Firat Tuncer (born 25 February 1995) is a 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 ...

who plays as a centre-back for 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn in the

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...

Club career

Tuncer was born in

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, and joined local side 1. FC Köln as a youth player. In 2014, he was integrated in to the club's second team, who play in the

. After over 60 appearances, he was released in July 2016. He signed for Austrian side Lustenau in January 2017. On 12 June 2019,

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

announced that they had signed Tuncer on a 1-year contract.

International career

Tuncer was called up to the Turkey under-18 side in 2013 to play against

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Career statistics

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References

1995 births Living people Turkish footballers Citizens of Turkey through descent German sportspeople of Turkish descent Men's association football central defenders 1. FC Köln II players SC Austria Lustenau players SC Fortuna Köln players ZFC Meuselwitz players 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn players Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Footballers from Cologne Turkish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub