Mustafa Pektemek (born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
forward for
TFF First League
The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...
club
Pendikspor.
Career
Early career
Pektemek started his professional career with
Sakaryaspor
Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second level of Turkish football.
History
The club was formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adap ...
in 2006. He went on loan to
Sarıyer
Sarıyer () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 177 km2 and its population is 350,454 (2022). It is on the northeastern part of Istanbul's European side. Sarıyer al ...
for the second half of the 2006–07 season.
On 27 May 2011, he joined
Gençlerbirliği for a fee of €4 million. After breaking his leg at the start of the
2010–11 Süper Lig season, he scored on his first appearance back for Gençlerbirliği six months later, scoring in a 1–0 win against
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir.
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
On 27 May 2011,
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...
announced that Pektemek has been transferred from Gençlerbirliği for €4 million. During the first derby match on the second week of the
2012–13 season against rivals
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...
he suffered a knee injury, leaving the match immediately.
On 20 August 2016, Pektemek joined
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir on a one-year loan.
Career after Besiktas
On 27 July 2019, Pektemek joined
Kasimpasa on a free transfer.
On 14 January 2020, he joined Süper Lig rivals
Alanyaspor
Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...
on a free transfer.
On 27 July 2021, Pektemek signed for
Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...
on a two-year deal.
On 13 January 2023, he joined
1.Lig side
Eyüpspor
Eyüpspor Kulübü, known as ikas Eyüpspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional association football, football club located in the Eyüpsultan district of Istanbul. Their colours are lavender and yellow. Their home ground is Eyü ...
.
Career statistics
Club
International
''Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:''
Honours
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
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Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...
:
2015–16
References
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1988 births
People from Akyazı
Sportspeople from Sakarya Province
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's international footballers
Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
Turkey men's youth international footballers
Turkey men's B international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Sakaryaspor footballers
Sarıyer S.K. footballers
Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K. footballers
Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
Kayserispor footballers
Eyüpspor footballers
Esenler Erokspor footballers
Süper Lig players
TFF 1. Lig players
21st-century Turkish sportsmen
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