Mehmet Tayfun Dingil (born 28 November 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

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

Iğdır Iğdır (; or ; ; or ) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Iğdır Province and Iğdır District.

Club career

Dingil kicked off his career with amateur Blauw Geel '38 before signing for

JVC Cuijk JVC Cuijk is a Dutch association football club from Cuijk, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1931 and plays in Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Netherlands, Dutch football, in the Sunday league. The team plays home games at Sportpark De Groen ...

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...

in 2012. In 2014, he entered fully pro football by signing for

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and ...

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

with whom he made his professional debut. He moved to

Menemen Belediyespor Menemen Futbol Kulübü, formerly Menemen Belediyespor and Menemenspor, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club located in the Menemen district of İzmir Province, İzmir that competes in TFF Second League. The club colours ...

in summer 2016. In June 2022, Dingil joined

TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Foot ...

club

Iğdır Iğdır (; or ; ; or ) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Iğdır Province and Iğdır District.

, after having played for several Turkish clubs the previous seasons, including

Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...

Afjet Afyonspor Afjet Afyonspor (2013) is a Turkish professional football club based in Afyonkarahisar, which currently competes in the TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level i ...

Sancaktepe Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022). In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part o ...

, and Ankara Keçiörengücü. He helped Iğdır reach promotion to the

in his first season at the club.

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1989 births Footballers from Veghel Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Blauw Geel '38 players JVC Cuijk players Achilles '29 players Menemen F.K. footballers Hatayspor footballers Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers Çorum F.K. footballers Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub