Tolcay Ciğerci

{{short description|Turkish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|1|24|df=y}}

|birth_place = Nordenham, Germany

|height = 1.80 m

|position = Midfielder

|currentclub = Energie Cottbus

|clubnumber = 10

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Arminia Vöhrum

|youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2010

|youthclubs2 = VfB Peine

|youthyears3 = 2010–2014

|youthclubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg

|years1 = 2014–2016

|clubs1 = Hamburger SV II

|caps1 = 30

|goals1 = 10

|years2 = 2014–2017

|clubs2 = Hamburger SV

|caps2 = 1

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2017

|clubs3 = Greuther Fürth

|caps3 = 10

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2017–2018

|clubs4 = Greuther Fürth II

|caps4 = 25

|goals4 = 4

|years5 = 2018–2019

|clubs5 = Berliner AK

|caps5 = 24

|goals5 = 7

|years6 = 2019–2020

|clubs6 = Berliner AK

|caps6 = 15

|goals6 = 5

|years7 = 2020–2021

|clubs7 = VSG Altglienicke

|caps7 = 10

|goals7 = 9

|years8 = 2021–2022

|clubs8 = Viktoria Berlin

|caps8 = 14

|goals8 = 7

|years9 = 2022

|clubs9 = Samsunspor

|caps9 = 5

|goals9 = 0

|years10 = 2022–2024

|clubs10 = VSG Altglienicke

|caps10 = 66

|goals10 = 34

|years11 = 2024–

|clubs11 = Energie Cottbus

|caps11 = 36

|goals11 = 15

|nationalyears1 = 2013

|nationalteam1 = Turkey U18

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|club-update = 24 May 2025

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Tolcay Ciğerci (born 24 January 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{German football updater|Cottbus}} club Energie Cottbus. Born in Germany, he has represented Turkey at youth level.

Career

Ciğerci made his professional debut on 24 September 2014, replacing Zoltán Stieber for the final 17 minutes of Hamburg's 1–0 Bundesliga defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach.{{cite news|title=Kein Tor, kein Sieg: Ernüchterung beim Hamburger SV|trans-title=No goal, no win: disillusionment at Hamburger SV|url=http://www.goal.com/de/match/borussia-mgladbach-vs-hamburger-sv/1713463/report?ICID=MP_MS_5|accessdate=10 May 2015|work=Goal.com|date=24 September 2014|language=German}}

In January 2017, Ciğerci joined SpVgg Greuther Fürth, initially playing for the club's reserves.{{cite news|title=Fürth II will mit Cigerci "wieder angreifen"|url=https://www.kicker.de/fuerth-ii-will-mit-cigerci-wieder-angreifen-668376/artikel|access-date=1 July 2017|work=kicker Online|date=10 January 2017|language=German}} He then joined Berliner AK 07 in the summer 2018, but left at the end of the season where his contract expired. However, he resigned from the club on 6 September 2019, signing a contract for the rest of the season.[https://www.fupa.net/berichte/berliner-ak-der-berliner-ak-bindet-tolcay-cigerci-2470771.html Der Berliner AK bindet Tolcay Cigerci], fupa.net, 6 September 2019

On 11 January 2022, Ciğerci signed a 2.5-year contract with Samsunspor.{{cite press release|publisher=Samsunspor|url=https://www.samsunspor.org.tr/haberDetay.php?id=6245|title=HOŞ GELDİN TOLCAY CİĞERCİ|date=11 January 2022|access-date=8 February 2022|language=tr}}

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Sivasspor midfielder Tolga Ciğerci,{{cite web | url = https://www.ligainsider.de/tolcay-cigerci_5597/debuetiert-in-der-bundesliga-94072/ | title = Debütiert in der Bundesliga | publisher = ligainsider.de | accessdate = 24 September 2014}} who has played at youth level for Germany.

References

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