İsmail Zehir (born 29 June 2003) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

club

İnegölspor İnegölspor is a Turkish sports club located in İnegöl, Bursa Province Bursa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in ...

on loan from

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...

Club career

Zehir is a youth product of the academies of

Kartalspor Kartalspor is a sports club located in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006–2007 season. Kartal SK started t ...

and

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

. He transferred to

on a 5-year contract on 15 August 2021 as part of a deal that sent Berkan Kutlu the other way. He made his professional and

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

debut with Alanyaspor as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

on 22 May 2022. On 14 January 2023, Zehir joined Batman Petrolspor on loan.

International career

Zehir is a youth international for Turkey, having most recently played for the Turkey U19s.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zehir, Ismail 2003 births Living people People from Pendik Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Alanyaspor footballers Batman Petrolspor footballers İnegölspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF Second League players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen