amateur club Cennet Barbarosspor's in Küçükçekmece, district of Istanbul Province.

That year, the left-footed girl was instrumental for her team's advance to the quarter-finals at a tournament organized by the Municipality of Küçükçekmece in the National Sovereignty and Children's Day.

[1] She scored eleven goals in a match of the 7th round in the 2016 Girls' under-13 League (Minik Kızlar Ligi) that ended 15–0 for her team Galatasaray.

[7] İçen was called up to the Turkey women's national under-17 football team, and debuted in the friendly match against Russia on 21 December 2017.