Ceren Nurlu

Ceren Nurlu

Ceren Nurlu for Konak Belediyespor (2013–14 season)
Personal information
Full name	Ceren Nurlu
Date of birth	(1992-01-12) January 12, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Iskenderun, Turkey
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Fatih Vatan Spor
Number	16
Youth career
2005–2008	Hatay Sanayispor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Hatay Dumlupınarspor	9	(2)
2010–2017	Konak Belediyespor	93	(48)
2018	Beşiktaş J.K.	9	(0)
2018–	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	16	(5)
2018–2020	Fatih Vatan Spor	11	(4)
2020–	Tuzla Sahil Spor	3	(2)
International career‡
2007	Turkey U-17	3	(1)
2009–2010	Turkey U-19	24	(1)
2011–2016	Turkey	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 8, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 8, 2016

Ceren Nurlu (born January 12, 1992) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the Turkish Women's Third Football League for Tuzla Sahil Spor with jersey number 20. She made her Champions League debut in August 2013 with her current club. She played in the Turkey women's U-17 and U-19 national teams before joining the Turkish women's national team.

Early life

Nurlu was born in Iskenderun on January 12, 1992. Her father was Mutasim Okkan Nurlu. ^[1]

Playing career

Club

Ceren Nurlu of Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2018–19 Women's First League season.

Ceren Nurku (left) playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2015–16 season away match against Kireçburnu Spor.

Nurlu began her football career at Hatay Sanayispor, a club in her hometown Hatay Province, after she obtained her license on October 6, 2005. She took part in the youth team until she transferred to Hatay Dumlupınarspor on December 26, 2008. After one season, Nurlu signed for Konak Belediyespor in Izmir on October 8, 2010. ^[2]

Nurlu debuted in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Group 1 match against FC NSA Sofia on August 8, 2013, after she enjoyed her team's champion title at the end of the 2012–13 Women's First League season. ^{[3] [4]} Nurlu played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title. ^[2] She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Nurlu transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. in the second half of the 2017–18 League season. ^[2]

In October 2018, she joined Kdz. ereğlispor. ^[2]

In the second half of the 2019–20 season, she transferred to Tuzla Sahil Spor, which play in the Women's Third League. ^[2]

International

Ceren Nurlu (left) playing for Turkey national against Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match.

Nurlu made her debut in the Turkey women's national U-17 team at the friendly match against Macedonia on October 10, 2007, and scored her first international goal, her team's the only in that game. ^[11] She participated in the 2008 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification round Group 6 matches. Nurlu capped 5 times in the national U-17 team.

She was called up to the Turkey women's national U-19 team and played for her first game in the Kuban Spring Tournament match against Ukraine on March 14, 2009. ^[12] She appeared in the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round Group 7 and 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round Group 9 matches. She capped 24 times in total in the national U-19 team and scored one goal in the friendly match against the Belarusian team on April 17, 2009. ^[13]

On August 23, 2011, Nurlu played for the first time in the Turkish women's national team at the friendly match against Portuguese women. Nurlu took part in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 matches. ^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played March 8, 2020. ^{[2] [8] [9] [10]}

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hatay Sanayispor	2007–08	Second League			–	-	3	1	3	1
	Total				–	–	3	1	3	1
Hatay Dumlupınarspor	2008–09	Second League	7	2	–	-	8	3	15	5
	2009–10	Second League	2	0	–	-	14	0	16	0
	Total		9	2	–	–	22	3	31	5
Konak Belediyespor	2010–11	First League	15	7	–	-	3	0	18	7
	2011–12	First League	17	8	–	-	1	0	18	8
	2012–13	First League	11	5	–	-	0	0	11	5
	2013–14	First League	16	8	5	0	3	0	24	8
	2015–16	First League	18	17	3	1	1	0	22	18
	2016–17	First League	16	3	3	1	0	0	19	4
	Total		93	48	11	2	7	0	111	50
Beşiktaş J.K.	2017–18	First League	9	0	–	-	0	0	9	0
	Total		9	0	–	–	0	0	9	0
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	2018–19	First League	16	5	–	-	0	0	16	5
	Total		16	5	–	–	0	0	16	5
Fatih Vatan Spor	2019–20	First League	11	4	–	0	0	11	4
	Total		11	4	–	–	0	0	11	4
Tuzla Sahil Spor	2019–20	Third League	3	2	–	0	0	3	2
	Total		3	2	–	–	0	0	3	2
Career total			141	61	11	2	32	4	184	67

Honours

Turkish Women's First League

Konak Belediyespor

Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Runners-up 1): 2010–11

Beşiktaş J.K.

Runners-up (1): 2017–18

References

1. "Milli Futbolcu Ceren Nurlu'nun acı günü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
2. "Futbolcular-Ceren Nurlu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
3. "2014 Matches Qualifying round NSA Sofia-Konak". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
4. "Ceren Nurlu". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
5. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
6. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Konak-Vllaznia". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
7. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
8. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
9. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
10. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
11. "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Makedonya 2–1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
12. "Kuban Spring Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Türkiye 1–1 Ukrayna" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
13. "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 2–1 Belarus" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
14. "Qualifying round (Group 6) – 13/02/2014 – 13:30CET (14:30 local time) – 5 Ocak – Adana". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 2014-03-12.