Birgül Sadıkoğlu (born March 23, 2000) is a Turkish

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who plays for

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. She played for the Turkey U-17 and U-19 teams before she became a member of the Turkey national team. She graduated from a vocational technical and industrial high school in

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Club career

She played football in her school's football team. In 2013, she became top scorer with five goals in the Turkish Intra-school Cadets Football Championship held in

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. Birgül Sadıkoğlu obtained her license on May 31, 2012, and entered

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in her hometown. She became ''Top scorer'' at the 2013 Turkish Interschool Football Championship for Girls held in

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, and repeated her achievement at the same competition the next year in

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. As Eskişehirspor was relegated from the Women's First league, she transferred by October 2016 to Bozüyük Halk Eğitim Gençlik ve Spor club in the Third League. The following season, she moved to Eskişehir Öncü Spor ve Gençlik, which played also in the Third League. After three seasons in total in the Third League, she was signed by the

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-based club

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in the 2019–20 season.

WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

On 23 February 2021, she moved to Ukraine and joined

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to play in the

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Galatasaray

On 1 February 2022, the

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team was transferred to the

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club.

Ankara BB Fomget GSK

In August 2023, Sadıkoğlu transferred to the 2022–23 Super Leagıe champion Ankara BB Fomget GSK. She took part at the

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and scored one goal each in the matches against the Islandic Valur and

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from Kosova.

International career

She was called up to the Turkey girls' national U-15 team. Sadıkoğlu debuted in the Turkey U-17 team appearing at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification- Elite round match against Finland. She capped in all three games of the tournament. She scored two goals in the first match of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 1 against Andorra. She also played at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 7 and the 2017 UEFA Development Cup matches. She scored in total six goals for the national U-17 team in 19 matches. In 2017, she entered the Turkey women's U-19 team. She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round, 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 2 and

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matches. She capped 15 times and scored two goals. On 11 November 2019, Sadıkoğlu debuted in the Turkey women's national team. She scored one goal each at the

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against

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, and at the

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against

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, and

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Career statistics

Club

International

(^†): Friendly matches not included

Honours

Individual

; Turkish Women's Third League : ''Topscorer'' (41 goals) 2017–18 season with Eskişehir Öncü GS.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadikoglu, Birgul 2000 births Living people Footballers from Eskişehir Turkish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Eskişehirspor women's players Konak Belediyespor players Turkish expatriate women's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate women's footballers in Ukraine WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players