Murat Ceylan (born 2 March 1988) is a Turkish

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who plays as a

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for an amateur side Adana Sümer 01.

Life and career

Ceylan was born in

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

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. He began his career with local club

Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Gaziantep. Founded in 1988, the club currently plays in the Süper Lig, the highest tier of Turkish football. The club was founded as Sankospor in 1988 and competed at th ...

in 2002, eventually moving to cross-town rivals

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matche ...

in 2004. Ceylan made his debut that same season, against

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, playing two matches in total. However, he spent the majority of the season in the youth leagues, making 27 appearances. He was loaned half way through the 2005-06 season to another Gaziantep based club, Gaskispor. He returned to Gaziantespor at the start of the 2007-08 season. He was linked with

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at the end of the 2009-10 season, but a move never materialized. On the last day of the January transfermarket 2019, Ceylan was one of 22 players on two hours, that signed for Turkish club

Elazığspor Elazığspor is a Turkish professional football club located in Elazığ and currently competes in the TFF Third League. They previously played their home games at Elazığ Atatürk Stadium in Elazığ, which had a maximum capacity of 13,923. The ...

.Turkish Club Break Transfer Record By Signing 22 Players In Two Hours
sportbible.com, 31 January 2019 had been placed under a transfer embargo but managed to negotiate it with the Turkish FA, leading to them going on a mad spree of signing and registering a load of players despite not even having a permanent manager in place. In just two hours, they managed to snap up a record 22 players - 12 coming in on permanent contracts and a further 10 joining on loan deals until the end of the season.

International career

Ceylan was first called up to the Turkey U-17 squad in September 2004 for two matches against the

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U-17s, but was not capped. He earned his first cap for the U-17 squad in a match against

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on 22 December 2004. He has been capped for the U-19 team and for the

Turkey national under-21 football team Turkey's national Under-21 football team ( tr, Ümit Milli Futbol Takımı), also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team. History This team is for Turkish players aged 2 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceylan, Murat 1988 births Sportspeople from Gaziantep Living people Turkish footballers Turkey youth international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Turkey B international footballers Association football midfielders Gaziantepspor footballers Gaskispor footballers Samsunspor footballers Mersin İdman Yurdu footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Elazığspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players