Mehmet Topuz (born 7 September 1983) is a former

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, who last played for Fenerbahçe.

Club career

Topuz had begun his career in Yolspor, a local club located in

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. He joined Kayserispor in 2000. He has been given several Golden Man of the Month awards which are presented monthly and supported by Turkey Heart Foundation. His performance at Süper Lig attracted the major clubs of Turkey. However, Kayserispor Board strongly asserted that they will not let him go and supported their intentions to keep him in the club by advertising on

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s. Afterwards, he extended his contract with the club, eventually becoming the team captain. Mehmet Topuz'13

He has been linked with Spanish side Valencia in May 2008. He played total of 6 games for Kayserispor in European competitions and scored 2 goals during their

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campaign in the 2006 season, in which they became the

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from Turkey to win the competition. Kayserispor qualified for the UEFA Cup and lost 4–3 on aggregate against AZ in the

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. In 2007–08 season, he played 2 games in UEFA Cup qualification, in which Kayserispor lost against Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 on aggregate. After playing 5 years for Kayserispor, he became one of the finest Turkish talents during his time and eventually moved to Turkish giants Fenerbahçe in 2009 for a fee of €9 million +

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following a lengthy transfer battle with fellow rival giants

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in which he wore the

jersey after agreeing terms with the club. However the transfer failed when Fenerbahçe secured the deal by arranging an agreement with his club Kayserispor, making him one of the most expensive internal Turkish transfers. Topuz scored his first goal against Twente in the first group game of UEFA Europa League from a freekick at 71st minute. Although this game tied the score, Twente scored another goal 6 minutes later, and sealed a 1–2 win in Istanbul.

International career

He played 22 times for Turkey U-21 and scored 2 goals. Topuz has also represented the

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18 times.

Career statistics

International

Honors

;Kayserispor *

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: 2007–08 ;Fenerbahçe * Süper Lig:

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, 2013–14 *

: 2011–12,

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* Süper Kupa:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Topuz, Mehmet 1983 births Kayserispor footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Living people Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Süper Lig players Turkey under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders TFF First League players People from Yozgat Province