Umut Meraş

Cengiz Umut Meraş (born 20 December 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.

Umut Meraş
Meraş with Beşiktaş in 2023
Personal information
Full name Cengiz Umut Meraş
Date of birth (1995-12-20) 20 December 1995
Place of birth Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 77
Youth career
2008–2011 Şehremini
2011–2012 Sarıyer
2012–2013 Yeşilköy
2013–2014 Boluspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Boluspor 79 (2)
2018–2019 Bursaspor 27 (2)
2019–2021 Le Havre 57 (1)
2021– Beşiktaş 37 (0)
International career
2019– Turkey 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:47, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:17, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Club career

On 31 August 2018, Meraş moved to Bursaspor after a couple successful seasons with Boluspor.[2] The transaction costed a reported amount of TRY2.25m.[3] Meraş made his Süper Lig debut for Bursaspor against İstanbul Başakşehir, ending 0–0, on 21 September 2018.[4]

In August 2019, Meraş joined Ligue 2 side Le Havre AC on a four-year contract[5] and played for two seasons.

In August 2021, Meraş returned to Süper Lig by signing to Beşiktaş.[6]

International career

Meraş made his debut for the Turkey national team on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Greece, as a starter.[7]

Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 201960
202030
202160
Total150

Honours

Beşiktaş

References

  1. "Umut Meraş". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. "Umut Meraş Bursaspor'da!". www.bursasporum.com.
  3. "Bursaspor'un yeni 'Umut'u" [The new "Umut" [hope] of Bursaspor] (in Turkish). Habertürk. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. "BURSASPOR MEDİPOL BAŞAKŞEHİR FK - Maç Detayları TFF". tff.org.
  5. Garnault, Delphine (13 August 2019). "Football: Umut Meras nouvelle recrue du Havre". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. "Son dakika transfer haberi: Beşiktaş Umut Meraş'ı renklerine bağladı". Fotomaç. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.
  8. "Umut Meraş". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 October 2021.


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