Ece Türkoğlu (born 14 April 1999) is a Turkish

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currently playing in the

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for Fenerbahçe S.K. She was part of the Turkey girls' national U-15, girls' national U-17 and women's national U-19 teams. She is a member of the Turkey women's team.

Early life

Ece Türkoğlu was born in İmranlar village of

Karadeniz Ereğli Karadeniz Ereğli (or Ereğli) is a city in Zonguldak Province of Turkey on the Black Sea shore. It is the seat of Ereğli District.

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on 14 April 1999. She completed the primary school with honors in

Çayırlı Çayırlı () is a municipality (belde) and seat of Çayırlı District of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, w ...

, and currently studies in Karadeniz Ereğli Science High School. Signed with Old Dominion University.

Club career

Ece Türkoğlu is a member of Kdz. Ereğlispor, for which she obtained her license on May 25, 2011. After appearing one season in the Women's First League with her team in the 2011–12 season, she played the next season in the Girls' U-15 Turkey Championship for her club's newly established youth team for girls, and enjoyed winning the title in September 2013. From the 2013–14 season on, she plays in the Women's First League again. Currently, she serves as the captain of her team. Türkoğlu took part at the

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, and played in all three matches of the qualification round. After one season with Ataşehir Belediyespor, she returned to her main club Kdz. Ereğlispor.

International career

Turkey girls' U-15

She debuted in the Turkey girls' national U-15 tram in the friendly match against Belarus on November 28, 2011, and netted a goal. She capped three times and scored three goals for the girls' national U-15 team.

Turkey girls' U-17

Türkoğlu played in the Turkey girls' national U-17 team, and took part at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Development Tournament and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 8 matches. She appeared in 18 matches and netted five goals.

Turkey women's U-19

She was part of the Turkey women's U-19 team, and played at the 2014 Kuban Spring Tournament. She was part of the team, which became champion of the 2016 UEFA Development Tournament. She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10, 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10 and Elite round – Hroup 2 matches. She capped in 30 matches, and scored 7 goals for the national U-19 team.

Turkey women's

Türkoğlu debuted in the Turkey women's national team at the

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match against

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and scored one goal. Further, she played in three matches of the GoldCity Woöem's Cup 2017 and in two matches of the

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. She scored one goal at the

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, and

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each.

Career statistics

International goals

Honors

Club

; Turkish Women's First League :; Kdz. Ereğlispor :: ''Third places'' (1):

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:; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2017–18 ; Turkish Women's Super League :; Fatih Karagümrük :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2021–22

International

;UEFA Development Tournament :; Turkey women's U-19 :: Winners (1): 2016

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkoglu, Ece Living people 1999 births People from Karadeniz Ereğli Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Old Dominion Monarchs women's soccer players Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Turkish expatriate women's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players