Ömer Bayram (born 27 July 1991) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for Eyüpspor.

Club career

Bayram played youth football for PCP and Baronie before moving to the youth academy of

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

. He made his debut in the Eredivisie in the 2009–10 season playing for NAC in a home match against VVV-Venlo.

Kayserispor

In June 2012, Bayram left

and signed with Kayserispor on a free transfer. He chose shirt number 38, as this is the postal code of the province of

Kayseri Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large Industrialisation, industrialised List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is comp ...

, where his parents originally came from. Bayram suffered relegation with the club to the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

in the 2013–14 season, only to promote back to the highest level after winning the second-tier title in 2014–15. He finished his fourth and final season with Kayserispor in 15th place in the Süper Lig, one spot above the relegation zone.

Akhisar Belediyespor

In June 2016, Bayram signed a three-year contract with

Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisarspor Kulübü (Akhisar Sports Club), commonly known as Akhisarspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Akhisar.

. On 10 May 2018, Bayram helped the club win its first professional trophy, the

2017–18 Turkish Cup The 2017–18 Turkish Cup ( tr, Türkiye Kupası) was the 56th season of the tournament. Ziraat Bankası is the sponsor of the tournament; thus the official name due to sponsorship was the Ziraat Turkish Cup. As the winners of the tournament, Akh ...

Galatasaray

On 31 August 2018, Bayram signed with Turkish giants Galatasaray on a three-year contract, with the club paying a reported €400,000 for the left back. On 16 June 2021, Galatasaray announced that Bayram's contract was extended for 3 years. On 8 September 2022, the contract between Bayram and Galatasaray was mutually terminated.

Eyüpspor

On 8 September 2022, he signed a 2-year contract with Eyüpspor.

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Bayram is a youth international for Turkey. He made his debut for the senior Turkey national football team in a friendly 2–2 tie with Montenegro on 27 March 2018.

Honours

Kayserispor *

: 2014–15 Akhisarspor * Turkish Cup: 2017–18 * Turkish Super Cup:

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Galatasaray * Süper Lig: 2018–19 * Turkish Cup: 2018–19 * Turkish Super Cup:

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Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

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Voetbal International
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