Münir Levent Mercan (born 10 December 2000) is a German

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who plays as a

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for the

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 ...

club

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 ...

Career

Mercan made his professional debut for

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

in the

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on 10 August 2019. He came on as a substitute in the 61st minute and scored the fourth goal in the 73rd minute in a 5–0 away win against

SV Drochtersen/Assel SV Drochtersen/Assel is a German association football club from the municipality of Drochtersen, Lower Saxony. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga Nord in 2015 after winning the Niedersachsenliga. Histor ...

. On 22 August 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Schalke until June 2023. On 16 August 2021, he agreed to join

club

on a season-long loan. On 5 July 2022, the move was made permanent.

Personal life

Born in Germany, Mercan is of Turkish descent.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercan, Levent 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Recklinghausen Footballers from Münster (region) German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Men's association football midfielders FC Schalke 04 players FC Schalke 04 II players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Bundesliga players Süper Lig players