Özgür Çek

Özgür Çek — Biography

Özgür Çek is a Turkish former footballer who can play on the left, both in defense and in midfield, and who spent the most visible part of his career at Fenerbahçe. He also played for Ankaraspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Eskişehirspor, Denizlispor, Manisa FK and Gençlerbirliği. He is 1.73 meters tall.

He started in football at Fenerbahçe's football school in Istanbul. In 2002 he moved to Maltepespor because it was close to home, and in 2004 to Pendikspor; in 2006 he received offers from all three of Istanbul's big clubs and chose Fenerbahçe, the club he dreamed of playing for. There he signed his first professional contract but made no league appearance before being sent to Ankaraspor as part of the deal that brought Özer Hurmacı to Fenerbahçe. He made his professional debut against Gaziantepspor on August 23, 2009. After Ankaraspor were expelled from the league he was loaned to MKE Ankaragücü, made permanent on a five-year deal at the end of the season, and started the first seven matches of 2010-11, scoring twice.

In the winter window of 2011-12 he returned to Fenerbahçe as a free agent; his contract was terminated by mutual consent in early 2013 and he joined Eskişehirspor on a 3.5-year deal. He moved to Denizlispor in January 2020, left Manisa FK in 2022 and on January 12, 2023, signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Gençlerbirliği. In later interviews he talked about his time at Fenerbahçe, criticized the lack of unity at the club and said that going there a second time was a mistake.