Tolga Ciğerci

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Tolga Ciğerci
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Tolga Ciğerci (2012)
Personnel
birthday March 23, 1992
place of birth Nordenham ,  Germany
size 185 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1998-2000 SV Phiesewarden
2000-2005 Arminia Voehrum
2005-2011 VfL Wolfsburg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010 VfL Wolfsburg II 20 (3)
2010-2014 VfL Wolfsburg 6 (0)
2012-2013 → Borussia M'gladbach (loan) 14 (0)
2012 → Borussia M'gladbach II (loan) 5 (1)
2013-2014 → Hertha BSC (loan) 19 (1)
2014-2016 Hertha BSC 20 (0)
2016-2018 Galatasaray Istanbul 42 (6)
2018– Fenerbahçe Istanbul 19 (2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2010-2011 Germany U-19 6 (1)
2012 Germany U-20 2 (0)
2016– Turkey 3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 5, 2019

2 As of August 31, 2018

Tolga Ciğerci [ ˈtɔlɡɑ ˈdʒiːɛɾdʒi ], (born March 23, 1992 in Nordenham ) is a German - Turkish soccer player who has been under contract with Fenerbahçe Istanbul since August 2018 .

Career

Youth teams

From 1998 Ciğerci played for the SV Phiesewarden, a club from his hometown Nordenham. Two years later he moved to Arminia Vöhrum from Peine , for whom he played until 2005. After being recommended by Wolfsburg youth scout Lars Mrosko, he came to VfL Wolfsburg . In Wolfsburg, Tolga Ciğerci went through the youth teams from 2005. From the A-youth he moved to Wolfsburg's second team in the Regionalliga Nord in the 2010/11 season , but trained with the professionals.

societies

VfL Wolfsburg

He made his debut in the Bundesliga on November 28, 2010 in the away game against 1. FC Köln , in which he started for Cícero Santos and played 90 minutes. The game ended 1-1. He also played through the following two games, which also ended in a draw, and then played a few more times. When coach Steve McClaren was dismissed due to the sporting situation, his successors waived Ciğerci. He played for VfL Wolfsburg's A-youth team on June 19, 2011 in the final of the German A-youth championship, which Wolfsburg won 4-2 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern .

Ciğerci's licensed player contract in Wolfsburg initially ran until June 30, 2015.

Borussia Monchengladbach

During the winter break of 2012, VfL Wolfsburg lent Ciğerci to Borussia Mönchengladbach until June 30, 2013 , and a purchase option was also agreed. There he made his debut in the Bundesliga team of Borussia on February 18, 2012 in the game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern when he came on for Marco Reus in stoppage time. He made his first appearance in the starting XI for Mönchengladbach on May 5, 2012 against 1. FSV Mainz 05 . Ciğerci made his international debut on August 21, 2012 in qualifying for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in the home game against Dynamo Kiev .

Hertha BSC

In September 2013 Ciğerci was awarded to Hertha BSC for one year . A purchase option for one million euros was also stipulated in the contract. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga on December 8, 2013 in a 2-0 win against Eintracht Braunschweig . On April 14, 2014, Hertha BSC used the purchase option; he received a contract until 2017.

Galatasaray Istanbul

On August 8, 2016, Ciğerci signed a three-year contract with Galatasaray Istanbul. Hertha BSC received a transfer fee of three million euros for him. Just a few days after his move, he won the Turkish Supercup with Galatasaray . In the 2017/18 season Ciğerci became Turkish champions with Galatasaray. On August 29, 2018, his contract with the Turkish champions was terminated.

National team

Due to the origin of his parents, he is also eligible to play for Turkish national teams, but initially decided to play for the DFB . For the German U-19 national team , he completed five international matches in 2010, scoring the 2-1 lead in a 2-2 friendly against the Dutch U-19 on September 3, 2010.

At the end of September 2012, Ciğerci decided to play for the Turkish national team.

After he had convinced for several weeks after moving to Hertha BSC, the German U-21 national coach Horst Hrubesch contacted Ciğerci in February 2014 and expressed the general interest of the German national teams in Ciğerci and tried to change his mind, but still for German selection teams to play, however, was unsuccessful.

As part of a friendly against the Swedish national team , Ciğerci was nominated by the Turkish national coach Fatih Terim for the first time in his career for the squad of the Turkish national team. On October 6, 2016, Ciğerci made his debut for Turkey in a qualifier for the 2018 World Cup against Ukraine when he came on for Enes Ünal in the second half .

successes

Private

His younger brother Tolcay (* 1995) is also a soccer player. Tolcay played for Hamburger SV until 2016 and since then for SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Berliner AK 07 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fenerbahçe SK announces the free transfer commitment of Tolga Ciğerci (Turkish) on August 31, 2018 (accessed on August 31, 2018).
  2. ↑ Ronald Reng : Mrosko's Talents . Piper, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-492-05593-2 , p. 275.
  3. ↑ Debutant is in the starting blocks. In: fussballtransfers.com , November 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ Ciğerci signed until 2015. In: kicker.de , December 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ a b player profile. In: transfermarkt.de.
  6. ^ Ciğerci to Gladbach. In: vfl-wolfsburg.de.
  7. ↑ Borussia sign Tolga Ciğerci. In: borussia.de.
  8. ↑ Tolga Cigerci changes to Hertha BSC. In: herthabsc.de , September 2, 2013.
  9. ↑ Malte Achilles: Marathon Man. Cigerci runs and runs - to the new contract. In: Berliner Zeitung . 19th November 2013.
  10. ↑ Tolga Ciğerci remains Herthaner. In: herthabsc.de , April 14, 2014.
  11. ^ Tolga Ciğerci Galatasaray'da. In: Galatasaray Istanbul. August 8, 2016, accessed August 8, 2014.
  12. ↑ galatasaray.org: Tolga Cigerci'nin sözleşmesi feshedildi , accessed on August 29, 2018.
  13. ↑ M'gladbach'ın 'ciğeri' artık A Milli. In: Milliyet . September 26, 2012 (Turkish).
  14. ↑ Tolga Cigerci von Mönchengladbach opts for Turkey. In: ligablatt.de , September 25, 2012.
  15. ↑ Cigerci wants to play for Turkey. In: n24.de , February 21, 2014, accessed on March 1, 2014.
  16. ↑ A Milli Takım'ın İsveç maçı aday kadrosu ve kamp programı açıklandı. In: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu . (TTF), February 28, 2014, accessed March 1, 2014.
  17. ↑ Turkey - Ukraine, October 6, 2016 . In: weltfussball.de , October 6, 2016, accessed on October 7, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Ciğerci, Tolga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cigerci, Tolga (own spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Turkish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordenham , Germany