 Topuz withFenerbahçe | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Caferli Köyü,Şefaatli,Yozgat, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder,right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Kayseri Yolspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2009 | Kayserispor | 234 | (46) |
| 2009–2016 | Fenerbahçe | 151 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Turkey U21 | 22 | (2) |
| 2006–2011 | Turkey | 16 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 December 2015 | |||
Mehmet Topuz (born 7 September 1983) is a Turkish former professionalfootballer who played as amidfielder orright-back forKayserispor andFenerbahçe.
Topuz had begun his career in Yolspor, a local club located inKayseri. He joinedKayserispor in 2000. He has been given several Golden Man of the Month awards which are presented monthly and supported byTurkey Heart Foundation.[1][2][3] His performance atSüper Lig attracted the majorclubs of Turkey. However, Kayserispor Board strongly asserted that they would not let him go and supported their intentions to keep him in the club by advertising onbillboards.[4][5] Afterwards, he extended his contract with the club, eventually becoming the team captain.[6]
He was linked with Spanish sideValencia in May 2008.[7] He played total of six games for Kayserispor inEuropean competitions and scored two goals during theirUEFA Intertoto Cup campaign in the2006 season, in which they became the first team from Turkey to win the competition. Kayserispor qualified for theUEFA Cup and lost 4–3 on aggregate againstAZ in thesecond round. In2007–08 season, he played two games inUEFA Cup qualification, in which Kayserispor lost againstParis Saint-Germain 2–1 on aggregate.
After playing five years for Kayserispor, he became one of the finest Turkish talents during his time and eventually moved to Turkish giantsFenerbahçe in 2009 for a fee of €9 million +Gökhan Emreciksin following a lengthy transfer battle with fellow rival giantsBeşiktaş in which he wore the Beşiktaş jersey after agreeing terms with the club. However the transfer failed when Fenerbahçe secured the deal by arranging an agreement with his club Kayserispor, making him one of the most expensive internalTurkish transfers.
Topuz scored his first goal againstTwente in thefirst group game ofUEFA Europa League from a freekick at 71st minute. Although this game tied the score, Twente scored another goal six minutes later, and sealed a 2–1 win in Istanbul.
Topuz played 22 times forTurkey U21 national team and scored 2 goals. He represented thesenior national team 18 times.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kayserispor | 2000–01 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2002–03 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2003–04 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 30 | 11 | |||
| 2004–05 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 3 | |||
| 2005–06 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2006–07 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 11 | ||
| 2007–08 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 4 | — | 43 | 13 | |||
| 2008–09 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 14 | ||
| Total | 234 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 276 | 60 | ||
| Fenerbahçe | 2009–10 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 4 | |
| 2010–11 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| 2012–13 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 151 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 385 | 53 | 72 | 16 | 36 | 3 | 491 | 73 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2006 | 11 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
