Mehmet Topuz (born 7 September 1983) is a former Turkish footballer, who last played for Fenerbahçe.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 International
• 4 Honors
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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. His performance at Süper Lig attracted the major clubs of Turkey. However, Kayserispor Board strongly *erted that they will not let him go and supported their intentions to keep him in the club by advertising on billboards. Afterwards, he extended his contract with the club, eventually becoming the team captain.

Topuz in 2013

He has been linked with Spanish side Valencia in May 2008. He played total of 6 games for Kayserispor in European compe*ions and scored 2 goals during their UEFA Intertoto Cup campaign in the 2006 season, in which they became the first team from Turkey to win the compe*ion. Kayserispor qualified for the UEFA Cup and lost 4–3 on aggregate against AZ in the second round. In 2007–08 season, he played 2 games in UEFA Cup qualification, in which Kayserispor lost against Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 on aggregate.

After playing 5 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 6 minutes later, and sealed a 1–2 win in Istanbul.

International career

He played 22 times for Turkey U-21 and scored 2 goals. Topuz has also represented the Turkish national football team 18 times.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2016

International

Honors

Kayserispor

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006
• Türkiye Kupası: 2007–08

Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 2010–11, 2013–14
• Türkiye Kupası: 2011–12, 2012–13
• Süper Kupa: 2009, 2014

References

Notes

Citations

External links

• Mehmet Topuz at the Turkish Football Federation
• Mehmet Topuz – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)