Emirhan Topçu (born 11 October 2000) is a Turkish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

club

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

and the Turkey national team.

Professional career

Topçu is a youth product of

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

, and joined Čelik Zenica on loan 13 February 2020. He made his debut with Čelik Zenica in a 2-1 :Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina loss to

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is ''Football Club Freedom Tuzla''. The club is a mem ...

on 7 March 2020. On 2 August 2024, Topcu signed a four-year deal with fellow

club

International career

Topçu was first called up to the Turkey U21s in May 2022 for a set of

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition to determine the 14 teams that would be joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Romania and Georgia in the 2023 UEFA European Under- ...

matches. Topçu made his debut for the Turkey national team on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Wales at the

Cardiff City Stadium The Cardiff City Stadium () is a stadium in the Leckwith, Cardiff, Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City and the Wales national football team, Wales national team. Following expansion of the Ninian S ...

. He substituted

Zeki Çelik Mehmet Zeki Çelik (; born 17 February 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Serie A club Roma and the Turkey national team. Club career Bursaspor Born in Bursa as the youngest of nine chi ...

in the 90th minute of a scoreless draw.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Topcu, Emirhan 2000 births Living people People from Bandırma Sportspeople from Balıkesir Province Turkish men's footballers Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers NK Čelik Zenica players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers TFF 1. Lig players Süper Lig players Men's association football fullbacks Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina 21st-century Turkish sportsmen