Eray Comert

Eray Ervin Comert (4 February 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Basel.

Club Career

Comert started his youth football with Concordia Basel. In 2009, he transferred to Basel and played in their youth system. He played his debut in their first team on 10 February 2016 in the Letzigrund during the 3–2 away win against Zurich. Under trainer Urs Fischer Comert won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total.

On 8 March 2017 Basel announced that they were loaning out Comert to Lugano, until the end of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain first team playing experience. He played 12 Matches for Lugano and helped the team to avoid relegation. On 7 July the club announced that they were loaning Comert out to Sion, for the 2017–18 Swiss Super League season.

In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Comert played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round. In the away match on 28 September 2016 against Arsenal in the 40 minute Comert scored the first goal from over 45 meters as Basel won 2–1.

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Region 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zurich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgic netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Comert played in two cup games.

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