Mustapha Durak (born 13 August 1988) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club Şanlıurfaspor. He is of Turkish descent.

Career

He started his career in the reserve team at his hometown club Strasbourg before moving to Belgium with

Excelsior Virton Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province. The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They were ...

in 2009. He then had a spell with Gap before joining

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...

in the summer of 2011. Durak was part of the team that finished as runners-up in the

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in the 2011–12 season, thereby winning promotion to

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. It was announced at the end of the 2012–13 campaign that Durak, along with four other players, would not be re-signing with Niort for the following season. On 6 October 2020, Durak joined Manisa FK.

References

External links

Mustapha Durak profile
at foot-national.com * * * 1988 births Footballers from Strasbourg French people of Turkish descent Living people French footballers Association football forwards RC Strasbourg Alsace players R.E. Virton players Gap HAFC players Chamois Niortais F.C. players Gaziantepspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Boluspor footballers Manisa FK footballers Şanlıurfaspor footballers Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{France-footy-forward-1980s-stub