Çekdar Orhan
Turkish footballer
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Çekdar Orhan (born 8 March 1998) is a Turkish football player of Kurdish origin residing in Germany. He most recently played for Amedspor in the Turkish Super League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Hakkâri, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Amedspor | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2015 | Wuppertaler SV | ||
| 2016–2017 | 1. FC Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2017–2018 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | ||
| 2018–2019 | Galatasaray | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Akhisarspor | 43 | (5) |
| 2021–2024 | Giresunspor | 19 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Tuzlaspor (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Tuzlaspor (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Amedspor (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2024–2026 | Amedspor | 49 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Turkey U16 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:08, 2 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Turkey and raised in Germany, Orhan is a youth product of the German clubs Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wuppertaler SV, 1. FC Mönchengladbach and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He returned to Turkey to join the academy of Galatasaray in 2018.[1] He began his senior career with Akhisarspor in the TFF First League in 2019, before transferring to Giresunspor on 15 August 2021.[2] He made his professional debut with Giresunspor in a 2-1 Süper Lig loss to Antalyaspor on 1 November 2021.[3]
Personal life
Orhan is the nephew of the Kurdish actors Yılmaz Erdoğan and Ersin Korkut.[4]