| Zeki Çelik | |
| Full Name: | Mehmet Zeki Çelik |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Yıldırım, Turkey |
| Height: | 1.80 m[1] |
| Position: | Right-back, right wing-back |
| Currentclub: | Roma |
| Clubnumber: | 19 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Yavuz Selimspor |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bursaspor |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Bursaspor |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Karacabeyspor (loan) |
| Caps2: | 34 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs3: | İstanbulspor |
| Caps3: | 64 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Lille |
| Caps4: | 118 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | Roma |
| Caps5: | 42 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Turkey U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Turkey U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam3: | Turkey U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam4: | Turkey U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam5: | Turkey |
| Nationalcaps5: | 48 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 18 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 6 July 2024 |
Mehmet Zeki Çelik (pronounced as /tr/; born 17 February 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Serie A club Roma and the Turkey national team.
Born in Bursa as the youngest of nine children, Çelik went through the Bursaspor youth academy and became a professional in 2015. He signed on loan with Karacabey Birlikspor in 2015.
In 2016, he joined İstanbulspor. His good performance with İstanbulspor earned him a call-up to the senior Turkey national team in 2018, despite playing in the TFF First League.[2]
On 8 July 2018, Çelik signed with Lille in France on a five-year contract.[3] [4] Çelik made his professional debut in a 3–1 Ligue 1 win over Stade Rennes on 11 August 2018.[5]
On 5 July 2022, Çelik’s transfer to Roma from Lille was made official by the Serie A club, Roma.[6] He has signed a four-year contract with the Giallorossi that runs until 30 June 2026.[7] He made his Serie A debut in a 1–0 win over Cremonese on 22 August 2022.
Çelik made his professional debut for the Turkey national team in a 1–1 friendly with Russia on 5 June 2018.[8]
| Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bursaspor | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karacabeyspor (loan) | 2015–16 | TFF Second League | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| İstanbulspor | 2016–17 | TFF Second League | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | TFF First League | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 69 | 0 | ||||
| Lille | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2021–22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |||
| Total | 118 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 143 | 8 | |||
| Roma | 2022–23 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 258 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 311 | 9 | |||
| Turkey | 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.
| 1. | 2 June 2019 | Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey | align=center | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 2. | align=center | 2–0 |
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