Tolgahan Çiçek

Tolgahan Çiçek — Biography

Tolgahan Çiçek is a left-back who was born in the Netherlands and chose to play for Turkey. The son of a family of Turkish descent, he began his international path with the Netherlands under-15 side before continuing with Turkey's under-21 team; he once put the choice in the words "I would always choose Turkey".

He came up in Groningen's academy and was part of De Graafschap's first team from 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 August 2014 against Almere City, replacing Caner Cavlan eight minutes before the final whistle, and made his first start on 25 September in a cup tie against DOSKO. He played for Adana Demirspor in 2017–18 and in August 2019 moved to Nevşehir Belediyespor in the TFF Third League. A year later he signed with Niğde Anadolu in the Second League. In later years he played for Hacettepe Spor and joined Third League side Osmaniyespor FK.

He made his Turkey under-21 debut in a 1–0 loss to Cyprus U21.