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Eray Ervin Cömert (4 February 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Basel.
Club career
Cömert 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 Zürich. Under trainer Urs Fischer Cömert 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 Cömert 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 Cömert out to Sion, for the 2017–18 Swiss Super League season.
In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Cömert 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 Cömert 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 Région 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 Zürich 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 Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Cömert played in two cup games.
International career
Cömert was born in Switzerland and is of Turkish descent. Cömert played various international games for the Swiss U-15, U-16 and U-17 teams. He played his debut for the Swiss U-18 national team as centre-back on 22 September 2015 as they won 2–1 against the Danish U-19. On 30 August 2016 he played his first game for the Swiss U-19 and led the team as captain to a 1–0 victory against the Slovakian U-19.
He made his debut for Switzerland national football team on 18 November 2019 in an Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He substituted Manuel Akanji in the 65th minute.
Honours
FC Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2015–16, 2018–19