Ebru Topçu

Ebru Topçu (born August 27, 1996) is a Turkish women's football striker currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Galatasaray in Istanbul with jersey number 16. She was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team in 2013 after playing for the national U-15, U-17 and U-19 teams.[1][2][3]

Ebru Topçu
Ebru Topçu for Kdz. Ereğlispor (2013–14)
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-27) August 27, 1996
Place of birth Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 105 (79)
2014–2017 Konak Belediyespor 56 (29)
2017–2018 Ataşehir Belediyespor 18 (8)
2018–2019 Konak Belediyespor 16 (7)
2019–2022 ALG Spor 48 (28)
2022– Galatasaray 18 (14)
International career‡
2010 Turkey U-15 2 (4)
2011–2013 Turkey U-17 16 (12)
2012–2015 Turkey U-19 40 (21)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (1)
2013– Turkey 66 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023

Early life

Ebru Topçu was born on August 27, 1996, in Karadeniz Ereğli town of Zonguldak Province. Her father was a coal miner working in the Armutçuk coal mine. She has a one-year older brother, who is a professional footballer.[4]

Football was a main theme at her home. During her childhood, she played football along with her neighbor Berna Yeniçeri and her brother's friends. Her father, who also played football in his youth, took her to the newly established women's team Kdz. Ereğlispor and registered her at the age of only 10.[4]

Playing career

During her high school years, she was a member of the school football team, which became Turkish champion in the 2013–14 season.[4]

Topçu plays as midfielder in her club while she is a center-forward in the national team.[4]

Club career
Ebru Topçu of ALG Spor in the 2019–20 Women's First League season.
Ebru Topçu (navy/rose) driving the ball for Konak Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.
Ebru Topçu (red/black) playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2015–16 season against Kireçburnu Spor.

She began football playing in the internal feeder team of Kdz. Ereğlispor in 2006. The talented girl took part at a total of 110 matches until September 2013, including 80 league matches, 8 UEFA championship and 22 friendly international matches. A star of her club, she scored 92 goals in that time.[5]

Topçu was transferred by the league-champion of the 2013–14 season Konak Belediyespor on July 25, 2014. She took part at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round matches. In the first two games, she scored three goals for her new team.[6][7] Topçu played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.[8][9][10]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title.[1] She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[11][12][13]

By mid August, she transferred to the Istanbul-based rival Ataşehir Belediyespor after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor.[14][15]

In the 2018–19 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor.

ALG Spor

The next season, she moved to the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor.[1][15] She played at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in Shkodër, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal in the penalty shoot-out.[16][17] She enjoyed the 2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.[18]

Galatasaray

On 9 August 2022, she transferred to the Women's Super League club Galatasaray.[19]

International career
Ebru Topçu (red/black) playing for Turkey national in the friendly match against Estonia at TFF Riva Facility on April 7, 2018.

At the age of 14, she was admitted to the Turkey Girls' U-15 team. In her ever first international match, she scored three goals against the Russian girls on November 23, 2010.[4][20]

Topçu played at the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches in 2011 and at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifications in 2012.[21]

In 2012, she scored one of the three goals for the Turkey women's U-19 team against the team from Ukraine at the International Kuban Spring Tournament.[2] She shot two goals at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification against Montenegro.[4] On November 28, 2013, she scored the third goal for Turkey in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Montenegrin team that ended with 3–1.[22][23]

In 2014, she debuted in the Turkey women's U-21 team's friendly match against Belgium, and scored a goal.[24]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Turkey girls' U-17 team
September 29, 2011Stadion Mirko Vučurević Banatski Dvor, Serbia Serbia2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualificationL 3–42
October 4, 2011Stadion Mirko Vučurević Banatski Dvor, Serbia DenmarkL 1–31[25]
August 28, 2012Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia Wales2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualificationW 2–02
August 30, 2012Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia NorwayL 1–51
September 2, 2012Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia LatviaW 1–01
June 25, 2013Sport Centre Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia Serbiaİnt'l Youth TournamentW 5–12[26]
Turkey women's U-19 team
March 7, 2012Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia Slovakia2012 Int'l Kuban Spring TournamentW 3–01[27]
March 8, 2012Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia ChinaW 2–01[28]
March 12, 2012Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia UkraineW 3–01[29]
March 14, 2012Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia ChinaL 5–61
September 26, 2013Tatabánya, Hungary Montenegro2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualificationW 3–12[30]
March 25, 2014Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia Iran2014 Int'l Kuban Spring TournamentW 1–01[31]
March 27, 2014Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia HungaryD 1–11[32]
July 27, 2014Zimbru Stadium Chișinău, Moldova MoldovaUEFA Development TournamentW 3–11[33]
August, 2014Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia RomaniaW 7–01[34]
September 18, 2014İnegöl İlçe Stadium, Bursa, Turkey Kazakhstan2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round – Group 4W 6–13[35]
April 11, 2015Estádio Fernando Cabrita , Lagos, Portugal Finland2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Elite round – Group 1D 2–21[36]
Turkey women's
November 28, 2013Buca Arena İzmir, Turkey Montenegro2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6W 3–11[37]
March 5, 2017Gold City Stadium, Antalya, Turkey KosovoGoldcity Women's Cup 2017W 4–21[38]
April 6, 2017Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Montenegro2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4W 3–02[39]
April 8, 2017 LuxembourgW 9–11[40]
July 12, 2021Elbasan Stadium, Elbasan, Albania AlbaniaFriendlyW 2–11
July 15, 2021Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana, Albania AlbaniaW 4–11
November 30, 2021Mersin Arena, Mersin, Turkey Israel2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group HW 3–21[41]
February 23, 2022Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey SerbiaL 2–51
April 7, 2022Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria BulgariaW 2–01

Career statistics
As of 11 April 2023.[1][11][12][13]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2008–09Second League 81––0081
2009–10Second League 1819––001819
2010–11Second League 2217––452622
2011–12 First League 2214––14103624
2012–13First League 1819––1573326
2013–14First League 179––21103819
Total 10579––5432159111
Konak Belediyespor 2014–15First League 1718321493429
2015–16First League 16531101297
2016–17First League 23630643210
Total 56299330149546
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2017–18First League 18800322110
Total 18800322110
Konak Belediyespor 2018–19First League 1670061228
Total 1670061228
ALG Spor 2019–20First League 151500702215
2020–21First League 651160136
2021–22 Super League 278001354013
Total 4828112657534
Galatasaray S.K. 2022–23FSuper League 181400622416
Total 1814622414
Career total 26116510412556396225
International goals
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Konak Belediyespor
August 9, 2014Stadions Arkādija Riga, LatviaLatvia Rīgas FS2014–15 UEFA Champions LeagueW 11–01[6]
August 11, 2014Stadions Arkādija Riga, LatviaBelarus FC MinskW 2–12[7]
ALG Spor
November 3, 2020Loro Boriçi Stadium, BShkodër, AlbaniaAlbania Vllaznia2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying roundL 3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)1[16]

Honours
Turkish Women's First League
Kdz. Ereğlispor
Third places (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Third places (1): 2018–19
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (1): 2017–18
ALG Spor
Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021–22
Third places (1): 2020–21

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