Perihan Topaloğlu Acar (born Topaloğlu on August 31, 1987) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...

for

Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman ...

, and the Turkey national team. She is the captain of both teams. The -tall sportswoman plays in the left back position.

Private life

Perihan Topaloğlu was born to Gürsel Topaloğlu in

Bartın Bartın is a city in northern Turkey and the central district of the province of Bartın. Formerly a district of Zonguldak Province, Bartın was made into a province seat in 1991 with the constitution of its province, including four districts: ...

, Turkey on August 31, 1987. Her father died at a traffic accident in January 2014. She studied at

Kastamonu University Kastamonu University ( tr, Kastamonu Üniversitesi) is a public university located in Kastamonu and some of its districts, Turkey. It was established in 2006 after some colleges and schools in Kastamonu, which were administered by Ankara Univ ...

, and played for the university team during this time. In September 2015, she married Doğan Acar, a footballer of the Ardeşenspor.

Club caree r

;Kastamonu Gençlik Merkezi SK – Kastamonu Türk Telekom At age 16, she began to play handball joining Kastamonu Gençlik Merkezi SK in the pivot position. She took part with her team at the 2003–04 Women's EHF Cup. In the 2009–10 season, her club was renamed to Kastamonu Türk telekom. She played at the 2009/10 Women's EHF Challenge Cup. ;Muratpaşa Bld. SK In the 2010–11 season, Topaloğlu moved to Muratpaşa Bld. SK in

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

. She played in the

Women's EHF Challenge Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier com ...

(

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, 2011–12),

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, th ...

(

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

) and

Women's EHF Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

( 2013–14). ; Ardeşen GSK Toplaoğlu was transferred to the

Rize Rize (Greek language, Greek: ρίζα, Laz language, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian language, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize ...

-based

in July 2013. She serves as team captain. She played in the

( 2013–14, 2014–15) and

( 2015–16). ; Görele Bld. GSK She was the top goal scorer in 2022–23 Super League for three consecutive seasons, named

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

and the ''Golden Seven'' ( tr, Altın Yedi) member of the 2022–23 Super League season by the

Turkey Handball Federation Turkish Handball Federation ( tr, Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu) is the governing body of Team handball, handball and beach handball sports in Turkey. It was formed on February 4, 1976. The headquarters is located in Çankaya, Ankara, Çankaya dist ...

. In May 2023, she left the team.

International career

In 2005, Topaloğlu was admitted to the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is controlled by the Turkey Handball Federation. Achievements Mediterranean Games * 2001 : 5th place * 2005 : 5th place * 2009 : * 2013 ...

. She is a permanent member of the national team. She played at the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...

, and

2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification The European qualification for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark was played over two rounds. The 2015 hosts Denmark were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 14 teams who we ...

matches.

Honours

Individual

;

* ''Golden Seven'' member (1): 2022–223 Görele Bld. GSK) * ''Best Scorer'', 6th

European Universities Handball Championships European Universities Handball Championships were included on the EUSA Sports Program in 2006 and have been organised annually since. The European Universities Handball Championships are coordinated by the European University Sports Association alo ...

(2011),

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, Croatia. * ''Topscorer'', 7th

(2012), Cordoba, Spain. * ''Topscorer'', 2013–14

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Topaloglu, Perihan 1987 births People from Bartın Turkish female handball players Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Ardeşen GSK players Turkey women's national handball players Living people Kastamonu University alumni Yalıkavak SK players