Çetin Güner (born 28 December 1977) is a Turkish-

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former professional

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, who played as

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Career

Güner played youth football with

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and at the end of the 1994–95 season won the ''A-Jugend-Regionalliga'' championship, the forerunner of the

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. In the winter break of the 1996–97 season Güner joined Turkish

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club

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. In his debut on 16 February 1997, he was substituted on in the 56th minute and then he scored two goals for his new team as they won 3–0 against

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. At the end of the season, he had nine appearances, scoring three goals. In the

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Final second leg he was substituted on, but was unable to help his team, as they lost the match, to become runners-up in the competition. He played another one and a half seasons with them. In March 1999 Güner joined

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's first team, during their 1998–99 season, under head coach

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and then his successor

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, enjoying the trainings, but not playing competitive football with them. Güner played his debut for his new team after the appointment of new head coach

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, in their following season. In the away game in the

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on 20 June 1999 he played as right winger, as Basel played a goalless draw against Slovenian team Korotan Prevalje. Güner played as

in his domestic league debut for the team in the away game in the

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on 7 July as Basel played a 1–1 draw with

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. But his debut was cut short as Basel's team captain and central defender Oliver Kreuzer was shown the red card on 33 minutes. It was a tactical measure as Güner was substituted out and defender

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came in. Güner played one game in the

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, on 13 November, an away game against

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and in this game he scored his only goal for the team. It was the last goal of the game, as Basel won 5–1 to advance to the next round. In the second half of the season he was only used as substitute and in the following season he didn't play a single minute and so decided to leave the club. During his time with the club, Güner played a total of 44 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 21 of these games were in the

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, one in the

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, six in the

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and 16 were friendly games. He scored that afore mentioned goal in the cup and the other three were scored during the test games. In January 2001 Güner returned to Turkey and joined

club

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on a free transfer. One and a half years later he moved to

Yozgatspor Yozgatspor was a Turkish sports club based in Yozgat, Turkey. The football club played in the TFF Third League. They played in the Süper Lig between 2000 and 2002 and relegated to the Third League in the 2008–09 season. They finally relegated ...

and played one division lower. Just 18 months later he moved to

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and played the

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season with them. He then played 18 months for

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and one year for

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. After playing six months for

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, Güner moved to

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and played with Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit until he retired from active football. Güner also represented Turkey, playing in their national U-21 team and their U-23 team.

References

Sources

External links

Profile at FC Basel Archive
1977 births Living people German sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkish men's footballers Trabzonspor footballers FC Basel players Gaziantepspor footballers Yozgatspor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Elazığspor footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Arsinspor footballers Men's association football forwards Swiss Super League players Süper Lig players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Borussia Dortmund non-playing staff Footballers from Bielefeld {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub