Lale Orta (born 1 April 1960) is a Turkish former football player, coach, sports commentator and referee.
[2] Following her primary and secondary education in schools at Aksaray, Cibali and Bakırköy, she studied Accounting and Finance at Marmara University graduating in 1986.
She received a PhD degree with a thesis on "Football Organizations in Turkey and the World - An Analytical Approach" (Turkish: "Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Futbol Organizasyonları - Analitik bir Yaklaşım") at her alma mater in 2002.
Orta was appointed to supervise the highest-level Turkish league competitions in the Süper Lig for the first time in the match Sakaryaspor against MKE Ankaragücü on 29 May 1999.
On 28 November 2002 Orta supervised the quarter-finals match between Arsenal Ladies and CSK VVS Samara at the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup held in St Albans England.
[3] Due to 45-years of age limit for referees set by the FIFA, Orta's international referee career ended after the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) match she officiated between the national women's teams of Spain and Belgium played in Madrid, Spain on 5 November 2005.