Murat Ceylan (born 2 March 1988) is a Turkish former

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Life and career

Ceylan was born in

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, Turkey. He began his career with local club

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in 2002, eventually moving to cross-town rivals

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in 2004. Ceylan made his debut that same season, against

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, playing two matches in total. However, he spent the majority of the season in the youth leagues, making 27 appearances. He was loaned half way through the 2005-06 season to another Gaziantep based club, Gaskispor. He returned to Gaziantespor at the start of the 2007-08 season. He was linked with

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at the end of the 2009-10 season, but a move never materialized. On the last day of the January transfer market 2019, Ceylan was one of 22 players on two hours, that signed for Turkish club

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.Turkish Club Break Transfer Record By Signing 22 Players In Two Hours
sportbible.com, 31 January 2019 had been placed under a transfer embargo but managed to negotiate it with the Turkish FA, leading to them going on a mad spree of signing and registering a load of players despite not even having a permanent manager in place. In just two hours, they managed to snap up a record 22 players - 12 coming in on permanent contracts and a further 10 joining on loan deals until the end of the season.

International career

Ceylan was first called up to the Turkey U-17 squad in September 2004 for two matches against the

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U-17s, but was not capped. He earned his first cap for the U-17 squad in a match against

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on 22 December 2004. He has been capped for the U-19 team and for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceylan, Murat 1988 births Footballers from Gaziantep Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Men's association football midfielders Gaziantepspor footballers Gaskispor footballers Samsunspor footballers Mersin Talim Yurdu footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Elazığspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen