Ahmet Ege Gürleyen (born 26 April 1999) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

Club career

Gürleyen began his football career in Berlin and played for the U-17 teams of

Hertha Zehlendorf The Hertha Zehlendorf is a German football club from the suburb of Zehlendorf in Berlin, currently playing in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The club is one of the largest football clubs in the country and has a st ...

and

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. For the 2016–17 season he moved to

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

, where he started on the U-19 team and from 2018 for the second team in the

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. In the summer of 2018, he traveled with the professional team to a training camp in

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in the Netherlands and was used once as a substitute in the subsequent 2018-19 Bundesliga season. In October 2018 he signed a professional contract until 2022, but continued to play in the second team. In February 2020, Gürleyen was loaned out to the

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club

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, who was coached by

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, his former coach in Mainz 05. During the loan spell, he made two appearances in the 2nd division for Liefering. After his return to Mainz 05 he played four times for the second team in the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

in the 2020–21 season. On 5 October 2020, he was loaned out to

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club

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

until the end of the season. On 18 July 2024, Gürleyen signed with

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* * * Living people 1999 births German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Turkish men's footballers Footballers from Berlin Men's association football central defenders Germany men's youth international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Hertha Zehlendorf players Tennis Borussia Berlin players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players FC Liefering players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Hansa Rostock players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub