Mehmet Ekici
Mehmet Ekici was born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany on March 25th, 1990 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 34, Mehmet Ekici biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Mehmet Ekici (Turkish pronunciation: [mehmet ecidi]; born 25 March 1990) is a Turkish footballer who most recently appeared in Fenerbahçe as a midfielder.
He played for Werder Bremen, 1. FC Nürnberg, Bayern Munich, and Trabzonsporspor are among the clubs on the list. Born in Germany, Ekici played for the German national football team from Under-17 to Under-21 level before moving to Turkey for senior competition.
Club career
Ekici made his debut for Bayern Munich's first team in the 2008 T-Home Super Cup. He was named in Bayern Munich's squad for both the 2008–09 and 2009–10 UEFA Champions League. In January 2010, it was announced that Ekici would train with the first-team for the rest of the 2009–10 season, along with reserve teammates David Alaba and Diego Contento, and on 1 February, he followed Contento in signing a contract with the senior team. He scored 12 goals in 29 matches for the reserve team during the 2009–2010 season. He was an unused substitute for a few first-team matches before injury ruled him out of the end of the season.
In July 2010, he joined 1. FC Nürnberg on a season-long loan.
On 18 May 2011, Ekici transferred to Werder Bremen for a reported fee of around €5 million. He scored his first goal for Bremen on 17 September, against his former club 1. FC Nürnberg in match that ended in a 1–1 draw. On 1 September 2013, he scored two goals leading his team to a 4–1 win over VfB Stuttgart.
Ekici joined Trabzonspor on 15 August 2014 for a fee of €1.5 million. He made his league debut on 31 August 2014 against Kayseri Erciyesspor, which ended in a 0–0 draw.
He left the club at the end of the 2016–17 season when his contract ran out. In his time at Trabzonspor, he made 83 appearances scoring 16 goals in all competitions.
On 5 June 2017, Fenerbahçe S.K. announced the signing of Ekici.
International career
Although he has represented Germany, the nation of his birth, at youth and U21 levels, he has elected to play for Turkey at the senior level. He was called up to Turkish side by Guus Hiddink for the friendly match against the Netherlands. On 29 March 2011, Ekici represented Turkey in his first major international match against Austria where he played right-wing with Turkish play-maker Arda Turan on the left-wing, which resulted in Turkey winning the match 2–0 and getting their UEFA Euro 2012 qualification back on-track. Ekici went with Turkish manager Guus Hiddink to 1. FC Nürnberg to try to persuade his close friend İlkay Gündoğan to follow in his paths in playing for Turkey.