Cihat Çelik (born 2 January 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a winger for Turkish club

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Club career

Çelik progressed through the youth academy of

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and made his professional debut for the club on 3 August 2013 as a starter in a 4–1 loss to

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. He was replaced at half-time by

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. On 3 April 2015, he won the second-tier

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with NEC after a 1–0 win over

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. Çelik, however, failed to make a definitive breakthrough for the team Çelik joined Eerste Divisie side

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in summer 2016. In the 2016–17 season, he made 31 appearances for FC Oss in which he scored three goals. In May 2017, Oss announced the option to extend his contract for another year. In July of the same year, Çelik moved to Turkish club Gazişehir Gaziantep, who competed in the second tier

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. In January 2018, he joined Bosnian

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side Čelik Zenica on a six-month loan deal. He also failed to establish himself in the Gazişehir Gaziantep starting eleven in the 2018–19 season, and he returned to TOP Oss in July 2019.

Honours

NEC *

: 2014–15

References

External links

Voetbal International profile

Netherlands profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celik, Cihat 1996 births Footballers from Oss Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Men's association football wingers NEC Nijmegen players TOP Oss players Gaziantep F.K. footballers NK Čelik Zenica players İstanbulspor footballers Akhisarspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players TFF First League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players TFF Second League players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina