Tolgahan Çiçek

Tolgahan Mulla Çiçek (born 19 June 1995) is a Dutch-born Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for TFF Second League side Niğde Anadolu.[2]

Tolgahan Çiçek
Personal information
Full name Tolgahan Mulla Çiçek[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-19) 19 June 1995
Place of birth Delfzijl, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Niğde Anadolu
Number 20
Youth career
VV Appingedam
2006–2014 Groningen
2014–2017 De Graafschap
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 De Graafschap 39 (0)
2017–2018 Adana Demirspor 12 (0)
2019–2020 Nevşehir Belediyespor 13 (0)
2020– Niğde Anadolu 19 (0)
National team
2009–2010 Netherlands U15 5 (0)
2016 Turkey U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:48, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

From 2014, Çiçek was part of the first team of De Graafschap, who signed him from the youth academy of Groningen. On 16 August 2014, Çiçek made his professional debut by filling in for Caner Cavlan eight minutes before the final whistle against Almere City.[3] On 25 September, he made his first start in the cup match against DOSKO.[4] In the 2017–18 season he played for Adana Demirspor.[5] In August 2019, he moved to Nevşehir Belediyespor in the TFF Third League. After a year, he signed with Niğde Anadolu playing in the TFF Second League.[1]

International career

Tolgahan is born in Netherlands to parents of Turkish descent, and originally represented the Netherlands U15 team.[6] However, he later represented the Turkey U21 team and made his debut in a 1-0 loss to the Cyprus U21s.[7]

References
  1. "TOLGAHAN MULLA ÇİÇEK - Futbolcu Bilgileri TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. Tolgahan Çiçek ve Theo Mendy Adana Demirspor'da‚ adanademirspor.org.tr, 14 July 2017
  3. "De Graafschap vs. Almere City - 16 August 2014 - Soccerway". nr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. "Opstellingen DOSKO - De Graafschap - De Graafschap". De Graafschap B.V. (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. Willemsen, Raymond (18 July 2017). "Tolgahan Cicek naar Adana Demirspor". de Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  6. "Achttien spelers in selectie Onder 15 | Ons Oranje". www.onsoranje.nl. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010.
  7. "Ümit Milli Takım, Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi'ne 1-0 yenildi - U-21 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF".


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