Mehmet Zeki Çelik (born 17 February 1997) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Turkey national team.

Club career

Bursaspor

Born in

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as the youngest of nine children, Çelik went through the

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

youth academy and became a professional in 2015. He signed on loan with Karacabey Birlikspor in 2015.

İstanbulspor

In 2016, he joined

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor is a Turkish football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05 they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to TFF 1. Lig. For many decades it was the fourth most famous and ...

. His good performance with İstanbulspor earned him a call-up to the senior Turkey national team in 2018, despite playing in the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

Lille

On 8 July 2018, Çelik signed with

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in France on a five-year contract. Çelik made his professional debut in a 3–1

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win over

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on 11 August 2018.

Roma

On 5 July 2022, Çelik’s transfer to Roma from Lille was made official by the

club,

. He has signed a four-year contract with the Giallorossi that runs until 30 June 2026.

International career

Çelik made his professional debut for the

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in a 1–1 friendly with

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on 5 June 2018.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.''

Honours

Lille *

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References

External links

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at the A.S. Roma website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Çelik, Zeki 1997 births Living people People from Yıldırım Association football fullbacks Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Turkey youth international footballers Bursaspor footballers İstanbulspor footballers TFF First League players TFF Second League players Lille OSC players Ligue 1 players A.S. Roma players Serie A players Turkish expatriate footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy UEFA Euro 2020 players