Ceren Nurlu

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Ceren Nurlu
Personal information
Full name Ceren Nurlu
Date of birth (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Iskenderun, Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Çatalca Belediye Spor
Number 7
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)
2020–2022 Tuzla Sahil Spor 7 (9)
2022–2023 Bornova Hitab Spor 23 (77)
2023–2024 Çatalca Belediye Spor 15 (6)
International career
2007 Turkey U-17 3 (1)
2009–2010 Turkey U-19 24 (3)
2011–2016 Turkey 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2016

Ceren Nurlu (born January 12, 1992) is a Turkish women's football forward, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Firstl League for Çatalca Belediye Spor with jersey number 7. 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[edit]

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

Club career[edit]

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 to play in the 2018-19 Women's First League.[2][11]

The next season, Nurlu transferred to the Istanbul-based club Fatih Vatan Spor. She played eleven matches in the 2019-20 Women's First League.[2]

After eleven matche in the 2019-20 Women's First Şeague season, she moved to Tuzla Sahil Sporto play in theWomen's Third League in February 2020. The Women's Second and Third League were not held in the 2020-21 season dur to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Tuzla Sahil Spor was promoted to the Women's Seond League League in the 2021-22 season, where Nurlu played four matches.[2]

In the 2021-22 Women's Third League season, she played four matches for Tuzla Spor.[2]

For the remaining matches of the 2021-22 season, she joined the newly-established club Bornova Hitab Spor in İzmir to play in the 2021-22 Women's Third League. She helped her team finish the season undefeated, won the play-offs and get promoted to the Women's Second League. Nurlu became top goalscorer of the league season with 56.[2][12]

In the 2023-24 season, she mobed to Istanbul, and played for the Women's First League team Çatalca Belediye Spor.[2]

International career[edit]

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.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 7 April 2024.[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 Gr. 2 3 9 - 0 0 3 9
2021–22 Secınd League Gr. D 4 0 - - 0 0 4 0
Total 7 9 - - 0 0 7 9
Bornova Hitab Spor 2021-22 Third League Gr. E 11 67 - - 0 0 11 67
2022-23 Second League Gr. B 12 10 - - 0 0 12 10
Total 23 77 - - 0 0 23 77
Çatalca Belediye Spor 2023-24 First League Gr. B 15 6 - - 0 0 15 6
Total 15 6 - - 0 0 15 6
Career total 183 151 11 2 32 4 226 159

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

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
Turkish Women's Second league
Bornova Hitab Spor
Winners (1): 2022–23
Turkish Women's Third league
Bornova Hitab Spor
Winners (1): 2021–22

Individual[edit]

Top goalscorer (1)
Turkish Women's Third League
Bornova Hitab Spor (56 goals)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Milli Futbolcu Ceren Nurlu'nun acı günü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  9. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  10. ^ a b "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  11. ^ "Bayan futbol takımında transfer atağı..." Değişim (in Turkish). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Bornova Hitab Spor 2. Lig'de". Macro Haber (in Turkish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Makedonya 2–1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  14. ^ "Kuban Spring Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Türkiye 1–1 Ukrayna" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  15. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 2–1 Belarus" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  16. ^ "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.