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

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for Ardeşen GSK, 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, near the Black Sea. It is the seat of Bartın Province and Bartın District. Her father died in a traffic accident in January 2014. She studied at Kastamonu University, and played for the university team during this time. In September 2015, she married Doğan Acar, a footballer for Ardeşenspor.

Club career

;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 in the 2003–04 Women's EHF Cup. In the 2009–10 season, her club was renamed as Kastamonu Türk telekom. She played in the 2009/10 Women's EHF Challenge Cup. ;Muratpaşa Bld. SK In the 2010–11 season, Topaloğlu moved to Muratpaşa Bld. SK in

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. She played in the

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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, t ...

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

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( 2013–14, 2014–15) and

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

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

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. In May 2023, she left the team.

International career

In 2005, Topaloğlu was called up 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 managed by the Turkey Handball Federation. The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidari ...

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

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, and 2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification matches.

Honours

Individual

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* ''Golden Seven'' member (1): 2022–223 Görele Bld. GSK) * ''Best Scorer'', 6th European Universities Handball Championships (2011),

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, Croatia. * ''Topscorer'', 7th European Universities Handball Championships (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