Murat Ceylan Explained

Murat Ceylan
Birth Date:2 March 1988
Birth Place:Gaziantep, Turkey
Height:1.68 m
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthyears1:2002–2004
Youthyears2:2004–2005
Youthclubs1:Gaziantep B.B.
Youthclubs2:Gaziantepspor
Years1:2004–2012
Years2:2005–2006
Years3:2012
Years4:2012–2016
Years5:2016–2018
Years6:2018–2019
Years7:2019–2021
Years8:2021
Clubs1:Gaziantepspor
Clubs2:Gaskispor (loan)
Clubs3:Samsunspor (loan)
Clubs4:Mersin İdmanyurdu
Clubs5:Gaziantep B.B.
Clubs6:Fatih Karagümrük
Clubs7:Elazığspor
Clubs8:Erbaaspor
Caps1:106
Caps2:40
Caps3:14
Caps4:78
Caps5:47
Caps6:12
Caps7:37
Caps8:3
Goals1:3
Goals2:1
Goals3:0
Goals4:1
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:1
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2004
Nationalyears2:2007
Nationalyears3:2008–2010
Nationalyears4:2011
Nationalteam1:Turkey U17
Nationalteam2:Turkey U19
Nationalteam3:Turkey U21
Nationalteam4:Turkey A2
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalcaps2:7
Nationalcaps3:11
Nationalcaps4:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalgoals4:0

Murat Ceylan (born 2 March 1988) is a Turkish former footballer.

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 transfer market 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

ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
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Mersin İdmanyurdu2014–15Süper Lig12020140
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murat Ceylan Florya'ya yakın. 25 May 2010. fanatik.net. Turkish. 2 September 2010.
  2. Web site: G.Saray'ın hedefi Murat Ceylan. 2 June 2010. hurriyet.com.tr. Turkish. 2 September 2010.
  3. http://www.sportbible.com/football/news-turkish-club-break-transfer-record-by-signing-22-players-in-two-hours-20190201 Turkish Club Break Transfer Record By Signing 22 Players In Two Hours