Mertan Caner Öztürk (born 2 November 1992) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a winger for Kocaelispor.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mertan Caner Öztürk | ||
Date of birth | (1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Fatih - İstanbul, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kocaelispor | ||
Number | 48 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2011 | Galatasaray A2 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Galatasaray | 0 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Altınordu | 34 | (5) |
2015 | → Aydınspor 1923 (loan) | 14 | (5) |
2015–2017 | Manisaspor | 50 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Elazığspor | 30 | (6) |
2018–2020 | Osmanlıspor | 60 | (16) |
2020–2021 | Boluspor | 11 | (1) |
2021–2022 | İstanbulspor | 11 | (0) |
2022– | Kocaelispor | 9 | (0) |
National team | |||
2010 | Turkey U18 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022 |
He is currently studying German language and literature at Istanbul University.[1]
He played his first match for the club on 12 November 2011 in a friendly against S.L. Benfica. He signed a 5-year[2] professional contract with Galatasaray on 18 November 2011, after impressing Fatih Terim 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 Adana Demirspor. He made an assist to Sercan Yıldırım, which turned the match to 3-0.
On 6 July 2012, Mertan Caner Öztürk was brought to the A squad by Fatih Terim and was training in the camp in Austria alongside Semih Kaya, Tomáš Ujfaluši, Milan Baroš, Fernando Muslera, and the rest of the Galatasaray squad so they could prepare for the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
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