Melih Kabasakal
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996
Place of birth Boyabat, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Eyüpspor
Number 57
Youth career
2007–2011 Boyabat Çeltikspor
2011–2014 Samsunspor
2014–2016 Trabzonspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Trabzonspor 7 (0)
2016–2017 → Sarıyer (loan) 26 (0)
2017–2018 → 1461 Trabzon (loan) 29 (0)
2018–2020 Esenler Erokspor 54 (2)
2020–2023 İstanbulspor 91 (5)
2023– Eyüpspor 13 (0)
International career‡
2012 Turkey U16 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:37, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Melih Kabasakal (born 18 February 1996) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for TFF First League club Eyüpspor.

Career

Kabasakal is a youth product of the youth academies of Boyabat Çeltikspor, Samsunspor and Trabzonspor. He began his senior career with Trabzonspor in January 2016 where he was promoted to the senior team.[1] He joined Sarıyer on loan for the 2016–17 season, and 1461 Trabzon for 2017–18.[2] He then spent 2+1⁄2 seasons with Esenler Erokspor, before transferring to İstanbulspor on 30 January 2020 in the TFF First League.[3] He helped İstanbulspor achieve promotion in the 2021–22 season for the first time in 17 years.[4] He made his professional debut in İstanbulspor's return to the Süper Lig in a 2–0 season opening loss to Trabzonspor on 5 August 2022.[5]

On 16 January 2023, Kabasakal joined Eyüpspor on a 3.5-year contract.[6]

International career

Kabasakal is a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U16s.[7]

References

  1. ↑ HABER 61, Trabzon Haber-. "Melih:". haber61.net.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Melih'in Hedefi Trabzonspor". Günebakış.
  3. ↑ Öğünç, Mehmet Şakir (30 January 2020). "İstanbulspor Taraftarlar Derneği". İstanbulspor Taraftarlar Derneği (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "İstanbulspor, 17 yıl sonra Spor Toto Süper Lig'de". Pusula Haber.
  5. ↑ "Trabzonspor lige galibiyetle başladı!". Haber7.
  6. ↑ "Eyüpspor'umuza Hoş Geldin Melih Kabasakal!" (in Turkish). Eyüpspor. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "U16 Millilerin UEFA U16 Development Turnuvası aday kadrosu açıklandı | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu".
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