Turgay Gemicibaşi


Philipp Turgay Gemicibaşi is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Admira Wacker. Born in Germany, he is a former youth international for Turkey.

Club career

In 2012, Gemicibaşi joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side Köln but left due to indiscipline after being on the verge of signing a professional contract. After that, he joined the youth academy of RB Leipzig. However, he soon left because of not being able to adapt to living in the eastern part of Germany.
In 2014, Gemicibaşi signed for Viktoria Köln in the German fourth division from the Kaiserslautern youth academy, where he was injured.
In 2016, he signed for fifth division team Sportfreunde Siegen.
In 2017, Gemicibaşi signed for Mauerwerk in the Austrian third division.
In 2019, he signed for Austrian second division club Blau-Weiß Linz.
On 6 February 2024, Gemicibaşi signed a 1.5-year contract with Göztepe.
On 23 June 2025, Gemicibaşi signed a contract with Admira Wacker.

International career

Gemicibaşi was born in Germany and is of Turkish descent. He is a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U17s and U18s.