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Tolga Ciğerci

{{short description|Turkish footballer}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tolga Ciğerci

| image = Cigercibmg.jpg

| caption = Ciğerci in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|03|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nordenham, Germany

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = MKE Ankaragücü

| clubnumber = 30

| youthyears1 = 2005–2010

| youthclubs1 = VfL Wolfsburg

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = VfL Wolfsburg II

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2010–2014

| clubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg

| caps2 = 6

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = → Borussia Mönchengladbach II (loan)

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = → Hertha BSC (loan)

| caps5 = 19

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2014–2016

| clubs6 = Hertha BSC

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Hertha BSC II

| caps7 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2016–2018

| clubs8 = Galatasaray

| caps8 = 42

| goals8 = 6

| years9 = 2018–2021

| clubs9 = Fenerbahçe U21

| caps9 = 30

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2019

| clubs10 = Fenerbahçe

| caps10 = 2

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2021–2022

| clubs11 = İstanbul Başakşehir

| caps11 = 46

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2022–2023

| clubs12 = MKE Ankaragücü

| caps12 = 16

| goals12 = 2

| years13 = 2023

| clubs13 = Hertha BSC

| caps13 = 11

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2023–

| clubs14 = MKE Ankaragücü

| caps14 = 27

| goals14 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2011

| nationalteam1 = Germany U19

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2011

| nationalteam2 = Germany U20

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2016–2022

| nationalteam3 = Turkey

| nationalcaps3 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 25 June 2024

| nationalteam-update = 15 April 2018

}}

Tolga Ciğerci ({{IPA|tr|ˈtoɫɡa ˈdʒiːeɾdʒi}}; born 23 March 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for MKE Ankaragücü. He represented Germany at under-19 and under-20 level, before switching his allegiance to Turkey.

Club career

Ciğerci signed a three-year deal on 14 April 2014 with Hertha BSC to move permanently, after a full season on loan.{{cite news|title=Hertha kauft Tolga Cigerci|url=http://www.berliner-kurier.de/hertha-bsc/fuer-1-5-mio-hertha-kauft-tolga-cigerci-,7168990,26845394.html|accessdate=12 May 2014|newspaper=Berliner Kurier|date=14 April 2014|language=German}}

Ciğerci signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Galatasaray on 8 August 2016 for an initial fee of €3 million.{{cite news|title = Tolga Ciğerci Galatasaray'da|url=http://galatasaray.org/haber/gs-sportif-a-s/tolga-cigerci-galatasarayda/32954|publisher=Galatasaray SK|language=Turkish|date=8 August 2016|accessdate=8 August 2016}}

On 31 January 2023, Ciğerci returned to Hertha BSC on a 1.5-year deal.{{cite web|publisher=Hertha BSC|url=https://www.herthabsc.com/en/news/2023/01/tolga-cigerci-transfer-2223|title=TOLGA CIĞERCI RETURNS TO HERTHA BSC!|date=31 January 2023|access-date=3 February 2023}}

On 11 July 2023, Ciğerci returned back to MKE Ankaragücü on a 2-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=MKE Ankaragücü|url=https://ankaragucu.org.tr/tolga-cigerci-yeniden-ankaragucumuzde/|title=Tolga Ciğerci Yeniden Ankaragücü’müzde!|date=11 July 2023|language=tr}}

International career

Ciğerci played for Germany U-19 and U-20 teams, however, he chose to represent Turkey at senior level and was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on 31 August 2016 and subsequently made his debut in a World Cup 2018 qualifying 1-1 tie against Croatia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231757/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332126/index.html FIFA.com]

Personal life

His younger brother, Tolcay Ciğerci, is also a midfielder, and made his professional debut for Hamburger SV in 2014.{{cite web | url = http://www.ligainsider.de/tolcay-cigerci_5597/debuetiert-in-der-bundesliga-94072/ | title = Debütiert in der Bundesliga | date = 24 September 2014 | publisher = ligainsider.de | accessdate = 24 September 2014}}

Career statistics

{{updated|8 August 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Wolfsburg

|2010–11{{cite web |title=Tolga Ciğerci » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tolga-cigerci/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 August 2022}}

|Bundesliga

|6

01000colspan="2"|–70
rowspan="3"|VfL Wolfsburg II

|2010–11

|Regionalliga Nord

|9

1colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–91
2010–11

|Regionalliga Nord

|11

2colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–112
colspan="2"|Total

!20

3000000203
rowspan="3"|Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)

|2011–12

|Bundesliga

|2

00000colspan="2"|–20
2012–13

|Bundesliga

|12

00061colspan="2"|–181
colspan="2"|Total

!14

0006100201
rowspan="3"|Borussia Mönchengladbach II (loan)

|2011–12

|Regionalliga West

|4

1colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–41
2012–13

|Regionalliga West

|1

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–10
colspan="2"|Total

!5

100000051
Hertha BSC (loan)

|2013–14

|Bundesliga

|19

11000colspan="2"|–201
Hertha BSC II (loan)

|2013–14

|Regionalliga Nordost

|2

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–20
rowspan="3"|Hertha BSC

|2014–15

|Bundesliga

|2

00000colspan="2"|–20
2015–16

|Bundesliga

|18

01000colspan="2"|–190
colspan="2"|Total

!20

0100000210
rowspan="3"|Galatasaray

|2016–17{{Soccerway|158568}}

|Süper Lig

|24

000001{{efn|Appearance in Turkish Super Cup}}0250
2017–18

|Süper Lig

|18

64020colspan="2"|–246
colspan="2"|Total

!42

6402010496
rowspan="4"|Fenerbahçe

|2018–19

|Süper Lig

|0

00000colspan="2"|–00
2019–20

|Süper Lig

|26

27000colspan="2"|–332
2020–21

|Süper Lig

|4

00000colspan="2"|–40
colspan="2"|Total

!30

2700000372
Fenerbahçe U21

|2018–19

|U21 Ligi

|2

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–20
rowspan="3"|İstanbul Başakşehir

|2020–21

|Süper Lig

|14

11000colspan="2"|–151
2021–22

|Süper Lig

|32

10000colspan="2"|–321
colspan="2"|Total

!46

2100000471
colspan="3"|Career total

!206

15150811023016

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Honours

Galatasaray

References

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External links

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  • {{TFF player|1377057}}
  • {{UEFA player|250023700}}
  • {{Fussballdaten|cigercitolga}}
  • {{WorldFootball.net|tolga-cigerci}}
  • {{Soccerway|tolga-cigerci/158568}}

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Category:1992 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Nordenham

Category:German sportspeople of Turkish descent

Category:Turkish men's footballers

Category:German men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Lower Saxony

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Turkey men's international footballers

Category:Germany men's youth international footballers

Category:Bundesliga players

Category:Regionalliga players

Category:Süper Lig players

Category:VfL Wolfsburg players

Category:VfL Wolfsburg II players

Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach players

Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach II players

Category:Hertha BSC players

Category:Hertha BSC II players

Category:Galatasaray S.K. footballers

Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers

Category:İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players

Category:MKE Ankaragücü footballers

Category:21st-century German sportsmen

Category:21st-century Turkish sportsmen