Birgül Sadıkoğlu

Birgül Sadıkoğlu (born March 23, 2000) is a Turkish women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor with jersey number 13. She played for the Turkey U-17 and U-19 teams before she became a member of the Turkey national team.[1]

Birgül Sadıkoğlu

Birgül Sadıkoğlu for Eskişehirspor (March 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-03-23) March 23, 2000
Place of birth	Eskişehir, Turkey
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Konak Belediyespor
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Eskişehirspor	30	(9)
2016–2017	Bozüyük HEGS	22	(45)
2017–2019	Eskişehir Öncü SG	24	(62)
20179–	Konak Belediyespor	16	(7)
National team^‡
2015–2017	Turkey U-17	19	(6)
2017–2019	Turkey U-19	15	(2)
2019–	Turkey	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2020

She istudyed at a vocational technical and industrial high school in Eskişehir.[2]

Playing career

She played football in her school's football team. In 2013, she became top scorer with five goals in the Turkish Intra-school Cadets Football Championship held in Kastamonu.[3]

Club

Birgül Sadıkoğlu playing for Eskişehirspor in the away match of the 2014–15 season against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Birgül Sadıkoğlu obtained her license on May 31, 2012 and entered Eskişehirspor in her hometown.[1]

She became Top scorer at the 2013 Turkish Interschool Football Championship for Girls held in Kastamonu,[4] and repeated her achievement at the same competition the next year in Samsun.[5][6][7]

As Eskişehirspor was relegated from the Women's First league, she transferred by October 2016 to Bozüyük Halk Eğitim Gençlik ve Spor club in the Third League. The following season, she moved to Eskişehir Öncü Spor ve Gençlik, which played also in the Third League. After three seasons in total in the Third League, she was signed by the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor in the 2019-20 season.[1]

International

Birgül Sadıkoğlu in the Turkey women's national under-17 football team (red) driving the ball at 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Elite round match against Finland.

Birgül Sadıkoğlu playing for Turkey Women's U17 at 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification match against Ireland.

She was called up to the Turkey girls' national U-15 team.[2]

Sadıkoğlu debuted in the Turkey U-17 team appearing at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification- Elite round match against Finland. She capped in all three games of the tournament.[8] She scored two goals in the first match of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 1 against Andorra.[9] She also played at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 7 and the 2017 UEFA Development Cup matches. She scored in total six goals for the national U-17 team in 19 matches.[1]

In 2017, she entered the Turkey women's U-19 team. She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Elite round, 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Group 2 and Elite round matches. She capped 15 times and scored two goals.[1]

On 11 November 2019, Sadıkoğlu debuted in the Turkey women's national team.[1]

International goals(^†)

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Turkey Girls' U-17
October 15, 2015	Altınordu Selçuk-Efes Football Complex, İzmir, Turkey	Andorra	2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 1	W 5–0	2[10]
October 4, 2016	Rīgas Hanzas vidusskola, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 7	W 2–1	1[11]
July 1, 2017	Rīgas Hanzas vidusskola, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	UEFA Development Cup	W 7–0	1[12]
July 2, 2017	Rīgas Hanzas vidusskola, Riga, Latvia	Faroe Islands		W 4–3	2[13]
Turkey Women's U-19
October 6, 2018	Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Cyprus	2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification - Group 2	W 3–1	1[14]

(^†): Friendly matches not included

Career statistics

As of 8 March 2020.[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Eskişehirspor	2014-15	First League	13	4	–	–	6	0	19	4
	2015-16	First League	17	5	–	–	6	2	23	7
	Total		30	9	–	–	12	2	42	11
Bozüyük HEGS	2016–17	Third League	22	45	–	–	5	1	27	46
	Total		22	45	–	–	5	1	27	46
Eskişehir Öncü SG	2017–18	Third League	13	48	–	–	7	3	20	51
	2018–19	Third League	11	14	–	–	10	2	21	16
	Total		24	62	–	–	17	5	41	67
Konak Belediyespor	2019-20	First League	16	7	–	–	2	0	18	7
	Total		16	7	–	–	2	0	18	7
Career total			92	123	–	–	36	8	128	131

References

1. "Oyuncular-Futbolcular: Birgül Sadıkoğlu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
2. "Kız Futbolcular Milli Takım Kampı'na Çağrıldılar". Es Gazete (in Turkish). 2015-01-15. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
3. "Yıldızlar Futbol Şampiyonası Sona Erdi". Haberciniz (in Turkish). 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
4. "Kral Çanakkale kraliçe Samsun". Kastamonu Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2013-05-18. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
5. "Gol kraliçesi". Son Haber (in Turkish). 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
6. "Birgül´e Milli Davet!" (in Turkish). Milli Eğiyim Bakanlığı Eskişehir – Tepebaşı – Fahri Günay Ortaokulu. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
7. "Kraliçe Birgül". İstikbal (in Turkish). 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
8. "Kızlar U17 Milli Takımı, Finlandiya'yı 2–1 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
9. "European Women's Under-17 Championship 2016 Matches Qualifying round: Turkey-Andorra". URFA. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
10. "Avrupa Şampiyonası Grup Eeleme 2016 (Kızlar U-17 Milli) - Türkiye 5-0 Andorra" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
11. "Avrupa Şampiyonası Grup Eeleme 2017 (Kızlar U-17 Milli) - Türkiye 2-1 Letonya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
12. "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kızlar U-17 Milli) - Letonya 0-7 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
13. "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kızlar U-17 Milli) - Türkiye 4-3 Faroe Adaları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
14. "UEFA Kadınlar U19 Avrupa Şampiyonası Eleme Turu(Kadınlar U-19 Milli) - Türkiye 3-1 Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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