Ece Türkoğlu (born April 14, 1999) is a Turkish women's football

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currently playing in the Turkish Women's First League as captain for

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...

with jersey number 10. She was part of the Turkey girls' national U-15 team, is still member of the girls' national U-17 and women's national U-19 teams.

Early life

Ece Türkoğlu was born in İmranlar village of

Karadeniz Ereğli Karadeniz Ereğli (or Ereğli) is a city and district in Zonguldak Province of Turkey on the Black Sea shore. Population of the city proper is 121,237 as of 2020. The mayor of the city is Halil Posbıyık. Mehmet Yapıcı is the District Governor o ...

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on April 14, 1999. She completed the primary school with honors in

Çayırlı Çayırlı ( ku, Mans/Mose) is a town and district of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It covers an area of 1,480 km² and the elevation is 1,520 m. The district has a total population of 10,261 of which 5,447 live ...

, and currently studies in Karadeniz Ereğli Science High School. Signed with Old Dominion University.

Club career

Ece Türkoğlu is a member of Kdz. Ereğlispor, for which she obtained her license on May 25, 2011. After appearing one season in the Women's First League with her team in the 2011–12 season, she played the next season in the Girls' U-15 Turkey Championship for her club's newly established youth team for girls, and enjoyed winning the title in September 2013. From the 2013–14 season on, she plays in the Women's First League again. Currently, she serves as the captain of her team. Türkoğlu took part at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and played in all three matches of the qualification round. After one season with Ataşehir Belediyespor, she returned to her main club Kdz. Ereğlispor.

International career

She debuted in the Turkey girls' national U-15 tram in the friendly match against Belarus on November 28, 2011, and netted a goal. She capped three times and scored three goals for the girls' national U-15 team. Türkoğlu played in the Turkey girls' national U-17 team, and took part at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Development Tournament and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 8 matches. She appeared in 18 matches and netted five goals. She was part of the Turkey women's U-19 team, and played at the 2014 Kuban Spring Tournament. She was part of the team, which became champion of the 2016 UEFA Development Tournament. She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10, 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10 and Elite round – Hroup 2 matches. She capped in 30 matches, and scored 7 goals for the national U-19 team. Türkoğlu debuted in the Turkey women's national team at the

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match against

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and scored one goal. Further, she played in three matches of the GoldCity Woöem's Cup 2017 and in two matches of the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round The preliminary round of the European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the 16 lowest-ranked teams among the 46 entrants. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robi ...

Career statistics

Honors

Club

; Turkish Women's First League :; Kdz. Ereğlispor :: ''Third places'' (1): 2012–13 :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2017–18 ; Turkish Women's Super League :; Fatih Karagümrük :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2021–22

International

;UEFA Development Tournament :; Turkey women's U-19 :: Winners (1): 2016

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkoglu, Ece Living people 1999 births People from Karadeniz Ereğli Turkish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Old Dominion Monarchs women's soccer players Turkey women's international footballers Turkish expatriate women's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players