Arzu Karabulut

Arzu Karabulut (born 30 January 1991) is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Frauen-Mittelrheinliga (Women's league of the Middle Rhine) club SC Fortuna Köln in Germany and the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Arzu Karabulut
Karabulut with Konak Belediyespor in July 2014.
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-30) 30 January 1991
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Köln
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 29 (11)
2020– Fortuna Köln 29 (11)
National team‡
2006–2007 Turkey U-17 10 (4)
2006–2010 Turkey U-19 37 (6)
2011– Turkey 36 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Personal life

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]

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.[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]

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.[17][18][19]

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][20][21][22][23][24]

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][25] She took part in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match first time against Montenegro on 28 November 2013.[26][27][28] She scored her team's honor goal in the match against the women from Wales that ended with 1–5.[29]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Turkey women's national under-17 football team
27 May 2007Inter Stadium AzerbaijanFriendlyL 1–21[17]
15 September 2007Gelibolu Stadium Çanakkale, Turkey MacedoniaFriendlyW 4–01[18]
12 October 2007Dojran Stadium Dojran, Macedonia MacedoniaFriendlyD 1–11[19]
Turkey women's national under-19 football team
13 March 2006Sport Centre Arkadija Stadium Riga, Latvia UkraineFriendlyD 1–11[20]
2 May 2006 MacedoniaW 5–01[2]
28 August 2008Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium Istanbul, Turkey AzerbaijanFriendlyW 1–01[21]
30 August 2008Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey AzerbaijanFriendlyW 2–11[22]
30 September 2008City Stadium GOS Nadarzyn, Poland Armenia2009 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualificationD 3–32[23]
31 January 2010Vefa Stadium Istanbul, Turkey PolandFriendlyL 1–21[24]
Turkey women's national football team
4 April 2014Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium Eskişehir, Turkey Wales2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6L 1–51[29]
24 February 2015Rize Atatürk Stadium Rize, Turkey GeorgiaFriendlyW 4–21[30]
26 February 2015Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Trabzon, Turkey GeorgiaFriendlyW 6–01[31]
4 April 2018TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey EstoniaFriendlyW 3–21

Career statistics
As of match played 1 December 2020.[1][10]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Fortuna Köln,
Bayer 04 Leverkusen II		 2006–2014 8743––571114454
Total 8743––571114454
Konak Belediyespor 2014–15First League 92––42134
Total 92––42134
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2015–16First League 1723––602323
2016–17First League 2312––002312
Total 4035––604635
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2017–18First League 188––31229
Total 188––31229
Beşiktaş J.K. 2018–19First League 146--60206
2019–20First League 1552050225
Total 2911201104211
Fortuna Köln 2020–21Frauen-Mittlrheinliga ––2020
Total ––2020
Career total 18399208314268113

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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  2. Stoffels, Irmgard (11 February 2012). "Kickerin Arzu schwärmt: "Für Messi mach' ich mir die Haare glatt"". Express (in German). Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. "Fußball als Nebenjob". Kölner Sport (in German). 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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