Bilal Çubukçu (born 16 May 1987) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for Bezirksliga Berlin club Anadoluspor Berlin.

Club career

Youth

Çubukçu grew up in

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. He played his first youth football at local clubs Anadoluspor Berlin and Rot-Weiß Neukölln. He then joined

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before moving to

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's youth academy in 2002. There, he impressed with his performances that helped the team win the

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in his debut season after a 4–1 win over

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. The following year, Çubukçu won the U19 DFB-Pokal by beating

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5–0 in the final in May 2004.

Professional

Çubukçu made his debut for

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in the 2005–06 Regionalliga season, making a total of five appearances. In the following season, he made 22 appearances. However, Hertha's second team were relegated at the end of the season. In 2007–08, Çubukçu helped his club to the league title with 12 goals and 11 assists, which earned him a place in the first team. He was initially allowed to practice there, but was not brought to training camp by coach

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, after which he left the club for Turkey and signed a contract with Gençlerbirliği. After some strong initial performances, he became a reserve after a new coach was brought in, whereupon he terminated his contract by mutual consent with the club. In January 2011, Çubukçu returned to Germany, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club

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. After his contract expired, he left the club. In the following season, he agreed a deal with Turkish

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club

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. He left the club again in the 2012 winter transfer window after his contract was terminated. For the second half of the 2012–13 season, he signed with Turkish third division club

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. Afterwards, stints followed at lower league clubs in Germany. In the summer of 2016, Çubukçu wanted to leave

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after two years and join Turkish third division club

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, but due to the politically uncertain situation, he changed his mind and renewed his contract with Babelsberg. For the 2017–18 season, Çubukçu moved to

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club

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, where he was also immediately named captain. He stayed here for two seasons before returning to

in July 2019. In September 2020, Çubukçu moved to

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to join local football club

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Later career

In April 2021, Çubukçu signed with

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club

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. After a year, he returned to childhood club Anadoluspor Berlin in the

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. In 2023, he joined Landesliga Berlin 2 club BFC Meteor 06.

International career

Çubukçu progressed through the youth teams from Turkey U17 to Turkey U21, playing a total of 28 games.

References

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