Umut Nayir

Mehmet Umut Nayir (born 28 June 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ümraniyespor, on loan from Eyüpspor, and the Turkey national team.

Umut Nayir
Nayir in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mehmet Umut Nayir
Date of birth (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993
Place of birth Kocasinan, Turkey
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ümraniyespor (on loan from Eyüpspor)
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2011 Albayrak
2011–2012 Ankaragücü
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ankaragücü 69 (29)
2015–2018 Osmanlıspor 11 (2)
2016 →Yeni Malatyaspor (loan) 16 (5)
2016–2017 →Göztepe (loan) 28 (13)
2017–2018 →Ankaragücü (loan) 29 (14)
2018–2021 Beşiktaş 19 (4)
2018–2019 → Bursaspor (loan) 25 (4)
2020–2021 → Hajduk Split (loan) 25 (6)
2021–2022 Giresunspor 32 (6)
2022– Eyüpspor 0 (0)
2022– → Ümraniyespor (loan) 27 (15)
International career‡
2022 Turkey U23 4 (0)
2023– Turkey 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:07, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:22 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Nayir is a youth product of Albayrak and Ankaragücü. In October 2012, he signed his first professional contract with Ankaragücü.[1] On 30 January 2015, he transferred to Osmanlıspor in the Süper Lig.[2] He made his professional debut for Osmanlıspor in a 1–1 Süper Lig tie with Kayserispor on 16 August 2015, scoring his side's only goal in his debut.[3] On 16 June 2016, he moved to Yeni Malatyaspor on loan.[4] Shortly after he joined Göztepe on loan for the 2016-17 season.[5] He went on another loan the following season to Ankaragücü.[6]

Nayir moved to Beşiktaş in July of 2018.[7] A few weeks after signing he moved to Bursaspor on loan for the 2018-19 season.[8] The following season, he returned to Beşiktaş where he started making appearances. For the 2020-21 season, he joined the Croatian club Hajduk Split on loan.[9]

Nayir then transferred to Giresunspor in 2021, but was released at the end of the 2021-22 season after a public spat over wages.[10] He transferred to Eyüpspor in the summer of 2022 on a 2-year contract, and immediately went out on loan with Ümraniyespor in the Süper Lig for the 2022-23 season.[11]

International career

Nayir represented the Turkey U23s in their winning campaign at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.[12] He made his senior debut for Turkey on 25 March 2023 in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Armenia.

Personal life

Outside of football, Nayir graduated with a law degree from the Ankara University, Law School.[13] He married his wife Enfal Diner in September 2021.[14]

Honours

Turkey U23

References
  1. "Trabzonspor'da Umut Bozok gidiyor! Yerine Beşiktaş'ın golcüsü..." Trabzon Haber | Trabzonspor Haberleri | Günebakış.
  2. "Mehmet Umut Nayir Osmanlıspor'da". www.trthaber.com.
  3. "OSMANLISPOR FUTBOL KULÜBÜ KAYSERİSPOR - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  4. "Umut Nayir seçimini yaptı!". haberturk.com. 30 June 2016.
  5. "Göztepe, Umut Nayir'i istiyor! - Futbol". m.karakartal.com.
  6. "Umut Nayir Ankaragücü'nde - Futbol Haberleri - Spor". Fanatik.
  7. "Beşiktaş Umut Nayir ile prensip anlaşmasına vardı!". Mynet Spor.
  8. "Umut Nayir, Bursaspor'da". NTVSpor.net.
  9. "ÖZEL | Umut Nayir, Hajduk Split yolunda". NTVSpor.net.
  10. "Giresunspor'dan Umut Nayir'in paylaşımına yanıt: "Hayretle karşıladık"". NTVSpor.net.
  11. "Ümraniyespor, Umut Nayir'i transfer etti! Eyüpspor'a imza atmıştı..." www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  12. "Kadro açıklandı! Konyaspor'dan tek isim var". Yeni Haber.
  13. "Beşiktaş Hukuk fakültesi öğrencisi Umut Nayır ile anlaştı". CNN TÜRK.
  14. "Umut Nayir evlendi". Yeşilgiresun Gazetesi.
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