Mehmet Umut Nayir (born 28 June 1993) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a striker for

Ümraniyespor Ümraniyespor is a Turkish professional football club located in Ümraniye, Istanbul. The club plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1938. They have secured promotion to Süper Lig for their first time 3 weeks be ...

, on loan from

Eyüpspor Eyüpspor is a Turkish professional football club that is located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul. The team colours are lavender and yellow. Their home ground is Eyüp Stadium, which has a capacity of 2,500. History Eyüpspor played in the Ista ...

, and the Turkey national team.

Career

Nayir is a youth product of Albayrak and Ankaragücü. In October 2012, he signed his first professional contract with Ankaragücü. On 30 January 2015, he transferred to

Osmanlıspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bele ...

in 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 ...

. He made his professional debut for Osmanlıspor in a 1–1 Süper Lig tie with

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits. The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fini ...

on 16 August 2015, scoring his side's only goal in his debut. On 16 June 2016, he moved to

Yeni Malatyaspor Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya, Turkey. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country. History Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its prima ...

on loan. Shortly after he joined Göztepe on loan for the 2016-17 season. He went on another loan the following season to Ankaragücü. Nayir moved to

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

in July of 2018. A few weeks after signing he moved to

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

on loan for the 2018-19 season. The following season, he returned to Beşiktaş where he started making appearances. For the 2020-21 season, he joined the Croatian club

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

on loan. Nayir then transferred to

Giresunspor Giresunspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Giresun. It was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is playing in the Turkish S ...

in 2021, but was released at the end of the 2021-22 season after a public spat over wages. He transferred to

in the summer of 2022 on a 2-year contract, and immediately went out on loan with

in the Süper Lig for the 2022-23 season.

International career

Nayir represented the Turkey U23s in their winning campaign at the

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ( tr, 2021 İslami Dayanışma Oyunları) were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time ...

. He made his senior debut for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

on 25 March 2023 in a

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qualifier against Armenia.

Personal life

Outside of football, Nayir graduated with a

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from the

Ankara University, Law School The Ankara University, Law School ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi formerly known ''Ankara Adliye Hukuk Mektebi'') is a faculty for law of the Ankara University in Turkey. History Ankara University, Law School, was founded as a par ...

. He married his wife Enfal Diner in September 2021.

Honours

Turkey U23 *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nayir, Umut 1993 births Living people People from Kocasinan Turkish footballers Turkey youth international footballers Turkey international footballers Turkish people of Circassian descent Association football forwards MKE Ankaragücü footballers Ankaraspor footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers HNK Hajduk Split players Giresunspor footballers TFF First League players Süper Lig players Croatian Football League players Turkish expatriate footballers Turkish expatriates in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Croatia Ankara University alumni