İsmail Zehir (born 29 June 2003) is a Turkish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

club

Düzcespor Düzcespor is a Turkish football club located in Düzce, Turkey. They play their home games at 18 Temmuz Stadı in Düzce. The club colors are red-navy blue. Former Fenerbahce Chairman Aziz Yıldırım was a player of youth teams of Duzcespor. ...

on loan from

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are played at Kırbıyık Holding Stadium. The most recent club man ...

Club career

Zehir is a youth product of the academies of

Kartalspor Kartalspor is a sports club located in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006–2007 season. Kartal SK started the ...

and

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

. He transferred to

on a 5-year contract on 15 August 2021 as part of a deal that sent Berkan Kutlu the other way. He made his professional and

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

debut with Alanyaspor as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...

on 22 May 2022. On 14 January 2023, Zehir joined

Batman Petrolspor Batman Petrolspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Batman. Formed in 1960, the club colours are red, white, and black and they play their home matches at Batman Arena. The club is named Petrolspor because Batman is ...

on loan.

International career

Zehir is a youth international for Turkey, having most recently played for the Turkey U19s.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zehir, Ismail 2003 births Living people People from Pendik Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Alanyaspor footballers Batman Petrolspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF Second League players