 Ekici in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Munich, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| 1997–2009 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Bayern Munich II | 70 | (18) |
| 2010–2011 | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | →1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 32 | (3) |
| 2011–2014 | Werder Bremen | 41 | (4) |
| 2014–2017 | Trabzonspor | 62 | (16) |
| 2017–2020 | Fenerbahçe | 38 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Germany U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Germany U18 | 1 | (2) |
| 2008 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Germany U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2010 | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2015 | Turkey | 12 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2018 | |||
Mehmet Ekici (Turkish pronunciation:[mehˈmeteˈcidʒi]; born 25 March 1990) is a professionalfootballer who most recently played as acentral midfielder forFenerbahçe.
He previously played forWerder Bremen,1. FC Nürnberg,Bayern Munich, andTrabzonspor.[1] Born in Germany, Ekici played for Germany for Under-17 to Under-21 level before switching to representTurkey in senior competition.
Ekici made his debut forBayern Munich's first team in the2008 T-Home Super Cup.[2] He was named in Bayern Munich's squad for both the2008–09 and2009–10UEFA Champions League.[3] 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 teammatesDavid Alaba andDiego Contento,[4] and on 1 February, he followed Contento in signing a contract with the senior team.[5] He scored 12 goals in 29 matches for thereserve team during the 2009–10 season.[6] He was an unused substitute for a few first-team matches before injury ruled him out at the end of the season.
In July 2010, he joined1. FC Nürnberg on a season-long loan.[6]
On 18 May 2011,[7] Ekici transferred toWerder Bremen for a reported fee of around €5 million.[8] He scored his first goal for Bremen on 17 September, against his former club1. FC Nürnberg in a match that ended in a 1–1 draw. On 1 September 2013, he scored two goals leading his team to a 4–1 win overVfB Stuttgart.[9]
Ekici joinedTrabzonspor on 15 August 2014 for a fee of €1.5 million.[10][11] He made his league debut on 31 August 2014 againstKayseri Erciyesspor, which ended in a 0–0 draw.[12]
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.[13]
On 5 June 2017,Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Ekici.[13]
Although he has represented Germany, the nation of his birth, at youth and U21 levels, he has elected to play forTurkey at the senior level.[14][15] He was called up to the Turkish side byGuus Hiddink for the friendly match against theNetherlands. On 29 March 2011, Ekici represented Turkey in his first major international match againstAustria where he played right-wing with Turkish play-makerArda Turan on the left-wing, which resulted in Turkey winning the match 2–0 and getting theirUEFA Euro 2012 qualification back on-track. Ekici went with Dutch managerGuus Hiddink to1. FC Nürnberg to try to persuade his close friendİlkay Gündoğan to follow in his paths in playing for Turkey.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2007–08[17] | Regionalliga Süd | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09[18] | 3. Liga | 32 | 6 | — | — | 32 | 6 | |||
| 2009–10[19] | 29 | 12 | — | — | 29 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 70 | 18 | — | — | 70 | 18 | ||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2010–11[20] | Bundesliga | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 36 | 4 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2011–12[21] | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| 2012–13[22] | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14[23] | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 4 | |||
| Trabzonspor | 2014–15[24] | Süper Lig | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 10 |
| 2015–16[24] | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2016–17[24] | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 62 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 18 | ||
| Fenerbahçe | 2017–18[24] | Süper Lig | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018–19[24] | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20[24] | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 239 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 277 | 49 | ||
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