Deniz Mehmet

Deniz Mehmet
Personal information
Full name Deniz Doğan Mehmet[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992
Place of birth Enfield, London, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Dundee United
Number 21
Youth career
Arsenal
Charlton Athletic
2007–2008 Manchester United
2008–2011 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Welling United 0 (0)
2011–2015 Kayserispor 0 (0)
2016–2017 Falkirk 2 (0)
2017 Port Vale 9 (0)
2017– Dundee United 6 (0)
National team
2007 Turkey U16 1 (0)
2008–2009 Turkey U17 17 (0)
2009–2010 Turkey U18 3 (0)
2010 Turkey U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:49, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Deniz Doğan Mehmet (born 19 September 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Championship club Dundee United.

A former youth team player at Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Manchester United, and West Ham United, he went on to join Welling United for a brief spell in 2011. Having represented Turkey up to under-19 level, English-born Mehmet then spent four years in Turkey as a reserve goalkeeper at Kayserispor. He joined Scottish club Falkirk in January 2016, where he stayed for 12 months. He returned to England to join Port Vale in March 2017 before joining Dundee United later that year.

Early life

Deniz Mehmet was born in Enfield, London, on 19 September 1992. He is of Turkish Cypriot descent.[2]

Club career

Mehmet was associated with the academies at Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, and Manchester United, before he joined the youth academy at West Ham United in 2008.[3] He left West Ham in summer 2011, and had trials with Ipswich Town in April 2011 and Wycombe Wanderers in July 2011.[4][5] He went on to sign with Welling United of the Conference South.[6] He left Welling to join Turkish Süper Lig side Kayserispor. He left the club in January 2015, having played ten cup games in four seasons.[7]

He had trials with Luton Town and Leyton Orient in summer 2015, and then went on to have a trial with Plymouth Argyle in October 2015, and featured for the club in the Under-21 Premier League Cup.[8][9][10] He joined Scottish Championship side Falkirk in January 2016 after a month long trial.[11] He was unable to dislodge first choice goalkeeper Danny Rogers and left the club by mutual consent in January 2017 after telling manager Peter Houston he wanted to find more game time.[12]

Mehmet signed a short-term contract with EFL League One side Port Vale on 1 March 2017, with the intention of being understudy to loanee goalkeeper Leo Fasan.[13] He made his debut in a crucial 2–1 win against relegation rivals Shrewsbury Town at Vale Park on 17 March.[14] Eight days later he impressed in a 0–0 home draw with Milton Keynes Dons, which was the club's first clean sheet in 14 games.[15] He was released by manager Michael Brown following the club's relegation in May 2017.[16]

He signed a one-year contract with Scottish Championship side Dundee United after impressing on a trial basis in July 2017.[17][18] He was restricted to appearances in cup games in the first part of the 2017–18 season despite having a "clean slate" when Csaba László replaced Ray McKinnon as manager in November; he said the change in management had little effect on him as he spent most of his time at Tannadice Park with goalkeeping coach Stuart Garden.[19] He managed to win his first-team place towards the end of the campaign and kept goal as the "Tangerines" defeated Dunfermline Athletic in the play-off quarter-finals, but had to be taken off for Harry Lewis 57 minutes into the second leg after he injured himself celebrating Scott McDonald's equalising goal; manager Laszlo said that "this is absolutely the funniest thing I've seen. It was really stupid".[20]

International career

Mehmet has been capped by Turkey at under-16, under-17, under-18, and under-19 level. He was selected by Abdullah Ercan as a squad member for the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Germany and the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.[21][22]

Statistics

As of match played 4 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Welling United 2011–12[23] Conference South 0000–0000
Kayserispor 2011–12[23] Süper Lig 0000–6[lower-alpha 1]060
2012–13[23] Süper Lig 0000–0000
2013–14[23] Süper Lig 0000–0000
2014–15[23] TFF First League 0040–0040
Total 00400060100
Falkirk 2015–16[24] Scottish Championship 1000000010
2016–17[25] Scottish Championship 1000102[lower-alpha 2]030
Total 2000102050
Port Vale 2016–17[25] EFL League One 9000000090
Dundee United 2017–18[26] Scottish Championship 6000106[lower-alpha 3]0130
2018–19[27] Scottish Championship 0000000000
Total 60001060130
Career total 1704020140370
  1. ↑ Appearances in Spor Toto Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup.
  3. ↑ 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup, 2 in Scottish Premiership play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "En fazla milli olan Kıbrıslı Türk futbolcu". Londra Gazete. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Welcome To Vale Park - Deniz Mehmet". port-vale.co.uk. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "U18s Hammer Birmingham - Ipswich Town News". TWTD.co.uk. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Wealdstone 1-1 Wycombe". getbucks. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Whitney, Steve (12 August 2011). "Mehmet Joins Wings". nonleague.pitchero.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kayserispor, kaleci Mehmet ile yollarını ayırdı". MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ (in Turkish). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Mail, Simon (28 July 2015). "Leyton Orient cruise to Woking win". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Argyle manager Derek Adams yet to make decision on trialist goalkeeper Deniz Mehmet". Plymouth Herald. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Free agent goalkeeper Deniz Mehmet plays on trial for Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Herald. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Collin, Iain (13 January 2016). "Falkirk table offer for former West Ham United keeper". Deadline News. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  12. ↑ Oliver, David (3 January 2017). "Goalkeeper Deniz Mehmet leaves Falkirk". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Deniz Mehmet: Port Vale sign former Falkirk goalkeeper until end of season". BBC Sport. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  14. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (17 March 2017). "Port Vale 2, Shrewsbury 1: Brown's battlers claim crucial win". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  15. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (27 March 2017). "Port Vale keeper Deniz Mehmet grateful for point and clean sheet". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Port Vale: Thirteen senior players leave club after relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  17. ↑ Masson, James (6 July 2017). "Ray McKinnon delighted with Dundee United youngsters - Evening Telegraph". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  18. ↑ Barnes, John (13 July 2017). "Cammy Bell: Kilmarnock in talks with Dundee United for goalkeeper return". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  19. ↑ Duthie, Tom (17 November 2017). "Clean slate under Csaba gives Dundee United understudy Deniz fresh hope". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "Csaba Laszlo able to laugh off Deniz Mehmet's self-inflicted injury in Terrors win". BT.com. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "Mehmet tipped to shine | News | Latest News | News | West Ham United". origin-www.whufc.com. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009" (PDF). fifa.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 Deniz Mehmet at Soccerway
  24. ↑ "Games played by Deniz Mehmet in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Deniz Mehmet in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Deniz Mehmet in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Deniz Mehmet in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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