Eylül Elgalp (born January 9, 1991) is a Turkish women's football

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last played in the First League for

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with jersey number 8. She made her Champions League debut in 2013. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2010. Eylül Elgalp was born on January 9, 1991, in Seyhan district of

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in southern Turkey.

Playing career

Club

Elgalp began football playing in her early age at Adana İdmanyurdu in her hometown. After eight years of playing in Adana, she was transferred by the

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-based club

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, where she scored 23 goals in the 2010–11 season of the Women's First League. After one season with Trabzonspor, she moved to

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in northwestern Turkey. She scored a total of 44 goals in 70 Women's First League matches she played including the 2012–13 season. In July 2013, Eylül Elgalp left her team Lüleburgaz 39 Spor after two seasons, and signed for the

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-based Konak Belediyespor, which had newly become league champion, and would compete at the UEFA Women's Champions League. She made her Champions League debut at the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League on August 8, 2013, against

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. She retired after the 2014-15 Women's First League season.

International

In January 2006, Elgalp became part of the U-17 and U-19 national teams. She played for the first time in national team at the match against Switzerland at the 2007 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round. She scored the decisive only goal in the friendly match against Russian side in 2010. She served as captain of the U-19 national team. Since 2010 in the national team, she scored the only goal for her country's team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 match against Spain in 2010.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (2): 2013–14, 2014–15

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elgalp, Eylul Living people 1991 births People from Seyhan Turkish women's footballers Women's association football forwards Konak Belediyespor players Lüleburgaz 39 Spor players Adana İdmanyurduspor players Turkey women's international footballers Trabzonspor women's players 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen