Ahmet Ege Gürleyen (born 26 April 1999) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

Club career

Gürleyen began his football career in Berlin and played for the U-17 teams of

Hertha Zehlendorf The Hertha Zehlendorf is a German football club from the suburb of Zehlendorf in Berlin. The club is one of the largest football clubs in the country and has a strong youth department which has won two national youth championships. The depar ...

and

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and t ...

. For the 2016–17 season he moved to

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

, where he started on the U-19 team and from 2018 for the second team in the

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. In the summer of 2018, he traveled with the professional team to a training camp in

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in the Netherlands and was used once as a substitute in the subsequent 2018-19 Bundesliga season. In October 2018 he signed a professional contract until 2022, but continued to play in the second team. In February 2020, Gürleyen was loaned out to the

Austrian Football Second League The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018. The division currently contains 16 teams, and t ...

club

FC Liefering FC Liefering GmbH is an Austrian association football club, originally from Liefering, a section of Salzburg. It currently plays in the Second League, the second tier of Austrian football. Since 2012, Liefering has been a reserve team for ...

, who was coached by

Bo Svensson Bo Svensson (born 4 August 1979) is a Danish professional football coach and a former defender. He is currently managing Mainz 05. He has played three games for the Denmark national football team. Playing career Svensson was born in Skørp ...

, his former coach in Mainz 05. During the loan spell, he made two appearances in the 2nd division for Liefering. After his return to Mainz 05 he played four times for the second team in the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

in the 2020–21 season. On 5 October 2020, he was loaned out to

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club

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

until the end of the season.GÜRLEYEN AUF LEIHBASIS ZUM SV WEHEN WIESBADEN
mainz05.de, 5 October 2020

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* * * Living people 1999 births German sportspeople of Turkish descent Citizens of Turkey through descent German men's footballers Turkish men's footballers Footballers from Berlin Men's association football central defenders Germany men's youth international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Hertha Zehlendorf players Tennis Borussia Berlin players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players FC Liefering players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub