Background
Arzu Karabulut was born on January 30, 1991 in Cologne to Turkish parents Esef and Kevser, who immigrated to Germany in 1977.
Arzu Karabulut was born on January 30, 1991 in Cologne to Turkish parents Esef and Kevser, who immigrated to Germany in 1977.
At the age of fourteen, she was called up for training in the Turkey women"s under 19 national team, as there was no U-17 national team in Turkey at the time. German Football Association coach Bettina Wiegmann had her sights on her as well, but she chose the national team of her parents" native country.
Club
Karabulu entered South Carolina Fortuna Köln at the age of ten, and ran through the youth teams. She played from 2007 to 2010 in the Cologne-based club, competing in the Regionalliga. She is a regular team member since then
She made her debut in the Frauen-Bundesliga playing in the first team of her club in the match against FF United States Volunteers Jena on November 27, 2011.
In July 2014, she transferred from Bayer 04 Leverkusen II in Germany, where she scored 26 goals in 52 games of the last three seasons, to Konak Belediyespor in Izmir, Turkey. Arzu Karabulut transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı after playing nine games and scoring two goals in the 2014-2015 season with Konak Belediyespor.
She scored already seven goals in the first match of the league"s 2015-2016 season, which ended 19–0 for her new team International
Between 2006 and 2007, Karabulut capped eleven times for the Turkey girls" under 17 national team, amongst others in the qualifications for the 2008 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-17 Championship.
She scored three goals with the Turkey U-17 national team, all in friendly matches.
Already in the beginning of 2006, she debuted in the Turkey women"s U-19 national team Karabulut went on to appear in 39 international matches until 2010, and netted seven goals for the U-19 national team Finally, she made her debut in the Turkey women"s national team in the Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match against the Romanian side on November 23, 2011.
She took part in the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6 match first time against Montenegro on November 28, 2013.
She scored her team"s honor goal in the match against the women from Wales that ended with 1–5.
She is a member of the Turkey women"s national football team since 2011.