Ebru Topçu
{{Short description|Turkish footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ebru Topçu
| fullname =
| image = EbruTopçu02.JPG
| caption = Ebru Topçu for Kdz. Ereğlispor (2013–14)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|08|27}}
| birth_place = Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey
| currentclub = Galatasaray
| clubnumber = 16
| position = Striker
| years1 = 2006–2014
| clubs1 = Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
| caps1 = 105
| goals1 = 79
| years2 = 2014–2017
| clubs2 = Konak Belediyespor
| caps2 = 56
| goals2 = 29
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = Ataşehir Belediyespor
| caps3 = 18
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = Konak Belediyespor
| caps4 = 16
| goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2019–2022
| clubs5 = ALG Spor
| caps5 = 48
| goals5 = 28
| years6 = 2022–
| clubs6 = Galatasaray
| caps6 = 18
| goals6 = 14
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2010
| nationalteam1 = Turkey U-15
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalcaps2 = 16
| nationalteam2 = Turkey U-17
| nationalyears2 = 2011–2013
| nationalgoals2 = 12
| nationalyears3 = 2012–2015
| nationalteam3 = Turkey U-19
| nationalcaps3 = 40
| nationalgoals3 = 21
| nationalyears4 = 2014
| nationalteam4 = Turkey U-21
| nationalcaps4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2013–
| nationalteam5 = Turkey
| nationalcaps5 = 90
| nationalgoals5 = 23
| club-update = 18 March 2023
| nationalteam-update = 3 June 2025
}}
Ebru Topçu (born August 27, 1996) is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a striker in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Galatasaray in Istanbul. She was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team in 2013 after playing for the national U-15, U-17 and U-19 teams.
Early life
Ebru Topçu was born on August 27, 1996, in Karadeniz Ereğli town of Zonguldak Province. Her father was a coal miner working in the Armutçuk coal mine. She has a one-year older brother, who is a professional footballer.
Football was a main theme at her home. During her childhood, she played football along with her neighbor Berna Yeniçeri and her brother's friends. Her father, who also played football in his youth, took her to the newly established women's team Kdz. Ereğlispor and registered her at the age of only 10.
Playing career
Club career
File:EbruTopçu (70).jpg in the 2019–20 Women's First League season]]
She began football playing in the internal feeder team of Kdz. Ereğlispor in 2006. The talented girl took part at a total of 110 matches until September 2013, including 80 league matches, 8 UEFA championship and 22 friendly international matches. A star of her club, she scored 92 goals in that time.
Topçu was transferred by the league-champion of the 2013–14 season Konak Belediyespor on July 25, 2014. She took part at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round matches. In the first two games, she scored three goals for her new team. Topçu played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.
At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title. She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.
By mid August, she transferred to the Istanbul-based rival Ataşehir Belediyespor after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor.
In the 2018–19 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor.
= ALG Spor =
The next season, she moved to the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor. She played at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against the Albanian team KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in Shkodër, Albania on 3 November 2020, and scored one goal in the penalty shoot-out. She enjoyed the 2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.
= Galatasaray =
On 9 August 2022, she transferred to the Women's Super League club Galatasaray.{{cite web |title=Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımımızda 4 imza birden! |url=https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/kadin-futbol/galatasaray-kadin-futbol-takimimizda-4-imza-birden/51450 |website=Galatasaray.org |publisher=Galatasaray Official Website |access-date=9 August 2022}}
International career
File:EbruTopçu (50).jpg in the friendly match against Estonia at TFF Riva Facility on April 7, 2018.]]
At the age of 14, she was admitted to the Turkey Girls' U-15 team. In her ever first international match, she scored three goals against the Russian girls on November 23, 2010.
Topçu played at the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches in 2011 and at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifications in 2012.
In 2012, she scored one of the three goals for the Turkey women's U-19 team against the team from Ukraine at the International Kuban Spring Tournament. She shot two goals at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification against Montenegro. On November 28, 2013, she scored the third goal for Turkey in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Montenegrin team that ended with 3–1.
In 2014, she debuted in the Turkey women's U-21 team's friendly match against Belgium, and scored a goal.
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+International goals (Friendly matches not included) | |||||
Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Scored |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
colspan=6 |Turkey girls' U-17 team | |||||
September 29, 2011 | Stadion Mirko Vučurević Banatski Dvor, Serbia | {{fbw|SRB}} | rowspan=2 |2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification | bgcolor=ffcccc |L 3–4 | 2 |
October 4, 2011 | Stadion Mirko Vučurević Banatski Dvor, Serbia | {{fbw|DEN}} | bgcolor=ffcccc |L 1–3 | 1 | |
August 28, 2012 | Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia | {{fbw|Wales}} | rowspan=3 |2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 2–0 | 2 |
August 30, 2012 | Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia | {{fbw|NOR}} | bgcolor=ffcccc |L 1–5 | 1 | |
September 2, 2012 | Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia | {{fbw|LAT}} | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 1–0 | 1 | |
June 25, 2013 | Sport Centre Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia | {{fbw|SRB}} | İnt'l Youth Tournament | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 5–1 | 2 |
colspan=6 |Turkey women's U-19 team | |||||
March 7, 2012 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|SVK}} | rowspan=4 |2012 Int'l Kuban Spring Tournament | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–0 | 1 |
March 8, 2012 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|CHN}} | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 2–0 | 1 | |
March 12, 2012 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|UKR}} | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–0 | 1 | |
March 14, 2012 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|CHN}} | bgcolor=ffcccc |L 5–6 | 1 | |
September 26, 2013 | Tatabánya, Hungary | {{fbw|MNE}} | 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–1 | 2 |
March 25, 2014 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|IRI}} | rowspan=2 |2014 Int'l Kuban Spring Tournament | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 1–0 | 1 |
March 27, 2014 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|HUN}} | bgcolor=ffffcc |D 1–1 | 1 | |
July 27, 2014 | Zimbru Stadium Chișinău, Moldova | {{fbw|MLD}} | rowspan=2 |UEFA Development Tournament | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–1 | 1 |
August, 2014 | Sputnik-Sport Center Sochi, Russia | {{fbw|ROM}} | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 7–0 | 1 | |
September 18, 2014 | İnegöl İlçe Stadium, Bursa, Turkey | {{fbw|KAZ}} | 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round – Group 4 | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 6–1 | 3 |
April 11, 2015 | Estádio Fernando Cabrita, Lagos, Portugal | {{fbw|FIN}} | 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Elite round – Group 1 | bgcolor=ffffcc |D 2–2 | 1 |
colspan=6 |Turkey women's | |||||
November 28, 2013 | Buca Arena İzmir, Turkey | {{fbw|Montenegro}} | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–1 | 1 |
March 5, 2017 | Gold City Stadium, Antalya, Turkey | {{fbw|KOS}} | Goldcity Women's Cup 2017 | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 4–2 | 1 |
April 6, 2017 | rowspan=2 |Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | {{fbw|Montenegro}} | rowspan=2 |2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–0 | 2 |
April 8, 2017 | {{fbw|LUX}} | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 9–1 | 1 | ||
July 12, 2021 | Elbasan Stadium, Elbasan, Albania | {{fbw|ALB}} | rowspan=2|Friendly | bgcolor=ccffc|W 2–1 | 1 |
July 15, 2021 | Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana, Albania | {{fbw|ALB}} | bgcolor=ccffc|W 4–1 | 1 | |
November 30, 2021 | Mersin Arena, Mersin, Turkey | {{fbw|ISR}} | rowspan=3| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 3–2 | 1 |
February 23, 2022 | Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey | {{fbw|SRB}} | bgcolor=ffcccc|L 2–5 | 1 | |
April 7, 2022 | Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | {{fbw|BUL}} | bgcolor=ccffc|W 2–0 | 1 |
Career statistics
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rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|National !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
rowspan=7 |Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
|2008–09 | Second League
|8 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
2009–10 | Second League
|18 | 19 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 |
2010–11 | Second League
|22 | 17 | – | – | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 |
2011–12
|First League |22 | 14 | – | – | 14 | 10 | 36 | 24 | |
2012–13 | First League
|18 | 19 | – | – | 15 | 7 | 33 | 26 |
2013–14 | First League
|17 | 9 | – | – | 21 | 10 | 38 | 19 |
colspan="2"|Total
!105 | 79 | – | – | 54 | 32 | 159 | 111 | |
rowspan=4 |Konak Belediyespor | First League
|17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 29 |
2015–16 | First League
|16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 7 |
2016–17 | First League
|23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 10 |
colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 95 | 46 | |
rowspan=2 |Ataşehir Belediyespor | First League
|18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
colspan=2 |Total
!18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |
rowspan=2 |Konak Belediyespor | First League
|16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 8 |
colspan=2 |Total
!16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 8 | |
rowspan=4 |ALG Spor | First League
|15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 15 |
2020–21 | First League
|6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
2021–22
|27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 13 | |
colspan=2 |Total
!48 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 75 | 34 | |
rowspan=2 |Galatasaray S.K. | FSuper League
|18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 |
colspan=2 |Total
!18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | |||
colspan="3"|Career total
!261 | 165 | 10 | 4 | 125 | 56 | 396 | 225 |
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+International goals | |||||
Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Scored |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
colspan=6 |Konak Belediyespor | |||||
August 9, 2014 | Stadions Arkādija Riga, Latvia | {{flagicon|LAT}} Rīgas FS | rowspan=2 |2014–15 UEFA Champions League | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 11–0 | 1 |
August 11, 2014 | Stadions Arkādija Riga, Latvia | {{flagicon|BLR}} FC Minsk | bgcolor=ccffcc | W 2–1 | 2 | |
colspan=6 |ALG Spor | |||||
November 3, 2020 | Loro Boriçi Stadium, BShkodër, Albania | {{flagicon|ALB}} Vllaznia | 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round | bgcolor=#ffc |L 3–3 {{aet}} {{pso|3–2}} | 1 |
International goals
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No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 28 November 2013 | Buca Arena, İzmir, Turkey | {{fbw|MNE}} | align=center|3–0 | align=center| 3–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2. | 24 February 2015 | Rize Atatürk Stadium, Rize, Turkey | {{fbw|GEO}} | align=center|1–2 | align=center| 4–2 | rowspan=3| Friendly |
3. | 26 February 2015 | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey | {{fbw|GEO}} | align=center|6–0 | align=center| 6–0 | |
4. | 21 August 2015 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | {{fbw|ALB}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 1–0 | |
5. | 5 March 2017 | Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey | {{fbw|KOS}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 4–2 | 2017 Turkish Women's Cup |
6. | rowspan=2| 6 April 2017 | rowspan=3| Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | rowspan=2| {{fbw|MNE}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 3–0 | rowspan=3| 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
7. | align=center|3–0 | |||||
8. | 9 April 2017 | {{fbw|LUX}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 9–1 | ||
9. | 27 November 2017 | rowspan=2| TFF Riva Facility, Istanbul, Turkey | {{fbw|JOR}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 1–2 | rowspan=5| Friendly |
10. | 7 April 2018 | {{fbw|EST}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 3–0 | ||
11. | 8 November 2018 | Basa Technical Center, Tbilisi, Georgia | {{fbw|GEO}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 2–0 | |
12. | 12 July 2021 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | {{fbw|ALB}} | align=center|2–1 | align=center| 2–1 | |
13. | 15 July 2021 | Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana, Albania | {{fbw|ALB}} | align=center|3–1 | align=center| 4–1 | |
14. | 30 November 2021 | Mersin Stadium, Mersin, Turkey | {{fbw|ISR}} | align=center|3–2 | align=center| 3–2 | rowspan=3| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
15. | 23 February 2022 | Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey | {{fbw|SRB}} | align=center|2–3 | align=center| 2–5 | |
16. | 7 April 2022 | Stadion Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | {{fbw|BUL}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 2–0 | |
17. | 28 June 2022 | TFF Riva Facility, Istanbul, Turkey | {{fbw|AZE}} | align=center|2–2 | align=center| 2–2 | rowspan=4| Friendly |
18. | 12 November 2022 | rowspan=2| Emirhan Sport Complex, Manavgat, Turkey | {{fbw|JOR}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 7–0 | |
19. | 15 November 2022 | {{fbw|JOR}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 5–0 | ||
20. | 14 July 2023 | Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | {{fbw|EST}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 3–0 | |
21. | 27 October 2023 | Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | {{fbw|LUX}} | align=center|3–0 | align=center| 4–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
22. | 31 May 2024 | Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium, Erzincan, Turkey | {{fbw|AZE}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
Honours
= Club =
; Turkish Women's First League
:; Kdz. Ereğlispor
:: Third places (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
:; Konak Belediyespor
:: Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
:: Third places (1): 2018–19
:; Ataşehir Belediyespor
:: Winners (1): 2017–18
:; ALG Spor
:: Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021–22
:: Third places (1): 2020–21
:; Galatasaray
:: Winners (1): 2023–24
= Individual =
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