Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
Number | 38 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Fortuna Köln | 35 | (17) |
2010–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 52 | (26) |
2014–2015 | Konak Belediyespor | 9 | (2) |
2015–2017 | Trabzon İdmanocağı | 40 | (35) |
2017–2018 | Ataşehir Belediyespor | 18 | (8) |
2018–2020 | Beşiktaş J.K. | 29 | (11) |
2020–2021 | Fortuna Köln | 29 | (11) |
2021–2022 | Beşiktaş J.K. | 23 | (21) |
2022–2024 | ALG Spor | 3 | (1) |
2024– | Galatasaray | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Turkey U-17 | 10 | (4) |
2006–2010 | Turkey U-19 | 37 | (6) |
2011– | Turkey | 39 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2022 |
Arzu Karabulut (born 30 January 1991) is a German-born Turkish women's football midfielder who plays in the Turkish Super League for Galatasaray with jersey number 38, and the Turkey women's national team. [1]
Arzu Karabulut was born on 30 January 1991 in Cologne to Turkish parents Esef and Kevser, who immigrated to Germany in 1977. [2] [3] She has three older brothers. [4]
She became interested in playing football early in her childhood and, at the age of four, joined her three brothers who were in football already. [4] She was supported by her parents, who told her, however, the education must always have priority. At the age of fourteen, she was called up for training in the Turkey women's under 19 national team, as there was no U-17 national team in Turkey at the time; [2] German Football Association coach Bettina Wiegmann had her sights on her as well, [2] but she chose the national team of her parents' native country. [3] [4]
After completing her secondary education with a "Fachabitur", she began a two-year trainee program, which will last until 2014, as a tax expert assistant in her brother Irfan's office. [2] [3] [4]
Arzu Karabulut admits that she is a great fan of Lionel Messi. She said in a newspaper interview that she even straightens her curly hair for her admiration. [2]
Karabulu entered SC Fortuna Köln at the age of ten, and ran through the youth teams. She played from 2007 to 2010 in the Cologne-based club, competing in the Regionalliga. In the summer of 2010, she transferred to Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, a rival team in the league. [2] [3] [4] [5] She is a regular team member since then. [6]
She made her debut in the Frauen-Bundesliga playing in the first team of her club in the match against FF USV Jena on 27 November 2011. [7]
In July 2014, she transferred from Bayer 04 Leverkusen II in Germany, [8] where she scored 26 goals in 52 games of the last three seasons, to Konak Belediyespor in Izmir, Turkey. [9]
Arzu Karabulut transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı after playing nine games and scoring two goals in the 2014–15 season with Konak Belediyespor. [1] [10] She scored already seven goals in the first match of the league's 2015–16 season, which ended 19–0 for her new team. [11] She finished the 2015–16 season as "Top scorer" with 23 goals netted in 17 league matches. [12]
By October 2017, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor. [1]
In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. [13] She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season. [1] She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches. [14] [15]
Karabulut returned to her former club SC Fortuna Köln in her birthplace Cologne, Germany on 9 October 2020. [1] [16]
She went to Turkey again, and joined Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season. She enjoyed her team's champions title, and played in two matches of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds scoring one goal. [17] [18] In October 2021, she suffered a nasal fracture during a friendly match before the 2021-22 Turkcell Super League, and had to underwent an operation. [19]
On 23 July 2022, she transferred to the Gaziantep-based league champion club ALG Spor. [20] She played for her new team in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League on 18 August 2022. [21]
She signed a contract with Galatasaray on 19 January 2024. [22] [23]
Between 2006 and 2007, Karabulut capped eleven times for the Turkey girls' under 17 national team, amongst others in the qualifications for the 2008 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship. She scored three goals with the Turkey U-17 national team, all in friendly matches. [24] [25] [26]
Already in the beginning of 2006, she debuted in the Turkey women's U-19 national team. Karabulut went on to appear in 39 international matches until 2010, and netted seven goals for the U-19 national team. [2] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Finally, she made her debut in the Turkey women's national team in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match against the Romanian side on 23 November 2011. [3] [32] She took part in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match first time against Montenegro on 28 November 2013. [33] [34] [35] She scored her team's honor goal in the match against the women from Wales that ended with 1–5. [36]
Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Scored |
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Turkey women's national under-17 football team | |||||
27 May 2007 | Inter Stadium | Azerbaijan | Friendly | L 1–2 | 1 [24] |
15 September 2007 | Gelibolu Stadium Çanakkale, Turkey | Macedonia | Friendly | W 4–0 | 1 [25] |
12 October 2007 | Dojran Stadium Dojran, Macedonia | Macedonia | Friendly | D 1–1 | 1 [26] |
Turkey women's national under-19 football team | |||||
13 March 2006 | Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia | Ukraine | Friendly | D 1–1 | 1 [27] |
2 May 2006 | Macedonia | W 5–0 | 1 [2] | ||
28 August 2008 | Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium Istanbul, Turkey | Azerbaijan | Friendly | W 1–0 | 1 [28] |
30 August 2008 | Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey | Azerbaijan | Friendly | W 2–1 | 1 [29] |
30 September 2008 | City Stadium GOS Nadarzyn, Poland | Armenia | 2009 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualification | D 3–3 | 2 [30] |
31 January 2010 | Vefa Stadium Istanbul, Turkey | Poland | Friendly | L 1–2 | 1 [31] |
Turkey women's national football team | |||||
4 April 2014 | Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium Eskişehir, Turkey | Wales | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 | L 1–5 | 1 [36] |
24 February 2015 | Rize Atatürk Stadium Rize, Turkey | Georgia | Friendly | W 4–2 | 1 [37] |
26 February 2015 | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Trabzon, Turkey | Georgia | Friendly | W 6–0 | 1 [38] |
4 April 2018 | TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey | Estonia | Friendly | W 3–2 | 1 [39] |
14 June 2020 | TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey | Bulgaria | Friendly | W 3–1 | 1 [40] |
Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Fortuna Köln, Bayer 04 Leverkusen II | 2006–2014 | 87 | 43 | – | – | 55 | 11 | 142 | 54 | |
Total | 87 | 43 | – | – | 55 | 11 | 142 | 54 | ||
Konak Belediyespor | 2014–15 | First League | 9 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
Total | 9 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | ||
Trabzon İdmanocağı | 2015–16 | First League | 17 | 23 | – | – | 6 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
2016–17 | First League | 23 | 12 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | |
Total | 40 | 35 | – | – | 6 | 0 | 46 | 35 | ||
Ataşehir Belediyespor | 2017–18 | First League | 18 | 8 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 |
Total | 18 | 8 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | ||
Beşiktaş J.K. | 2018–19 | First League | 14 | 6 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
2019–20 | First League | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
Total | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 11 | ||
Fortuna Köln | 2020–21 | Frauen-Mittlrheinliga | 29 | 11 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 31 | 11 |
Total | 29 | 11 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 31 | 11 | ||
Beşiktaş J.K. | 2020–21 | First League | 6 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
2021–22 | Super League | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 23 | |
Total | 29 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 25 | ||
ALG Spor | 2022-23 | Super League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Career total | 244 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 15 | 335 | 150 |
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