Güven Yalçın

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.

Güven Yalçın
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999
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) 2 (0)
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 23 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019

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]

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.[6] He then switched back to represent the Turkey U19s, with whom he participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[7]

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.[8]

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. "Deutschland U 18 (m) - Österreich U 18, 3:0, Länderspiel 2016/17 Saison - DFB Datencenter". DFB Datencenter.
  7. "U19 Milli Takımımızın Avrupa Şampiyonası Finalleri aday kadrosu açıklandı - U-19 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
  8. "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.
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