Mert Çelik (born 10 June 2000) is a Turkish-born professional

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who plays as a

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for

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

and the Azerbaijan national team.

Club career

Çelik made his debut for

Başakşehir Başakşehir is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 107 km2, and its population is 514,900 (2022). It is in the European part of Istanbul. The district is home to İsta ...

in the

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match against

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 ...

on 24 January 2019. He is grandfather from

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

. On 19 September 2020,

Neftçi PFK Neftçi Peşəkar Futbol Klubu, known simply as Neftçi () or Neftchi Baku, is an Azerbaijani professional association football, football club based in the capital Baku, that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier of Football ...

announced the signing of Çelik on two-year long loan. On 18 October 2020, he made his debut in the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

for Neftçi Baku match against

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. On 18 July 2025, he signed a one-year contract with

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* 2000 births Living people Azerbaijani people of Turkish descent Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Neftçi PFK players Bandırmaspor footballers Sabail FK players Sivasspor footballers Azerbaijan Premier League players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players Turkey men's youth international footballers Azerbaijan men's youth international footballers Azerbaijan men's under-21 international footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub