Mervan Çelik

Mervan Çelik — Biography

Mervan Çelik is a Swedish footballer who came up at GAIS and rose as far as Serie A, then played in Turkey for Gençlerbirliği and Akhisar Belediyespor. A winger and midfielder, he holds Swedish and Turkish citizenship and played for Sweden's youth national teams.

After playing for IF Warta and BK Häcken as a youth, he joined GAIS in 2007. He began as a striker and later moved to inner midfield and the wing. He made his Allsvenskan debut against GIF Sundsvall on 20 July 2008, scored his first goal against Kalmar FF in 2009 and signed a three-year contract that year. In January 2012 he agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Scotland's Rangers; when the club went into administration he left in March 2012 without compensation and returned to GAIS for eight months. In 2012-13 he played 23 Serie A matches for newly promoted Pescara and scored 4 goals, the first in a 3-2 defeat by Sampdoria.

He transferred to Gençlerbirliği in July 2013 and to Akhisar Belediyespor in August 2015. He later played for Häcken, winning the 2018-19 Swedish Cup, and also wore the shirt of Fatih Karagümrük before joining Amedspor in the second tier in September 2021. He made his Sweden U-21 debut against Norway on 2 June 2011 and scored twice in a 4-1 win.