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.
Club career
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. She captained Lüleburgaz Düvenciler Lisesispor and after its renaming Lüleburgaz 39 Spor. In August 2012, she transferred from Lüleburgaz 39 Spor, where she was also the team captain, to Konak Belediyespor.
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.
For the 2015–16 season, she signed with Kireçburnu Spor, which was recently promoted to the Women's First League.
In August 2016, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor, 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. She capped in three games of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round and scored one goal.
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. She played in all three matches of the qualification round.
In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season. She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9 matches.
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. After the first half of the 2024-25 Super League season, she transferred to the Third League club Avcılar Cihangir in Istanbul.
International career
Erol scored a winner over Northern Ireland in the Euro 2009 qualifying. She is also the owner of four goals scored in friendly matches against Bulgarian, Russian and Greek national women.
She played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 matches as the captain of the Turkey women's national.
+International goalsDate Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored27 August 2001 TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey 1–2 Friendly 18 August 2003 TFF Riva Facility Istanbul, Turkey 1–7 Friendly 118 November 2006 Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Mersin, Turkey 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 127 April 2011 Atatürk Stadium Bolu, Turkey 1–1 Friendly 129 April 2011 Atatürk Stadium Bolu, Turkey 4–1 Friendly 124 February 2015 Atatürk Stadium Rize, Turkey 4–2 Friendly 1
Career statistics .
ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsZeytinburnuspor2001–2003 First League10 8 – – 16 1 26 9Hatay Sanayispor2003–2006 Second League – – 5 1 5 1Dostlukspor – – 7 2 7 2Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor2008–09First League18 8 – – 3 2 21 10Lüleburgaz 392009–10 Second League17 42 – – 3 0 20 422010–11 First League21 21 – – 3 2 24 232011–12 First League18 10 – – 10 0 28 10Total56 73 – – 16 2 72 75Konak2012–13First League18 2 2 0 20 22013–14 First League16 0 5 0 9 0 30 02014–15 First League17 5 – – 4 1 20 6Total51 7 5 0 15 1 71 8Kireçburnu2015–16 First League18 12 – – 10 0 28 12Konak2016–17First League24 5 3 1 0 0 27 62017–18 First League16 4 3 1 0 0 19 5Total40 9 6 2 0 0 46 11Ataşehir2018–19First League0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0Beşiktaş2018–19 First League17 6 - - 0 0 17 62019–20 First League15 4 3 0 1 0 19 42020–21 First League6 3 0 0 1 0 7 32021–22 Super League15 3 0 0 0 0 15 32022–23 Super League17 3 0 0 0 0 17 3Total70 19 3 0 2 0 75 19Fatih Karagümrük2023–24 Super League20 0 - - 0 0 20 0Bornova Hitab2024–25 Super League11 1 - - 0 0 11 1Avcılar Cihamgir2024–25 Third League6 2 - - 0 0 6 2Career total280 139 17 2 74 9 371 150
Honours Turkish Women's First League Konak Belediyespor Winners (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17 Third places (1): 2017–18
Beşiktaş J.K. Winners (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
References
External links Esra Erol at UEFA Esra Erol at Turkish Football Federation