Arzu Karabulut

Arzu Karabulut (born January 30, 1991) is a Turkish-German women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Beşiktaş J.K. with jersey number 7.[1] She is a member of the Turkey women's national football team since 2011.[2][3]

Arzu Karabulut

Arzu Karabulut for Konak Belediyespor (July 2014).
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-01-30) January 30, 1991
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Beşiktaş J.K.
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	SC Fortuna Köln	35	(17)
2010–2014	Bayer 04 Leverkusen II	52	(26)
2014–2015	Konak Belediyespor	9	(2)
2015–2017	Trabzon İdmanocağı	40	(35)
2017–2018	Ataşehir Belediyespor	18	(8)
2018–	Beşiktaş J.K.	29	(11)
National team^‡
2006–2007	Turkey U-17	10	(3)
2006–2010	Turkey U-19	41	(6)
2011–	Turkey	30	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 11, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 11, 2019

Personal life

Arzu Karabulut was born on January 30, 1991 in Cologne to Turkish parents Esef and Kevser, who immigrated to Germany in 1977.[3][4] She has three older brothers.[5]

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.[5] 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;[3] German Football Association coach Bettina Wiegmann had her sights on her as well,[3] but she chose the national team of her parents' native country.[4][5]

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.[3][4][5]

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.[3]

Playing career

Club

Arzu Karabulut playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.

Arzu Karabulut (right) of Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2018–19 Women's First League season.

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.[3][4][5][6] She is a regular team member since then.[7]

She made her debut in the Frauen-Bundesliga playing in the first team of her club in the match against FF USV Jena on November 27, 2011.[8]

In July 2014, she transferred from Bayer 04 Leverkusen II in Germany,[9] where she scored 26 goals in 52 games of the last three seasons, to Konak Belediyespor in Izmir, Turkey.[1]

Arzu Karabulut transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı after playing nine games and scoring two goals in the 2014–15 season with Konak Belediyespor.[10][11] She scored already seven goals in the first match of the league's 2015–16 season, which ended 19–0 for her new team.[2] 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.[10]

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.[10] She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches.[14][15]

International

Arzu Karabulut (white) in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Belarus.

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.[16][17][18]

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.[3][19][20][21][22][23]

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 November 23, 2011.[4][24] She took part in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match first time against Montenegro on November 28, 2013.[25][26][27] She scored her team's honor goal in the match against the women from Wales that ended with 1–5.[28]

International goals

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Turkey women's national under-17 football team
May 27, 2007	Inter Stadium	Azerbaijan	Friendly	L 1–2	1[16]
September 15, 2007	Gelibolu Stadium Çanakkale, Turkey	Macedonia	Friendly	W 4–0	1[17]
October 12, 2007	Dojran Stadium Dojran, Macedonia	Macedonia	Friendly	D 1–1	1[18]
Turkey women's national under-19 football team
March 13, 2006	Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia	Ukraine	Friendly	D 1–1	1[19]
May 2, 2006		Macedonia		W 5–0	1[3]
August 28, 2008	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium Istanbul, Turkey	Azerbaijan	Friendly	W 1–0	1[20]
August 30, 2008	Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey	Azerbaijan	Friendly	W 2–1	1[21]
September 30, 2008	City Stadium GOS Nadarzyn, Poland	Armenia	2009 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualification	D 3–3	2[22]
January 31, 2010	Vefa Stadium Istanbul, Turkey	Poland	Friendly	L 1–2	1[23]
Turkey women's national football team
April 4, 2014	Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium Eskişehir, Turkey	Wales	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6	L 1–5	1[28]
Feb 24, 2015	Rize Atatürk Stadium Rize, Turkey	Georgia	Friendly	W 4–2	1[29]
Feb 26, 2015	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Trabzon, Turkey	Georgia	Friendly	W 6–0	1[30]
FApr 4, 2018	TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey	Estonia	Friendly	W 3–2	1

Career statistics

As of match played 1 March 2020.[10][11]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC Fortuna Köln, Bayer 04 Leverkusen II	2006–2014		87	43	–	–	57	10	144	53
	Total		87	43	–	–	57	10	144	53
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	22	9
	Total		18	8	–	–	3	1	22	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
Career total			183	99	2	0	81	13	266	112

Honours

Individual

Top scorer (1): 2015–16 (23 goals)

Club

Turkish Women's First League

Konak Belediyespor

Winners (1): 2014–15

Trabzon idmanocağı

Third places (1): 2015–16

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Winners (1): 2017–18

Beşiktaş J.K.

Winners (1): 2018–19

References

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External links

• Arzu Karabulut – UEFA competition record