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Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈzeci ˈtʃelik]; 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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mehmet Zeki Çelik | ||
Date of birth | 17 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Yıldırım, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back, right wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Roma | ||
Number | 19 | ||
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) |
2018–2022 | Lille | 118 | (6) |
2022– | Roma | 48 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
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 | 52 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 |
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 35 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
Total | 118 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 143 | 8 | ||
Roma | 2022–23 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 34 | 0 |
2023–24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
Career total | 264 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 319 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Turkey | 2018 | 4 | 0 |
2019 | 10 | 2 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 11 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 52 | 2 |
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[9]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 2 June 2019 | Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey | Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | 2–0 |
Istanbulspor
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