Çağlar Söyüncü is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Turkey national team. Söyüncü’s first senior professional team was the Turkish second division Altınordu.Information Guide Nigeria
Club career
Altınordu
Unarguably, Çağlar Söyüncü began his senior professional career with Altınordu in the TFF First League, the second level of the Turkish football league system. Report has it that during the 2015–16 season with Altınordu, Söyüncü was linked with Beşiktaş J.K., Galatasaray S.K. and Sevilla FC but the 20 year old Turkish national player selected the Bundesliga because he thought it was better choice for his career and his improvement.Information Guide Nigeria
SC Freiburg
However, on the 24th of May 2016, in the 2016 Bundesliga summer transfer window, Söyüncü joined German side SC Freiburg, which was promoted to the top flight competition of Germany for the 2016–17 season. It was confirmed that he is the first Turkish footballer who made a transfer to the Bundesliga directly from the TFF First League, the second-highest professional level football league in Turkey.Information Guide Nigeria
The young Turkish defender made his Bundesliga debut in a week 1 encounter away against Hertha Berlin which ended in a 2–1 loss, on 28 August 2016. Çağlar Söyüncü was linked with Lille OSC, A.S. Roma, and Villarreal CF during the mid-season transfer window of the 2016–17 season. Manchester City was also reported to be interested in Söyüncü.Information Guide Nigeria
Leicester City
Again, it was reported by TalkSPORT that on the 9th of August 2018, Söyüncü joined English Premier League side Leicester City on a five-year contract. The defender signed for an apparent £18 million transfer fee, possibly rising to £20 million with add-ons. Söyüncü had his Premier League debut on the 27th of October 2018 at the King Power Stadium where Leicester shared points with West Ham United following the final score of 1–1.
Statistics present it that Söyüncü scored his first Premier League goal in Leicester’s 11th game of the 2019–20 season on 3 November 2019 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, a 2–0 win. Then on the 11th of May 2021, he scored the winning goal for Leicester City in a 2–1 away victory over Manchester United, to be their first win at Old Trafford since 1998.NYSC Portal
International career
Çağlar Söyüncü was called up to the Turkey national football team by coach Fatih Terim in November 2015, following the injury of central defender Serdar Aziz. Söyüncü is the first Altınordu player called up to Turkey’s national football team after 78 years, since Sait Altınordu, the iconic player of the club, was selected in 1937. The defender is also the first player called up to the national team from any İzmir-based football clubs since 1997.
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However, on the 17th of November 2015, Söyüncü was a reserve for the friendly game against Greece, but stayed on the bench and did not actually get a chance to play. And on the 18th of March 2016, he was called to the national squad for friendly games against Sweden and Austria, to be held on the 24th of March 2016 in Antalya, Turkey and on 29 March in Austria, respectively.NYSC Portal
Söyüncü earned his first senior national team cap on 24 March 2016, substituting for Ozan Tufan in the dying minutes of a friendly game against Sweden. Earning his second cap, he was in the starting line-up in the friendly with Russia on 1 September 2016, which ended 0–0.
Meanwhile, on the 1st of June 2018, Söyüncü scored his first senior international goal in a friendly game against Tunisia, held at Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.NYSC Portal
Söyüncü Net Worth
According to various report including wtfoot, it is reported that the Turkish defender has an estimated Net Worth of 12.5 Million Euro (10.8 Million Pound)NYSC Portal
Söyüncü Salary
In August 2018 the centre back signed a contract with Leicester City that nets him a whopping salary of 2.7 Million Euro (2.3 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €7,377 (£6,340) per day and €307 (£264) per hour!
Per year €2,700,000 £2,347,826
Per month €225,000 £195,652
Per week €51,923 £45,151
Per day €7,397 £6,432
Per hour €308 £268
Per minute €5 £4NYSC Portal
Honours
Leicester City
FA Cup: 2020–21
FA Community Shield: 2021
Individual
Turkish Footballer of the Year: 2019NYSC Portal
PFA Team of the Year: 2019–20 Premier League
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