Ceren Nurlu

Ceren Nurlu — Biography

Ceren Nurlu was born on 12 January 1992 in İskenderun. She began football in 2005 when she obtained her licence at Hatay Sanayispor, moved to Hatay Dumlupınarspor at the end of 2008 and in October 2010 signed for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir. A forward, she won five Women's First League titles with Konak Belediyespor, from 2012-13 to 2016-17. She made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut against FC NSA Sofia on 8 August 2013 and played three qualifying matches in 2015-16, scoring once.

In the second half of 2017-18 she transferred to Beşiktaş, then played for Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyespor and Fatih Vatanspor before joining Tuzla Sahil Sporto in February 2020 in the lower divisions. For the rest of 2021-22 she joined the newly founded Bornova Hitabspor, who finished the Women's Third League undefeated and won the play-offs to go up; Nurlu was the league's top scorer with 56 goals. Bornova Hitabspor then won the Women's Second League in 2022-23. In 2023-24 she moved to the First League side Çatalca Belediyespor.

She came up through the youth national teams, with 5 caps for the U-17s and 24 for the U-19s and a goal in each. She made her debut for the senior national team on 23 August 2011, in a friendly against Portugal.