Cem Felek

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Cem Felek
Personal information
Full name Cem Felek
Date of birth (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Buchen, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfield
Youth career
2001–2008 SC Viktoria 06 Griesheim
2008–2013 Eintracht Frankfurt
2013–2014 VfL Bochum
2014–2015 Aberdeen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Fatih Karagümrük 0 (0)
2015–2016Antalyaspor (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 RoPS 11 (0)
2018 TSV Steinbach 9 (0)
2018 Levadia 14 (4)
2019–2020 KuPS 0 (0)
2019KuFu-98 (loan) 6 (2)
2019–2020Aris Limassol (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Ginsheim 13 (1)
2022 JK Narva Trans 6 (0)
International career
2010 Turkey U15 1 (0)
2012 Azerbaijan U17 11 (5)
2014 Azerbaijan U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2022

Cem Felek (born 12 May 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in Germany, he has represented both Turkey and Azerbaijan at youth level.

Contents

Club career

Youth career

Born in Buchen, Germany, Felek spent much of his youth career with German sides, most notably a 5-year spell with Eintracht Frankfurt. He was linked with a move to Spanish giants Barcelona in 2010, having scored over 1000 goals at youth level. [1] In 2014, he transferred from Bochum to Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen, [2] where he stayed for a year, making the first-team bench once in 2014 before being released in May 2015. [3]

Fatih Karagümrük

In 2015, he was linked with a move to Turkish giants Galatasaray, [4] but the move never materialised and Felek instead joined TFF Second League side Fatih Karagümrük in July.

Antalyaspor

In August 2015, Felek was loaned to Antalyaspor, where he featured for the Antalya-based club's 'B' team. [5] He made his debut for Antalyaspor senior team in the Turkish Cup 1–0 away victory against Giresunspor on 21 January 2016. Felek also played in the Turkish Cup group stage match, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Lionel Enguene in a 0–0 home draw against Fenerbahçe on 27 January 2016.

RoPS

In January 2017, Cem Felek joined Finnish side RoPS. [6] Felek made his Veikkausliiga debut for RoPS against VPS on 17 April 2017. He scored his first goal for RoPS in the Finnish Cup match against OPS in a 9–0 home victory on 11 February 2017. [7]

KuPS

Felek went back to Finland for the 2019 season. The deal with KuPS was announced on 3 December 2018. [8]

International career

Felek is eligible for Germany through his place of birth, Turkey through his parents, and Azerbaijan through his extended family. [2] He played a single game for the Turkish under-15 side in 2010, a 3–0 victory over The Netherlands. [9] He has represented Azerbaijan at under-17 [10] and under-19 level. In June 2012, he helped the under-17 side win silver medals at the Caspian Cup. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 03 December 2018. [11]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fatih Karagümrük 2015–16 TFF Second League 00000000
2016–17 00000000
Total0000000000
Antalyaspor (loan) 2015–16 Süper Lig 002 [a] 00020
RoPS 2017 Veikkausliiga 1104 [b] 100151
TSV Steinbach 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 90000090
Levadia 2018 Meistriliiga 31010030
Levadia U21 2018 Esiliiga 10000010
Kuopion Palloseura 2019 Veikkausliiga 00000000
Career total241620000301
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Turkish Cup
  2. Appearances in the Finnish Cup

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