Mahmut Tekdemir
Mahmut Tekdemir (born 20 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mahmut Tekdemir | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Çermik, Diyarbakır, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defensive midfielder / Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Eroğluspor | ||
| 2000–2003 | Damlaspor | ||
| 2003–2006 | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 336 | (13) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Turkey U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Turkey U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Turkey A2 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015– | Turkey | 12 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:22, 20 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2019 | |||
Tekdemir is a youth and A2 international.[1] He got his first callup in a friendly 2-1 win over Luxembourg.[2]
Controversy
In October 2019, Tekdemir stated open support for the Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.[3][4]
gollark: Interesting! I'm glad that's been resolved.
gollark: Which is possibly true in a lot of cases because of general-purpose computing abilities being slowly eroded, and interesting online platforms lacking (good) APIs, but still.
gollark: An issue with the Raspberry Pi and stuff for computing education is that they separate "programmable computers" and "normal computers" and might make people think they can't do interesting stuff with what they already have.
gollark: I guess so.
gollark: ^
References
- "MAHMUT TEKDEMİR". tff.org. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=139757
- Focus.de: Türkische Spieler salutieren vor Fanblock - Bundesliga-Profis weigern sich (German) October 16, 2019
- Sportbuzzer.de: Trotz UEFA-Verfahrens: Türkei-Spieler zeigen auch gegen Frankreich umstrittenen Salut-Jubel, October 14, 2019
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