Murat Ceylan

Murat Ceylan (born 2 March 1988) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Elazığspor.

Murat Ceylan
Personal information
Full name Murat Ceylan
Date of birth (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988
Place of birth Gaziantep, Turkey
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Elazığspor
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2004 Gaziantep B.B.
2004–2005 Gaziantepspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2012 Gaziantepspor 106 (3)
2005–2006 → Gaskispor (loan) 40 (1)
2012 → Samsunspor (loan) 14 (0)
2012–2016 Mersin İdmanyurdu 78 (1)
2016–2018 Gaziantep B.B. 47 (0)
2018–2019 Fatih Karagümrük 12 (0)
2019– Elazığspor 32 (1)
National team
2004 Turkey U17 1 (0)
2007 Turkey U19 7 (1)
2008–2010 Turkey U21 11 (0)
2011 Turkey A2 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2020

Life and career

Ceylan was born in Gaziantep, Turkey. He began his career with local club Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2002, eventually moving to cross-town rivals Gaziantepspor in 2004. Ceylan made his debut that same season, against Akçaabat Sebatspor, playing two matches in total. However, he spent the majority of the season in the youth leagues, making 27 appearances. He was loaned half way through the 2005-06 season to another Gaziantep based club, Gaskispor. He returned to Gaziantespor at the start of the 2007-08 season. He was linked with Galatasaray at the end of the 2009-10 season, but a move never materialized.[1][2]

On the last day of the January transfermarket 2019, Ceylan was one of 22 players on two hours, that signed for Turkish club Elazığspor.[3] had been placed under a transfer embargo but managed to negotiate it with the Turkish FA, leading to them going on a mad spree of signing and registering a load of players despite not even having a permanent manager in place. In just two hours, they managed to snap up a record 22 players - 12 coming in on permanent contracts and a further 10 joining on loan deals until the end of the season.

International career

Ceylan was first called up to the Turkey U-17 squad in September 2004 for two matches against the Bulgaria U-17s, but was not capped. He earned his first cap for the U-17 squad in a match against Italy on 22 December 2004. He has been capped for the U-19 team and for the Turkey national under-21 football team.

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 December 2014
Club Season League Cup Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Mersin İdmanyurdu 2014–15 Süper Lig 12020140
Career total 000000

References
  1. "Murat Ceylan Florya'ya yakın" (in Turkish). fanatik.net. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  2. "G.Saray'ın hedefi Murat Ceylan" (in Turkish). hurriyet.com.tr. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  3. Turkish Club Break Transfer Record By Signing 22 Players In Two Hours, sportbible.com, 31 January 2019
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