Mertan Caner Öztürk (born 2 November 1992) is a Turkish

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who plays as a winger for Etimesgut Belediyespor. He is currently studying

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and literature at

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Club career

Galatasaray

He played his first match for the club on 12 November 2011 in a friendly against

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. He signed a 5-year 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 18 November 2011, after impressing

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in the game the week before. He is known with his talented vision, and uses his pace and technique to his advantage. He played his first official match for the club on 10 January 2012 in a cup match against

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. He made an assist to

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, which turned the match to 3–0. On 6 July 2012, Mertan Caner Öztürk was brought to the A squad by

and was training in the camp in Austria alongside

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, Fernando Muslera, and the rest of the

squad so they could prepare for the

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and the

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at TFF.org * * 1992 births People from Fatih Footballers from Istanbul Turkish people of Circassian descent Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Galatasaray S.K. footballers Altınordu F.K. players Aydınspor 1923 footballers Manisaspor footballers Elazığspor footballers Ankaraspor footballers Boluspor footballers İstanbulspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub