Cem Fäläk

Cem Fäläk — Biography

Cem Fäläk was born on 12 May 1996 in Buchen, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. An attacking midfielder and winger, he has Turkish and Azerbaijani family roots. He spent most of his youth career with German clubs, including five years at Eintracht Frankfurt, and was linked with Barcelona in 2010 after reportedly scoring around a thousand goals at youth level.

In 2014 he moved from Bochum to Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen, where he stayed a year, made the first-team bench once and left in May 2015. He joined Fatih Karagümrük in the TFF Second League that July and was then loaned to Antalyaspor. He made his senior debut for Antalyaspor in a Turkish Cup win away at Giresunspor on 21 January 2016, and a few days later came on as a substitute in a goalless cup draw with Fenerbahçe.

In January 2017 he joined Finnish club RoPS, making his Veikkausliiga debut against VPS on 17 April 2017. He returned to Finland for the 2019 season with KuPS. At youth international level he played one game for Turkey's under-15 side in 2010 and represented Azerbaijan at under-17 and under-19 level, winning silver at the 2012 Caspian Cup with the under-17s.