Korcan Çelikay (born 31 December 1987) is a Turkish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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Adanaspor
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The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...
.
Club career
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
Çelikay had started his career at
Ä°stanbulspor
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in 2004 and joined
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...
at the end of that season. He played at
youth team
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Jean Tigana
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.
Being unable to play for BeÅŸiktaÅŸ for senior level, he was loaned out to Istanbul side Tepecik Belediyespor to play at
TFF Third League
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Bursaspor
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, he entered the game on 43rd minute right after the veteran first keeper of team
Rüştü Reçber
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been injured, on 17th match-day, in which the team suffered a 3–2 home loss, on 18 December 2009, Friday.Kiralık Katil Following his debut, he played twice at
Turkish Cup
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for the team up against
Manisaspor
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Sivasspor
On 3 July 2011, along with Mecnun Otkaymaz, Sivasspor President, Korcan Çelikay was taken into custody due to
Match fixing
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scope for alleged fixing at 34 week game of 2010–11 season between
Sivasspor
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and Fenerbahçe. On 29 July 2011, İlhan Çelikay, elder brother of Korcan, was also detained. His elder brother İlhan was released at same day.
On 25 June 2012, following a one-season-long loan, Beşiktaş announced that Çelikay permanently joined Sivasspor.
On 28 April 2014, his shoulder was
dislocated
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On 25 June 2018, Çelikay prolonged his contract for an additional season with Ankaragcü.
International career
Çelikay was called up 10 times for national youth football team, 2 times for U-18, 7 times for U-19, 1 time for U-21; sum of 10 times. During his national team experience, he has been capped 5 times for youth levels.