Tolcay Ciğerci

Tolcay Ciğerci — Biography

Tolcay Ciğerci is a Turkish-German midfielder who was born in Germany, has played for Turkey's youth national teams and has spent most of his career in the German lower divisions. He now plays in midfield for Energie Cottbus and was one of the names behind the club's promotion to a higher division in spring 2026. His older brother Tolga Ciğerci, who has played for Germany's youth teams, plays in the same side.

He began in football at Hamburg and made his professional debut on September 24, 2014, coming on in place of Zoltán Stieber at Borussia Mönchengladbach in a Bundesliga match his team lost 1-0. In January 2017 he moved to Greuther Fürth, first playing for the reserves. He then went to Berliner AK 07; his contract expired at the end of the season and he left, but on September 6, 2019, he signed with the club again for the rest of that season. In later years he also wore the shirts of Altglienicke and Viktoria Berlin.

On January 11, 2022, he returned to Turkey with a two-and-a-half-year contract at Samsunspor, but the two parted ways in July 2022. He went back to Germany and joined Energie Cottbus. When his brother arrived at the club in February 2026 the two played together, and in May 2026 they had a share in the historic German club's promotion to a higher league.