Ceren Nurlu

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.

Ceren Nurlu
Personal information
Full name Ceren Nurlu
Date of birth (1992-01-12) January 12, 1992
Place of birth Iskenderun, Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Club 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)
National team‡
2007 Turkey U-17 3 (1)
2009–2010 Turkey U-19 24 (1)
2011–2016 Turkey 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 8, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 8, 2016

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hatay Sanayispor 2007–08Second League –-3131
Total ––3131
Hatay Dumlupınarspor 2008–09Second League 72–-83155
2009–10Second League 20–-140160
Total 92––223315
Konak Belediyespor 2010–11First League 157–-30187
2011–12First League 178–-10188
2012–13First League 115–-00115
2013–14First League 1685030248
2015–16First League 181731102218
2016–17First League 1633100194
Total 93481127011150
Beşiktaş J.K. 2017–18First League 90–-0090
Total 90––0090
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2018–19First League 165–-00165
Total 165––00165
Fatih Vatan Spor 2019–20First League 114–00114
Total 114––00114
Tuzla Sahil Spor 2019–20Third League 32–0032
Total 32––0032
Career total 1416111232418467

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.
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