Background
Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the province of Trabzon.
Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the province of Trabzon.
Turkey
He joined Trabzonspor, the major team in the area. Tekke was still in his teens when he started to appear in the first team In 45 matches that he played between 1994–1997, he scored 6 goals.
At the beginning of the 1997–1998 season he was loaned out to Altay Saskatchewan of İzmir, where he scored 8 goals in 24 matches.
In a 4–5 defeat to Galatasaray, he scored a hat-trick. However a few weeks later he broke his leg and was out of the game for six months.
Upon his return to Trabzonspor, Tekke played another 38 matches and scored 6 goals before he transferred to Gaziantepspor in the summer of 2000. In this period he made his first appearance for the Turkish national team
In 2002, Tekke returned to Trabzonspor and was given the captaincy.
This was the time Tekke reached the peak of his career. In the 2004–2005 season he managed to become the league"s top goal scorer with 31 goals, 7 goals ahead of the second placed player and was second for the Golden Foot. Russia
In July 2006, he signed for Zenit Saint St. Petersburg.
On 21 October 2008, Tekke scored in the 1–1 draw with BATE Borisov in the Champions League.
On 3 February 2010, Tekke signed a 3-year contract with Football Club Rubin Kazan. He only played five games before he decided to return to Turkey, transferring to Beşiktaş.
Back to Turkey
On 1 September 2010, Tekke signed a 2-year contract with Besiktas JK. However, he was only able to play a total of two games before he was sent to Ankaragücü, in the 2010–2011 transfer window. In the five matches he played for Ankaragücü, he only scored three goals.
In the summer transfer season of 2011, the newly promoted team, Orduspor, declared that they had purchased Tekke from Ankaragücü.
Tekke was given the number 23 and the captaincy of the team He then moved to Orduspor and retired soon after. He is now a sporting director
Tekke was in the Turkish national squad for U15, U16, U17, U18, U21, and for the Turkish national team
Foreign U15, he played 6 matches and scored no goals. Foreign U16, he played 18 matches and scored 5 goals, while also winning the Union of European Football Associations European Under-16 Championship, held in Ireland.
Foreign U17, he played 10 matches and scored no goals. Foreign U18, he played 13 matches and scored 5 goals.
Foreign U21, he only played 1 match.
Finally between 1998–2007, Tekke played 32 matches and scored 9 goals for the Turkish national team