Emirhan Topçu

Emirhan Topçu — Biography

Emirhan Topçu is a centre-back from Bandırma who can also play at left-back. He came out of Çaykur Rizespor's academy and matured through loan spells, then moved to Beşiktaş in 2024, where he became a regular starter, and the same year he reached the Turkey national team. The 1.87-metre defender continues to play for Beşiktaş.

He started playing at 12 in Rizespor's youth system and was promoted to the first team in 2017. He made his official debut on 21 September 2017 in the Turkish Cup against Nevşehir Gençlik, and his league debut on 21 January 2018 in a 3-0 win over Manisaspor, and that season he won the First League title with the club. Having found no game time in the Süper Lig the following season, he was loaned to Čelik Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2020 and to First League side Menemenspor in January 2021. He returned to Rizespor in 2021, got regular minutes as the team dropped down and came back up, and played 32 Süper Lig matches in 2023-24.

On 2 August 2024 he signed a four-year contract with Beşiktaş. He made his debut on 11 August as a substitute against Samsunspor, settled into the starting eleven from the seventh league week, and scored his first Beşiktaş goal against Sivasspor on 8 February 2025. He won the 2024 Super Cup. He was first called up to the Turkey under-21s in 2022, and made his senior debut on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League match against Wales, replacing Zeki Çelik.