Mehmet Topuz

Mehmet Topuz (born 7 September 1983) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or right-back for Kayserispor and Fenerbahçe.

Mehmet Topuz
Topuz with Fenerbahçe
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983
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, correct as of 19 December 2015

Club career

Topuz had begun his career in Yolspor, a local club located in Kayseri. He joined Kayserispor in 2000. He has been given several Golden Man of the Month awards which are presented monthly and supported by Turkey Heart Foundation.[1][2][3] His performance at Süper Lig attracted the major clubs 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 on billboards.[4][5] Afterwards, he extended his contract with the club, eventually becoming the team captain.[6]

Topuz in 2013

He was linked with Spanish side Valencia in May 2008.[7] He played total of six games for Kayserispor in European competitions and scored two goals during their UEFA Intertoto Cup campaign in the 2006 season, in which they became the first team from Turkey to win the competition. Kayserispor qualified for the UEFA Cup and lost 4–3 on aggregate against AZ in the second round. In 2007–08 season, he played two games in UEFA Cup qualification, in which Kayserispor lost against Paris 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 giants Fenerbahçe in 2009 for a fee of €9 million + Gökhan Emreciksin following a lengthy transfer battle with fellow rival giants Beşiktaş 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 internal Turkish transfers.

Topuz scored his first goal against Twente in the first group game of UEFA 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.

International career

Topuz played 22 times for Turkey U21 national team and scored 2 goals. He represented the senior national team 18 times.

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kayserispor 2000–01 10110—111
2001–02 11000—110
2002–03 22310—233
2003–04 291011—3011
2004–05 34340—383
2005–06 32371—394
2006–07 32851824511
2007–08 339104—4313
2008–09 28965203614
Total 23446341210227660
Fenerbahçe 2009–10 2816281424
2010–11 3411020371
2011–12 33340—373
2012–13 22190130441
2013–14 2402030290
2014–15 718200153
2015–16 308100111
Total 15173850021513
Career total 38553721636349173
  1. Includes Turkish Cup, Turkish Super Cup

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 2006110
200730
200810
201110
Total160

Honors
Kayserispor
Fenerbahçe

References
  1. "Şubat Ayının Altın Adamı Mehmet Topuz" (in Turkish). netbul.com. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. "Altın Adam Mehmet Topuz" (in Turkish). spor3.com. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  3. "Altın adam Mehmet Topuz!" (in Turkish). ajansspor.com. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  4. "Kayseri'den Bilbordlu Tepki" (in Turkish). gazetespor.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  5. "Kayserispor'dan büyüklere afişli tepki" (in Turkish). tumgazeteler.com. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  6. "Topuz işi uzattı!" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 4 July 2005. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  7. "Valencia Mehmet Topuz'un peşinde" (in Turkish). sabah.com.tr. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
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