Güven Yalçın

Turkish footballer (born 1999)
Güven Yalçın
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fatih Karagümrük
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2018 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Beşiktaş 85 (18)
2021 → Lecce (loan) 10 (0)
2022– Genoa 22 (0)
2023– → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 30 (8)
International career‡
2015–2016 Turkey U17 11 (3)
2017 Germany U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Turkey U19 11 (4)
2018 Turkey U21 4 (0)
2019– Turkey 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019

Güven Yalçın (born 18 January 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük on loan from the Italian Serie A club Genoa.

Club career

Yalçın spent his entire youth development with Bayer Leverkusen, joining them in 2006.[1] On 27 July 2018, Yalçın signed with Beşiktaş in Turkish Süper Lig.[2] Yalçın made his professional debut for Beşiktaş in a 1-1 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against FK Partizan on 23 August 2018.[3]

On 1 February 2021 he was signed by Italian side Lecce on loan with an option to buy.[4]

On 21 July 2022, Yalçın returned to Italy and signed with Genoa.[5]

On 8 September 2023, Yalçın was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük until the end of the season.[6]

International career

Yalçın was born in Germany and is of Turkish descent. He first represented the Turkey U17, and then represented the Germany U18s in a 3-0 friendly win over the Austria U18s on 17 April 2017.[7] He then switched back to represent the Turkey U19s, with whom he participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[8]

He made his Turkey national football team debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Greece, as a 55th-minute substitute for Cenk Tosun.[9]

Honours

Beşiktaş

References

  1. ^ "Bayer Leverkusens Güven Yalcin steht vor einem Wechsel zu Besiktas Istanbul". 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Dorukhan Toköz ve Güven Yalçın, Beşiktaş'ta!".
  3. ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  4. ^ "YALÇIN È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Güven Yalçin è un nuovo giocatore del Genoa" (in Italian). Genoa. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Güven Yalçın yeniden Süper Lig'de". ntvspor. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Deutschland U 18 (m) - Österreich U 18, 3:0, Länderspiel 2016/17 Saison - DFB Datencenter". DFB Datencenter.
  8. ^ "U19 Milli Takımımızın Avrupa Şampiyonası Finalleri aday kadrosu açıklandı - U-19 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
  9. ^ "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.

External links

  • Güven Yalçın at Soccerway
  • Güven Yalçın at the Turkish Football Federation
  • Güven Yalçın at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
  • Güven Yalçın – UEFA competition record (archive)
  • JK profile
  • DFB Profile
  • Güven Yalçın at National-Football-Teams.com
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