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 ðzmir. She was a member of the Turkish national team.
Following a successful season in the Sakarya based Yenikent Güneà Âspor, 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 2013âÂÂ14 UEFA Women's Champions League in the qualification round matches in August 2013 and in the knockout stage matches in October 2013.
For the 2015âÂÂ16 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 2016âÂÂ17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, where she netted one goal. She capped in three games of the 2017âÂÂ18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round and scored one goal.
Erol returned to Istanbul and signed with Ataà Âehir Belediyespor before the 2017âÂÂ18 league champion club's participation at the 2018âÂÂ19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She played in all three matches of the qualification round.
In the 2018âÂÂ19 league season, she transferred to Beà Âiktaà  J.K. She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018âÂÂ19 season. She took part at the 2019âÂÂ20 UEFA Women's Champions League â Group 9 matches.
She transferred to Fatih Karagümrük in Istanbul in the 2023-24 Super League season. The next season, she moved to ðzmir again, and joined Bornova Hitab. After the first half of the 2024-25 Super League season, she transferred to the Third League club Avcñlar Cihangir in Istanbul.
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.
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