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İsmail Yüksek

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İsmail Yüksek
Yüksek with Fenerbahçe in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth İznik, Turkey
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 5
Youth career
2011–2012 Bursaspor
2012–2015 Bursa Merinosspor
2015–2016 Yeşil Bursa
2016–2017 Yıldırım Belediyespor
2017–2018 Bursa Yıldırımspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Gölcükspor 49 (9)
2020– Fenerbahçe 60 (0)
2020–2021 → Balıkesirspor (loan) 11 (1)
2021 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Bursaspor (loan) 29 (3)
International career‡
2022– Turkey 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024

İsmail Yüksek (born 26 January 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

Club career

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Youth and Gölcükspor

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Yüksek began his youth career with hometown club Bursaspor and also played in youth level with Bursa Merinosspor, Yeşil Bursa, Yıldırım Belediyespor and Bursa Yıldırımspor. He started his professional career with Gölcükspor and played two successful season with them.

Fenerbahçe

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Yüksek signed five-year contract with Fenerbahçe on 2 May 2020.

Loans

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On 5 October 2020, Yüksek joined Balıkesirspor on loan.

He returned to Fenerbahçe on 12 January 2021.[2] Yüksek made his professional debut with Fenerbahçe in a 3–1 Süper Lig win over MKE Ankaragücü on 18 January 2021.[3]

On 1 February 2021, he joined Adana Demirspor on loan in the TFF First League for the second half of the 2020–21 season.[4]

He went on loan to Bursaspor for the 2021–22 season.[5]

2022–23 season

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After return to Fenerbahçe, Yüksek made a very strong start to the 2022–23 season with coach Jorge Jesus, made good use of his first 11 chances and called to the national team.[6][7] On 6 October, he was selected man of the match by supporters votes for his performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League Group B third week AEK Larnaca match.[8]

On 20 January 2023, Fenerbahçe announced to sign new contract with him until May 2027.[9]

2023–24 season

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In his second season as a starter in the team, he made his top performance with new coach and team's local legend İsmail Kartal, he consolidate his place with Fenerbahçe and international team.[10] He changed his shirt number from 80 to 5.[11]

International career

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Yüksek made his international debut against Luxembourg on 22 September 2022, coming on as an 81st minute substitute and he scored his first goal six minutes later. He wasn't selected to the Turkey youth national teams and directly played for senior level.[12]

On 12 October 2023, he has become the first player to record 15+ duels and 10+ possessions won in a single Euro 2024 qualifier game, winning 16 duels and recovering 12 possessions against Croatia.[13][14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of matches played 10 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gölcükspor 2018–19 TFF Third League 22 1 1 0 — 23 1
2019–20 TFF Third League 27 8 0 0 — 27 8
Total 49 9 1 0 0 0 50 9
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2022–23 Süper Lig 19 0 4 0 9[a] 1 33 1
2023–24 Süper Lig 30 0 3 0 14[b] 1 47 1
2024–25 Süper Lig 10 0 0 0 6[c] 0 16 0
Total 60 0 7 0 28 2 97 2
Balıkesirspor (loan) 2020–21 TFF First League 11 1 1 0 — 12 1
Adana Demirspor (loan) 2020–21 TFF First League 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Bursaspor (loan) 2021–22 TFF First League 29 3 1 0 — 30 3
Career total 156 13 10 0 29 2 196 15
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 16 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2022 4 1
2023 8 0
2024 8[a] 0
Total 20 1
  1. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Euro 2024
Scores and results show Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yüksek goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 September 2022 Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Luxembourg 3–3 3–3 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

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Adana Demirspor

Fenerbahçe

References

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  1. ^ "İsmail Yüksek". Fenerbahçe S.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "İsmail Yüksek, Fenerbahçe'ye geri döndü ve antrenmana çıktı". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  3. ^ "Fenerbahçe vs. Ankaragücü - 18 January 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Adana Demirspor'un Fenerbahçe'den kiraladığı İsmail Yüksek'in..." Fanatik.
  5. ^ "İsmail Yüksek: Bursaspor hak ettiği yerlere ulaşacaktır". Fanatik (in Turkish). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ Flash start with Ismail Yüksek
  7. ^ Fenerbahçeli İsmail Yüksek performansıyla dikkat çekiyor
  8. ^ Fenerbahçe SK Official Twitter Account
  9. ^ "İsmail Yüksek'in sözleşmesi uzatıldı". Fenerbahce.org.
  10. ^ "İsmail Yüksek'ten göz alan performans: 65 binden 4 milyona". Oda TV.
  11. ^ İsmail Yüksek'in yeni forma numarası 5 oldu
  12. ^ "Player profile @ TFF.org". TFF.org. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  13. ^ OptaCan statistics
  14. ^ "İstatistikleri altüst etti: İsmail Yüksek'ten Hırvatistan karşısında 2 rekor". cumhuriyet.com. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in". fenerbahce.org. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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