Cebrail Makreckis (born 10 May 2000) is a Latvian

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who plays as a

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for Hungarian club

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Club career

On 19 January 2022, Makreckis joined

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club Viktoria 1889 Berlin.

Ferencváros

On 8 June 2023, he was signed by

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club

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. In an interview with

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, he said that he likes playing as a right defender for

. Since

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got injured and

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was not ready to play as right defenders, Csaba Máté asked him to play as a right defender. On 20 April 2024, the

–

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tie ended with a goalless draw at the

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on the 29th match day of the

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season which meant that Ferencváros won their 35th championship. On 15 May 2024, Ferencváros were defeated by Paks 2–0 in the

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at the

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International career

Makreckis is a former youth international for the Latvia under-19 team, making his debut against

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as a substitute. Makreckis featured seven times for Latvia under-19, scoring once. He is also eligible to represent the Morocco, Turkish and Germany national teams.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makreckis, Cebrail 2000 births Living people Footballers from Aachen Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's youth international footballers Latvian people of Turkish descent Latvian people of German descent Latvian people of Moroccan descent German men's footballers German people of Moroccan descent German people of Turkish descent German people of Latvian descent Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria German expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Men's association football midfielders Bayer 04 Leverkusen players SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 players Regionalliga players Bonner SC players Borussia Dortmund II players 3. Liga players FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Ferencvárosi TC footballers