Ceyhun Gülselam

Turkish footballer (born 1987)

Ceyhun Gülselam
Personal information

Full name	Ceyhun Gülselam^[1]
Date of birth	(1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Altay
Number	6
Youth career
1994–1995	Gartenstadt Trudering^[2]
1995–2003	Bayern Munich
2003–2005	SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	SpVgg Unterhaching II	31	(6)
2007–2008	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	(6)
2008–2011	Trabzonspor	69	(6)
2011–2014	Galatasaray	33	(1)
2013	→ Kayserispor (loan)	16	(1)
2014–2016	Hannover 96	30	(1)
2016–2018	Karabükspor	44	(0)
2018	Osmanlıspor	15	(1)
2018–2021	Alanyaspor	78	(4)
2021–	Altay	53	(4)
International career
2007–2008	Turkey U21	12	(2)
2011–	Turkey A2	1	(0)
2008–2009	Turkey	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023

Ceyhun Gülselam (born 25 December 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a center back and defensive midfielder. He plays for Altay.

Club career

Gülselam also played eight years for the Bayern Munich Junior Team before joining SpVgg Unterhaching.

Trabzonspor

During the summer of 2008, Ceyhun signed a three-year contract with Trabzonspor. He spent three seasons in Trabzon, before going to Istanbul to play for Galatasaray.

Galatasaray

On 11 June 2011, Galatasaray signed Ceyhun on a free transfer until the end of 2013–14 season.^[3] Ceyhun scored his first goal for Galatasaray against his former club Trabzonspor.^[4]

On 10 January 2013, he left on loan to Kayserispor for €200,000.^[5]

Ceyhun returned to Galatasaray after his impressive loan spell at Kayserispor. However, the club did not seek to extend his contract and he joined Hannover for two years on 24 July 2014.

On 4 January 2018, he joined Osmanlıspor in the Turkish Süper Lig on a free transfer.

On 29 August 2018, he has signed with Alanyaspor. ^[6]

International career

He has played for the Turkey national under-21 football team. He debuted for the Turkey national football team against Belarus on 26 March 2008.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 June 2016.

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SpVgg Unterhaching	2006–07	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2007–08	29	5	1	0	—		—		30	5
	Total	38	6	1	0	—		—		39	6
Trabzonspor	2008–09	16	2	5	2	—		—		21	4
	2009–10	28	3	8	0	—		1	1	37	4
	2010–11	25	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	31	1
	Total	69	6	16	2	1	0	3	1	89	9
Galatasaray	2011–12	12	1	1	0	—		—		13	1
Galatasaray	2012–13	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Kayserispor (loan)	2012–13	16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
Kayserispor (loan)	Total	16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
Galatasaray	2013–14	20	0	7	1	0	0	4	0	31	1
Galatasaray	Total	33	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	47	3
Hannover 96	2014–15	18	1	2	0	—		—		20	1
	2015–16	12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
	Total	30	1	2	0	—		—		32	1
Career total		186	15	29	4	1	0	7	1	223	20

Honours

Trabzonspor

Galatasaray

References

^ "Ceyhun Gülselam". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "Ceyhun Gülselam" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Ceyhun Gülselam Galatasaray'da" (in Turkish). galatasaray.org. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Trabzonspor 0 – 3 Galatasaray" (in Turkish). galatasaray.org. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Kayserispor'a geçici transfer". Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) (in Turkish). Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB). 10 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Ceyhun Gülselam Aytemiz Alanyaspor'da" (in Turkish). Hürriyete. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "Belarus 2 – Turkey 2". ntvspor.net. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008.
^ "Süper Kupa (Profesyonel Takım)(Final)". tff.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.