Mehmet Topal

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Mehmet Topal
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Mehmet Topal (2016)
Personnel
birthday March 3, 1986
place of birth Malatya ,  Turkey
size 187 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1999-2002 Malatya Belediyespor
2002-2005 Dardanelspor
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2006 Dardanelspor 42 0(4)
2006-2010 Galatasaray Istanbul 82 0(3)
2010–2012 Valencia CF 43 0(1)
2012-2019 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 173 (16)
2019– Istanbul Başakşehir FK 3 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2005 Turkey U-19 1 0(0)
2006 Turkey U20 1 0(0)
2006-2007 Turkey U-21 13 0(1)
2008– Turkey 81 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of October 10, 2019

Mehmet Topal (born March 3, 1986 in Malatya ) is a Turkish football player . His younger brother Ahmet Topal is also a soccer player.

Career

In the club

The beginnings of the professional career

Topal began his professional career with the then Turkish second division club Dardanelspor in Çanakkale . He made his professional debut in Istanbul in January 2005 at the age of 18 in the league game against Sarıyer SK . In the 2005/06 season Topal rose with his team in the third division.

Galatasaray Istanbul

In September 2006, Topal moved shortly after the start of the 2006/07 season for a transfer fee of one million euros to Galatasaray Istanbul . In the same month, at the age of 20, he made his European debut in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League against Girondins Bordeaux . Initially at Galatasaray under coach Eric Gerets , Topal was only a supplementary player, so he was toying with a move to the 2007/08 season .

In the following season Topal stayed with the club and hoped for a regular place under the new coach Karl-Heinz Feldkamp . However, since Tobias Linderoth , an experienced player in his position, had switched to Galatasaray, he only made short appearances in the first half of this season. In the second half of the season Linderoth was seriously injured and had to end the season prematurely. Topal got his chance and convinced. Due to his performance, he was rewarded with a nomination for the national team and an early contract extension until May 2013 on better terms. At the end of his most successful season to date, he won the Turkish championship . Three months later in August 2008 Topal also won the Turkish Supercup.

He made 126 competitive appearances in four years and scored six goals for Galatasaray.

Valencia CF

For the 2010/11 season , Topal moved to Valencia CF in the Primera División in Spain for around five million euros and signed a four-year contract. The first half of the season was unhappy for him. Due to numerous injuries, he was initially rarely used, but then prevailed and has been in the regular formation more often since the second half of the season.

In the 2011/12 season Topal scored the 1-0 winner with a long-range shot in the 100th UEFA Europa League game of Valencia CF in the sixteenth-final first leg against Stoke City . He reached with FC Valencia in third place in the Spanish Championship . In addition, they made it to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League and were eliminated in both cup competitions against the subsequent cup winners FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid .

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

In early July 2012, Topal moved to Fenerbahçe Istanbul for the 2012/13 season for a transfer fee of 4.5 million euros . He signed a four-year contract.

Istanbul Başakşehir FK

In the summer of 2019, after mutual agreement with Fenerbahçe, he terminated his one-year contract and switched to league rivals Istanbul Başakşehir FK .

In the national team

Mehmet Topal in the jersey of the Turkish national soccer team

Topal went through the Turkish youth national teams of the U-19 to U-21, played a total of 15 games and scored one goal.

Because of his performance at Galatasaray Istanbul, the senior national coach Fatih Terim nominated him in early February 2008. He played his first international game for the Turkish senior team on February 6, 2008 in a friendly against Sweden at the age of 21 . Three months later, Topal was appointed to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland .

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was accepted as a regular player in the Turkish squad . He was one of the players who fully played all three group matches. After the group stage, the team was eliminated.

Style of play

Mehmet Topal is a 1.87 meter tall defensive midfielder who can play with both feet. He can play in both central defense and right midfield, but prefers to play in defensive midfield. There Topal cleverly puts the spaces tight; his primary strength lies in intercepting balls and initiating counter-pull. He also has a dangerous shot.

Because of his long legs, good ball control and quick steps, Mehmet Topal is called Spider by fans and the media .

successes

society

National team

Web links

Commons : Mehmet Topal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Game statistics: Sarıyer SK - Dardanelspor 1: 1 from January 30, 2005 on TFF.org
  2. ↑ a b c d e UEFA .com - Turkey can look forward to Topal on February 6, 2008
  3. ↑ UEFA .com: Mehmet Topal, UEFA player profile
  4. ↑ a b UEFA .com - Turkey brings two debutants from February 2, 2008
  5. ↑ a b UEFA .com - New contract for Mehmet Topal from April 27, 2008
  6. ↑ a b Galatasaray Istanbul: Mehmet Topal moves to Valencia CF on May 12, 2010 on Goal.com
  7. ↑ UEFA .com - Galatasarays Mehmet Topal probably at Valencia on May 13, 2010
  8. ↑ Valencia's Mehmet Topal: "Make the most of my run" from February 21, 2011 on Goal.com
  9. ↑ UEFA .com - Match report: Stoke City FC 0-1 Valencia CF - Mehmet scores and Stoke loses on February 16, 2012
  10. ↑ Fenerbahçe SK announces the transfer agreement with Valencia CF (Turkish) from July 1, 2012 on KAP.gov.tr
  11. ↑ Fenerbahçe SK announces the signing of Mehmet Topal (Turkish) on July 1st, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Topal, Mehmet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Malatya