Ceyhun Eriş (born 15 May 1977) is a Turkish retired professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Eriş began his professional career with local club

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 ...

in 1995. He made his cup debut against

Denizlispor Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş Denizlispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. ...

on 14 December 1995, and made his league debut against the same club a week later.

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

loaned the youngster for the 1996–97 season, where he made 27 appearances and scored three goals. After returning to Galatasaray, Eriş continued playing for the youth team. He was loaned out to Göztepe for two consecutive seasons, and left Galatasaray for

Siirtspor Siirt S.K. is a sports club located in Siirt, Turkey. The football club plays in the Iddaa League B. It was founded as Siirt YSE (Road Water Electricity) in 1969. It was renamed as Siirt Köy Hizmetleri in 1989, as Siirt Jetpa S.K. in 1999 and a ...

in 1999. He made three appearances for the

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

-based club during his four-year tenure. After scoring 24 goals in 54 matches in the

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with Siirtspor, he moved to Fenerbahçe. Eriş spent two years with the club before transferring to

MKE Ankaragücü MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the closure of th ...

in 2003. City rivals Gençlerbirliği transferred him the following season. He would continue moving clubs, playing for seven clubs over a five-year span from 2005 to 2010, transferring twice to

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

and MKE Ankaragücü. He transferred to

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 201 ...

in 2010 and was transferred to Denizlispor in 2011.

International career

He won his first international cap for

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at the age of 32, when he started a 2010 World Cup qualifier against

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on 10 October 2009.

References

External links

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Turkish Football Federation profile
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Ceyhun Eriş: "Gençler kendi önlerini açacak"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eris, Ceyhun 1977 births Living people Association football midfielders Footballers from Istanbul Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Turkey B international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players K League 1 players Turkish expatriate footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Sweden Galatasaray S.K. footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Siirtspor footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Trabzonspor footballers FC Seoul players Assyriska FF players Sivasspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Superettan players

Club career

International career

See also

References

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