Esra Erol (born 6 November 1985) is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a defender in the Turkish Women's Football Super League for Bornova Hitab in İzmir. She was a member of the Turkish national team.
 Esra Erol (January 2014) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esra Erol | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Bakırköy, Turkey | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Dostlukspor | ||
| 2001–2003 | Zeytinburnuspor | 10 | (8) |
| 2003–2006 | Hatay Sanayispor | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dostlukspor | ||
| 2007–2009 | Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor | 18 | (8) |
| 2009–2012 | Lüleburgaz 39 | 56 | (73) |
| 2012–2015 | Konak | 51 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Kireçburnu | 18 | (12) |
| 2016–2018 | Konak | 40 | (9) |
| 2018 | Ataşehir | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Beşiktaş | 70 | (19) |
| 2023–2024 | Fatih Karagümrük | 20 | (0) |
| 2024 | Bornova Hitab | 11 | (1) |
| 2025– | Avcilar Cihangir | 6 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2003 | Turkey U-19 | 19 | (3) |
| 2001–2020 | Turkey | 55 | (8) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 November 2021 | |||
Club career
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Following a successful season in the Sakarya based Yenikent Güneşspor, the club extended Esra Erol's contract for one more season in July 2008, and tasked her with captain position.[1] She captained Lüleburgaz Düvenciler Lisesispor and after its renaming Lüleburgaz 39 Spor.[2] In August 2012, she transferred from Lüleburgaz 39 Spor, where she was also the team captain, to Konak Belediyespor.[3][4]
She played with Konak Belediyespor at the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League in the qualification round matches in August 2013 and in the knockout stage matches in October 2013.[5][6]
For the 2015–16 season, she signed with Kireçburnu Spor, which was recently promoted to the Women's First League.[7]
In August 2016, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor,[8] and played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, where she netted one goal.[9][10][11] She capped in three games of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round and scored one goal.[12][13][14]
Erol returned to Istanbul and signed with Ataşehir Belediyespor before the 2017–18 league champion club's participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[15] She played in all three matches of the qualification round.[16][17][18]
In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K.[19] She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season.[8] She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9 matches.[20][21][22]
She transferred to Fatih Karagümrük in Istanbul in the 2023-24 Super League season. The next season, she moved to İzmir again, and joined Bornova Hitab.[8] After the first half of the 2024-25 Super League season, she transferred to the Third League club Avcılar Cihangir in Istanbul.[8]
International career
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Erol scored a winner over Northern Ireland in the Euro 2009 qualifying.[23] She is also the owner of four goals scored in friendly matches against Bulgarian, Russian and Greek national women.[24][25][26][27]
She played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 matches as the captain of the Turkey women's national.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2001 | TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey |  Bulgaria | 1–2 | Friendly | 1[24] |
| 8 August 2003 | TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey |  Russia | 1–7 | Friendly | 1[25] |
| 18 November 2006 | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Mersin, Turkey |  Northern Ireland | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying | 1[23] |
| 27 April 2011 | Atatürk Stadium Bolu, Turkey |  Greece | 1–1 | Friendly | 1[26] |
| 29 April 2011 | Atatürk Stadium Bolu, Turkey | Greece | 4–1 | Friendly | 1[27] |
| 24 February 2015 | Atatürk Stadium Rize, Turkey |  Georgia | 4–2 | Friendly | 1 |
Career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zeytinburnuspor | 2001–2003 | First League | 10 | 8 | – | – | 16 | 1 | 26 | 9 |
| Hatay Sanayispor | 2003–2006 | Second League | – | – | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Dostlukspor | – | – | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor | 2008–09 | First League | 18 | 8 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
| Lüleburgaz 39 | 2009–10 | Second League | 17 | 42 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 20 | 42 |
| 2010–11 | First League | 21 | 21 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 24 | 23 | |
| 2011–12 | First League | 18 | 10 | – | – | 10 | 0 | 28 | 10 | |
| Total | 56 | 73 | – | – | 16 | 2 | 72 | 75 | ||
| Konak | 2012–13 | First League | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | First League | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | First League | 17 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
| Total | 51 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 71 | 8 | ||
| Kireçburnu | 2015–16 | First League | 18 | 12 | – | – | 10 | 0 | 28 | 12 |
| Konak | 2016–17 | First League | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | First League | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| Total | 40 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 11 | ||
| Ataşehir | 2018–19 | First League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Beşiktaş | 2018–19 | First League | 17 | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 2019–20 | First League | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| 2020–21 | First League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Super League | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2022–23 | Super League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Total | 70 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 19 | ||
| Fatih Karagümrük | 2023–24 | Super League | 20 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bornova Hitab | 2024–25 | Super League | 11 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Avcılar Cihamgir | 2024–25 | Third League | 6 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Career total | 280 | 139 | 17 | 2 | 74 | 9 | 371 | 150 | ||
Honours
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edit- ↑ "Esra Erol yuvada kaldı". Sakarya Yenihaber (in Turkish). 27 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Esra Erol Korkuttu". Lüleburgaz Görünüm gazetesi (in Turkish). 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ "Lüleburgaz 39 tam gaz". Gazete Trakya (in Turkish). 6 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ "Transfer :Esra Erol İzmir Konak Belediyespor 'da". Amatörün Dünyası (in Turkish). 19 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Konak Belediyespor, tur için sahada". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ "Konak Belediyespor'dan tarihi başarı". Sabah (in Turkish). 17 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ "Kireçburnu yine gururlandırdı". Sarıyer Posta (in Turkish). 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Oyuncular: Esra Erol" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 23 August 2016.[dead link]
- ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2016.[dead link]
- ↑ "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ↑ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ataşehir Belediyespor'dan Avrupa Başarısı İçin Transfer Atağı". itv Haber (in Turkish). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 0–2 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ↑ "Beşiktaş (TUR) 1–1 Górnik Leczna (POL)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ "Twente (NED) 2–2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ "Alashkert (ARM) 0–3 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- 1 2 "Esra'dan altın değerinde gol: 1–0" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 18 November 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Friendly Match – Turkey 1–2 Bulgaria 27.08.2001". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Friendly Match – Turkey 1–7 Russia 08.08.2003". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Friendly Match – Turkey 1–1 Greece 27.04.2011". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Friendly Match – Turkey 4–1 Greece 29.04.2011". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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