Sadık Çiftpinar (born 1 January 1993) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for Kasımpaşa.

Sadık Çiftpinar
Çiftpinar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Sadık Çiftpınar[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Seyhan, Turkey
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Kasımpaşa
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2009 Seyhan Belediyespor
2009–2013 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Trabzon Akçaabat 45 (4)
2015–2019 Yeni Malatyaspor 109 (2)
2019–2021 Fenerbahçe 19 (1)
2021–2022 Yeni Malatyaspor 24 (0)
2022– Kasımpaşa 36 (1)
International career
2009–2010 Turkey U17 4 (1)
2010–2011 Turkey U18 6 (0)
2011 Turkey U19 3 (0)
2012–2013 Turkey U20 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2017

Professional career

edit

Çiftpinar joined Yeni Malatyaspor in January 2015[2] and helped them through two successful promotions from the TFF Second League into the Süper Lig.[3] Çiftpinar made his professional debut for Yeni Malatyaspor in a 4–2 Süper Lig win over Kardemir Karabükspor on 24 September 2017.[4]

He joined Fenerbahçe signing a 3.5 year contract, with an option of an extra season, on 5 January 2019.[5]

On 18 August 2021, Çiftpınar returned to Yeni Malatyaspor, after parting ways with Fenerbahçe.[6]

In the summer of 2022, Çiftpınar signed with Kasımpaşa.[7]

Controversy

edit

In Yeni Malatyaspor's match with Kasımpaşa, Çiftpınar wanted to leave the game after being booed for signalling his genitalia to the crowd following his mistake in his club's second goal conceded. After the event, he was left out of the squad for an indefinite amount of time.[8]

Career statistics

edit

Club

edit
As of 17 November 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Trabzon Akçaabat TFF Third League 2013–14 30 2 0 0 30 2
2014–15 15 2 2 0 17 2
Total 45 4 2 0 0 0 47 4
Yeni Malatyaspor TFF Second League 2014–15 7 0 0 0 7 0
TFF First League 2015–16 32 2 1 0 33 2
2016–17 26 0 1 0 27 0
Süper Lig 2017–18 28 0 1 0 29 0
2018–19 16 0 1 0 17 0
Total 109 2 4 0 0 0 113 2
Fenerbahçe Süper Lig 2018–19 9 1 2 0 2[a] 0 13 1
2019–20 4 0 2 1 0 0 6 1
2020–21 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 19 1 6 1 2 0 27 2
Yeni Malatyaspor Süper Lig 2021–22 24 0 1 0 25 0
Kasimpaşa Süper Lig 2022–23 12 1 0 0 12 1
2023–24 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 21 1 0 0 0 0 21 1
Career total 218 8 13 1 2 0 233 9
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Turkey" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Yeni Malatyaspor'dan bir transfer daha İhlas Haber Ajansı". IHA (in Turkish). 5 January 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ sitesi, milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber (17 May 2017). "Sadık Çiftpınar". MİLLİYET HABER – TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ (in Turkish).
  4. ^ "KARDEMİR KARABÜKSPOR EVKUR YENİ MALATYASPOR – Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  5. ^ "SADIK ÇİFTPINAR FENERBAHÇEMİZDE". Fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Fenerbahçe'de Sadık Çiftpınar ile yollar ayrıldı". www.aa.com.tr (in Turkish). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Sadık Çiftpınar Kasımpaşamızda" (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Sadık Çiftpınar'dan skandal hareket Süresiz kadro dışı bırakıldı". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ Sadık Çiftpınar at Soccerway
edit