Melih İbrahimoğlu

{{Short description|Turkish footballer (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Melih İbrahimoğlu

| image =

| full_name =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|07|17}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| height = 1.75 m{{Soccerway|543626}}

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Konyaspor

| clubnumber = 77

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| youthclubs1 = Rapid Wien

| years1 = 2018–2021

| clubs1 = Rapid Wien II

| caps1 = 42

| goals1 = 11

| years2 = 2019–2021

| clubs2 = Rapid Wien

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2021–2024

| clubs3 = Heracles Almelo

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023

| clubs4 = → Admira Wacker (loan)

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2024

| clubs5 = Egnatia

| caps5 = 20

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = Konyaspor

| caps6 = 4

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = Austria U20

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2020

| nationalteam2 = Turkey U21

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 1 June 2024

| nationalteam-update = 17 November 2020

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Melih İbrahimoğlu (born 17 July 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Konyaspor. Born in Austria, he represents Turkey internationally.

Club career

In the 2018–19 season, Ibrahimoglu scored 7 goals and made 12 assists for Rapid Wien II, Rapid Wien's reserve team playing in the Austrian third tier.{{cite web |last1=Mandl |first1=Daniel |title=Ibrahimoglu: Kühbauer holt den "heimlichen Nachwuchsstar" in die Bundesliga |url=https://abseits.at/fusball-in-osterreich/bundesliga/ibrahimoglu-kuehbauer-holt-den-heimlichen-nachwuchsstar-in-die-bundesliga/ |website=abseits.at |access-date=21 April 2020 |language=German |date=4 October 2019}} In the following 2019–20 season he made his first-team debut in the Austrian Bundesliga in a 3–3 draw against TSV Hartberg.

On 23 December 2022, İbrahimoğlu agreed to join Admira Wacker on loan for the second half of the 2022–23 season.{{cite web|publisher=Admira Wacker|url=https://flyeralarmadmira.at/fc-flyeralarm-admira-holt-melih-ibrahimoglu/|title=FC Flyeralarm Admira holt Melih Ibrahimoglu|date=23 December 2022|access-date=23 January 2023|language=de}}

International career

Born in Austria, Ibrahimoglu is of Turkish descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/rapid-wienli-melihin-gozu-milli-takimda-328903h.htm|title=Rapid Wienli Melih'in gözü Milli Takımda|date=16 July 2017|website=Özgür Kocaeli}} Ibrahimoglu made two appearances for the Austria U20 national team in 2019.{{cite web |title=Melih Ibrahimoglu |url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/Spieler/6571278 |website=oefb.at |access-date=21 April 2020 |language=German}} İbrahimoğlu switched to represent the Turkey U21s, and debuted with them in a 3–0 win over Kosovo U21 on 17 November 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=628&ftxtID=34171|title=Ümit Milli Takım, Kosova'yı 3-0 yendi - Milli Takımlar Haber Detay Sayfası TFF|website=www.tff.org}}

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