Vefa Temel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Nantes, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | İstanbulspor | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nantes | |||
| 2018–2020 | Bursaspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Bursaspor | 16 | (0) |
| 2022– | İstanbulspor | 53 | (5) |
| 2025 | → Bursaspor (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Türkiye U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2024 | Türkiye U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 March 2024 | |||
Vefa Temel (born 3 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF 1. Lig club İstanbulspor. Born in France, Temel was a youth international for Turkey.
Career
[edit]Temel is a youth product of the French club Nantes, before moving to Turkey with Bursaspor's youth academy in 2018.[1] On 14 September 2020 he signed his first professional contract with Bursaspor until 2023.[2] On 30 May 2022, he terminated his contract with Bursaspor.[3] He controversially signed with Giresunspor in June 2022 for 5 years, but Bursaspor sued the club and the transfer certificate was not issued. Instead, Temel signed a 5-year contract with İstanbulspor on 15 September 2022.[4] On 10 November 2022, he made his first professional appearance in a 3–2 Turkish Cup win over Etimesgut Belediyespor.[5]
International career
[edit]Temel is of Turkish descent. He represented the Turkey under-19s in 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ lden-kacti-405031
- ↑ Gazetesi, Olay (16 September 2020). "Gözler Vefa Temel'de".
- ↑ "Vefa Temel "Hakkınızı helal edin!"". 30 May 2022.
- ↑ "Giresunspor'un Transfer Ettiği Vefa Temel, İstanbulspor'a İmza Attı". ajansspor.com.
- ↑ "Ziraat Türkiye Kupası: İstanbulspor, Etimesgut Belediyespor'u 118. dakikada geçti". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 10 November 2022.
- ↑ "U19 Milli Takım aday kadrosu açıklandı". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 13 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Vefa Temel at Soccerway
- Vefa Temel at the Turkish Football Federation
- 2002 births
- Footballers from Nantes
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- French sportspeople of Turkish descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- Turkish men's footballers
- Turkey men's youth international footballers
- Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
- Bursaspor footballers
- İstanbulspor footballers
- Süper Lig players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- TFF 3. Lig players