Zeki Çelik

Mehmet Zeki Çelik (born 17 February 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Turkey national team.

Zeki Çelik
Çelik with Turkey in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mehmet Zeki Çelik
Date of birth (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997
Place of birth Yıldırım, Turkey
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 2
Youth career
2008–2009 Yavuz Selimspor
2009–2015 Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Karacabeyspor (loan) 34 (0)
2016–2018 İstanbulspor 64 (3)
2018– Lille 109 (5)
National team‡
2012–2013 Turkey U16 11 (0)
2013–2014 Turkey U17 12 (0)
2014 Turkey U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Turkey U21 9 (0)
2018– Turkey 30 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2022

Club career

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.[1]

On 8 July 2018, Çelik signed with Lille in France on a five-year contract.[2][3] Çelik made his professional debut in a 3–1 Ligue 1 win over Stade Rennes on 11 August 2018.[4]

International career

Çelik made his professional debut for the Turkey national football team in a 1–1 friendly with Russia national football team on 5 June 2018.[5]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 24 March 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 201840
2019102
202040
2021110
202210
Total302

International goals
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2019Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey Uzbekistan1–02–0Friendly
2.2–0

Honours

Lille

References
  1. "Mehmet Zeki Çelik: Sağın yeni gözdesi - TamSaha Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
  2. "Zeki Celik, international turc, est Lillois - Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
  3. "Transferts : Zeki Celik a signé à Lille". L'Équipe (in French). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "Lille vs. Rennes - 11 August 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. "RUSYA 1-1 TÜRKİYE - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  6. "Mehmet Zeki Çelik". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. "Lille hold their nerve to clinch their first Ligue 1 title for a decade". The Guardian. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  8. "Lille Winns first French Super Cup". skysports Sports. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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