Arda Güler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arda Güler | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fenerbahçe | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2019 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2019–2021 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Fenerbahçe | 17 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Turkey U17 | 10 | (4) |
| 2022– | Turkey U21 | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 | |||
Arda Güler (born 25 February 2005) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.
Club career
Early Career
Güler started his youth career at Ankara-based club Gençlerbirliği, in 2014.[citation needed] He joined Fenerbahçe youth ranks in 2019.[citation needed]
Fenerbahçe
Güler signed a two-and-a-half-year-long professional contract with Fenerbahçe, on 13 January 2021.[2] He was already seen as a big prospect for future even before playing a senior game.[citation needed]
2021–22 season
Güler made his senior debut as a substitute player against Finnish club HJK in the play-off round encounter of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. Held at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, on 19 August 2021, it ended 1–0 for Fenerbahçe.[3] In his first Süper Lig match, on 22 August 2021, he provided the assist allowing Miha Zajc to score the 1–0 in the 89th minute of the game.
He started getting more playing time as the 2021–22 season progressed. In March 2022, Güler became the youngest goalscorer in Süper Lig history, having just turned 17 three weeks earlier. By May 2022, Güler had scored 3 goals and delivered 3 assists in just 255 minutes of playing time. After an impressing start to his career, it was reported that big European clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and PSG showed their interest in signing him.[4][5]
On March 17, 2022, Fenerbahçe announced to sign three years contract with him.[6]
2022–23 season
In the start of 2022–23 season, Güler was given the number 10, which has a special meaning for Fenerbahçe fans, being the number of club's legend Alex de Souza.[7] He played his first match of the season against Kasımpaşa and scored 2 goals in 21 minutes of play.[8]
International career
Güler is a youth international for Turkey, having played up to the Turkey U21s. He debuted with the senior Turkey national team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.[9]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Fenerbahçe | Süper Lig | 2021–22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 2 | 8[b] | 4 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 11 |
| Fenerbahçe | Süper Lig | 2022–23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 9 | 11 | ||
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Youth League
- ^ One appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "Arda Güler". UEFA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Altyapı futbolcumuz Arda Güler'le profesyonel sözleşme imzalandı" [A professional contract has been signed with our infrastructural player Arda Güler] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Fenerbahçe (TUR) 1–0 HJK (Finland)". UEFA. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Arda Guler: The Turkish wonderkid the whole of Europe wants to sign | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ Sport (2022-06-06). "PSG join Barça on the list of clubs that want Arda Guler". sport. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ Armamızla Uzun Yıllar Yeni Başarılara
- ^ fanatik. "Fenerbahçede yeni on numara Arda Güler!". Fanatik. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Kasımpaşa vs Fenerbahçe (0–6) Aug 15, 2022 Match Stats". FootballCritic. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Samet Akaydin and Onur Bulut spoke after the Czechia match!". November 19, 2022.
- ^ "Arda Güler @ Fenerbahçe SK" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Turkey - A.Guler - Profile". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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