Celil Yüksel (born 1 January 1998) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Samsunspor Samsunspor Kulübü, officially known as Samsunspor Football Club Joint Stock Company, or as Reeder Samsunspor due to sponsorship agreements, is a Turkey, Turkish Football club (association football), professional football club that competes in t ...

Professional career

Yüksel signed his first professional contract with

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

on 11 October 2017. He made his professional debut with Galatasaray in a 3-0

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

win over

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

on 10 November 2018.

Honours

;Galatasaray *

: 2018–19 *

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: 2018–19

References

External links

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Galatasaray profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yüksel, Celil 1998 births People from Havza Sportspeople from Samsun Province Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Galatasaray S.K. footballers Adanaspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen