MADRID, 5 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Turkish defender Çaglar Söyüncü has officially become a new Atlético de Madrid footballer this Wednesday, signing for four seasons with the mattress club after having played the previous five at Leicester City.
Born on May 23, 1996 in Izmir (Turkey), Söyüncü will join the rojiblanca discipline this Friday to start the preseason. On its website, Atlético has described him as “a sober and corpulent defender at the same time as skilful, very difficult to overcome, not only because of his 187 centimeters tall and 82 kilos of weight, but above all because of his ability to win the position , his power of anticipation and his cleanliness in the cut”.
“Trained in the lower categories of Menemen Belediyespor, Bucaspor and Gümüsorduspor, he made his professional debut in the 2014/15 season, wearing the Altinordu shirt, with whom he played 40 games over two seasons before heading to Freiburg” , has continued the note.
The press text added that Söyüncü in Germany “continued to demonstrate his defensive qualities, playing 55 official matches in another two seasons prior to his arrival at Leicester City”, where he had established himself as a key player in the defense.
“Turkish international a total of 53 times to date, since the Bundesliga he landed at the King Power Stadium and with the ‘foxes’ he played 132 games and was a key player in the historic conquests of the 2020/21 FA Cup and the Community Shield 2021”, highlighted the note.
The Turkish central defender passed the medical examination at the Vithas clinics and was later received at the offices of the Cívitas Metropolitano by the CEO, Miguel Ángel Gil, to sign his new contract with the mattress entity.