Deniz Mehmet
Turkish Cypriot association football player (born 1992)
Deniz Doğan Mehmet (born 19 September 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish League One club Queen of the South.
A former youth team player at Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Manchester United, and West Ham United, Mehmet then signed for 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 team goalkeeper at Kayserispor. Mehmet then signed for Scottish club Falkirk in January 2016, where he stayed for one year. Mehmet then returned to England to sign for Port Vale in March 2017 before signing for Dundee United later that same year. He joined Queen of the South in March 2019 before returning to Dundee United four months later. He sat on the bench as United won the Scottish Championship in the 2019–20 season. He joined Dunfermline Athletic in June 2021 and kept goal as the club won the Scottish League One title at the end of the 2022–23 season, earning himself a place in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year. He joined Queen of the South in July 2026.
Early life
Mehmet was born in Enfield, London, on 19 September 1992 and he is of Turkish Cypriot descent.
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