Eray Cömert

Eray Cümart
Personal information
Full name Eray Ervin Cümart
Date of birth (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position defender, Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 FC Basel
Number 4
Youth career
2006–2009 Concordia Basel
2009–2016 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Basel 5 (0)
2017 → Lugano (loan) 12 (0)
2017–2018 → Sion (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U-16 6 (1)
2014–2015 Switzerland U-17 7 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U-18 5 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U-19 7 (0)
2017– Switzerland U-20 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2017

Eray Cümart (* 4 February in Basel) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Basel.

Club career

Cümart started his youth football with Concordia Basel. In 2009, he transferred to Basel and played in their youth system. He played his debut in their first team on 10 February 2016 in the Letzigrund during the 3–2 away win against Zürich.[1] Under trainer Urs Fischer Cümart won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total.[2]

On 8 March 2017 Basel announced that they were loaning out Cümart to Lugano, until the end of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain first team playing experience.[3] He played 12 Matches for Lugano and helped the team to avoid relegation. On 7 July the club announced that they were loaning Cümart out to Sion, for the 2017–18 Swiss Super League season.[4]

In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Cümart played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round.[5] In the away match on 28 September 2016 against Arsenal in the 40 minute Cümart scored the first goal from over 45 meters as Basel won 2–1.[6]

International career

Cümart was born in Switzerland and is of Turkish descent. Cümart played various international games for the Swiss U-15, U-16 and U-17 teams. He played his debut for the Swiss U-18 national team as centre-back on 22 September 2015 as they won 2–1 against the Danish U-19. On 30 August 2016 he played his first game for the Swiss U-19 and led the team as captain to a 1–0 victory against the Slovakian U-19.[7]

Honours

FC Basel

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Eva (2016). "Traumtor-Festival beim Klassiker". telebasel.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  2. ↑ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Cuemart zu Lugano". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Eray Cümart leihweise zum FC Sion". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  5. ↑ EUFA.COM (2016). "Gruppenphase Groupe A". uefa.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  6. ↑ EUFA.COM (2016). "Arsenal 1–2 Basel". uefa.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  7. ↑ SFV (2016). "Telegramm Slowakei - Schweiz". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
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