Ebru Topçu (born August 27, 1996) is a Turkish
women's footballer who plays as a
striker in the Turkish Women's First Football League for
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...
in
Istanbul
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. She was admitted to the
Turkey women's national football team
The Turkey women's national football team () represents Turkey in international women's football (soccer), women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualify ...
in 2013 after playing for the national U-15, U-17 and U-19 teams.
Early life
Ebru Topçu was born on August 27, 1996, in
Karadeniz Ereğli
Karadeniz Ereğli (or Ereğli) is a city in Zonguldak Province of Turkey on the Black Sea shore. It is the seat of Ereğli District. town of
Zonguldak Province
Zonguldak Province () is a province along the western Black Sea coast region of Turkey. Its area is 3,342 km2, and its population is 588,510 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Düzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, Karabük to the sou ...
. Her father was a coal miner working in the
Armutçuk coal mine. She has a one-year older brother, who is a professional footballer.
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.
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.
Topçu plays as midfielder in her club while she is a center-forward in the national team.
Club career
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.
Topçu was transferred by the league-champion of the 2013–14 season
Konak Belediyespor
Konak Belediyespor Women's Football () is the women's association football, women's football team of the Turkey, Turkish multi-sport club Konak Belediyespor based in Konak, Izmir, Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...
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.
Topçu played in three matches of the
2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.
At the end of the
2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title.
She played in three matches of the
Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.
By mid August, she transferred to the
Istanbul
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-based rival
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's association football, women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. ...
after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor.
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
Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...
-based club
ALG Spor
ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's association football, women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Göz ...
.
She played at the
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team
KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in
Shkodër
Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...
, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal in the
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
She enjoyed the
2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.
Galatasaray
On 9 August 2022, she transferred to the
Women's Super League
The Women's Super League (WSL), also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. Currently oper ...
club
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...
.
International career
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.
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.
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.
She shot two goals at the
2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification against Montenegro.
On November 28, 2013, she scored the third goal for Turkey in the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group comprised Belarus, England, Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.
The group winners qualified directly for the ...
match against Montenegrin team that ended with 3–1.
In 2014, she debuted in the
Turkey women's U-21 team's friendly match against Belgium, and scored a goal.
Career statistics
.
International goals
Honours
Club
; 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
:; Galatasaray
:: ''Winners'' (1):
2023–24
Individual
: ''Crystal Feet - Most Valuable Player'':
2023-24,
: ''Crystal Feet - Best Midfielder'':
2023-24.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Topcu, Ebru
1996 births
Living people
People from Karadeniz Ereğli
Turkish women's footballers
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Women's association football forwards
Karadeniz Ereğlispor players
Konak Belediyespor players
Ataşehir Belediyespor players
ALG Spor players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Turkey women's international footballers
Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players
Turkey women's youth international footballers