Mert Çetin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yıldırım Mert Çetin | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2016 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Hacettepe | 30 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Gençlerbirliği | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Roma | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Hellas Verona | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Lecce (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Adana Demirspor (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 | |||
Yıldırım Mert Çetin (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ankaragücü on loan from Italian club Hellas Verona. He also represents the Turkey national team.
Club career
[edit]Çetin made his professional debut for Gençlerbirliği in a 2–1 Süper Lig loss to Kayserispor on 19 November 2017.[1]
On 16 August 2019, Çetin joined Italian Serie A club Roma.[2] He was sent on a one-year loan to Hellas Verona on 25 August 2020, with an option to purchase.[3]
On 15 January 2022, Hellas Verona announced that Çetin had been loaned to Turkish club Kayserispor.[4]
On 6 August 2022, Çetin joined Lecce on loan with an option to buy.[5]
On 19 January 2023, Çetin was loaned to Adana Demirspor, with an option to buy.[6]
On 10 July 2023, Hellas Verona announced that Çetin had been sent on a season-long loan to Ankaragücü, with a future option to buy.[7]
International career
[edit]He made his debut for Turkey national team on 17 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Andorra, substituting Merih Demiral in the 80th minute.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 23 August 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hacettepe | 2016–17 | TFF Second League | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | TFF First League | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Roma | 2019–20 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Kayserispor (loan) | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Adana Demirspor (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Ankaragücü (loan) | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 110 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 126 | 3 | |||
- ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Coppa Italia
References
[edit]- ^ "GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ KAYSERİSPOR - Maç Detayları TFF".
- ^ "MERT CETIN: "SONO UN COMBATTENTE NELL'AREA DI RIGORE"". A.S. Roma. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "COMUNICATO AS ROMA - Ceduto Çetin in prestito all'Hellas Verona". Voce Giallorossa (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Mert Çetin a titolo temporaneo al Kayserispor Kulübü" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 15 January 2022.
- ^ "MERT CETIN È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Takımımız, Hellas Verona takımından, Milli Futbolcu Yıldırım Mert Çetin ile sezon sonuna kadar kiralık, satın alma opsiyonlu sözleşme imzalamıştır" (in Turkish). Adana Demirspor. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Mert Cetin on loan to Ankaragücü". Hellas Verona. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Andorra v Turkey game report". UEFA. 17 November 2019.
- ^ Mert Çetin at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Mert Çetin at Soccerway
- Mert Çetin at the Turkish Football Federation
- Mert Çetin at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Gençlerbirliği profile
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Adana Demirspor footballers
- AS Roma players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
- Hacettepe S.K. footballers
- Hellas Verona FC players
- Kayserispor footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- MKE Ankaragücü footballers
- People from Çankaya, Ankara
- Serie A players
- Sportspeople from Ankara Province
- Süper Lig players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Turkey men's international footballers
- Turkish expatriate men's footballers
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Turkish men's footballers
- US Lecce players
- Turkish football defender stubs