Yusuf Yazıcı

Yusuf Yazıcı
Yazıcı with Turkey in 2018
Personal information
Full name Yusuf Yazıcı
Date of birth (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997[1]
Place of birth Trabzon, Turkey
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Trabzonspor
Number 97
Youth career
2008–2016 Trabzonspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Trabzonspor 57 (16)
National team‡
2016 Turkey U19 3 (1)
2016– Turkey U21 1 (0)
2017– Turkey 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:27, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:40, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Yusuf Yazıcı (born 29 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig side Trabzonspor and the Turkey national football team.

An academy graduate of Trabzonspor, he made his senior debut in December 2015, aged 18, and has since made over 50 appearances for the club. He made his senior international debut for Turkey in June 2017.

Club career

Trabzonspor

Early career

Yazıcı was born in Turkish town of Trabzon. During his schooling at Trabzon Erdogdu Anatolian High School, he was part of the football team which was crowned World High School Football Champions.[2] He then progressed through the academy of local side Trabzonspor and signed his first professional contract with the club on 21 December 2015.[3] He made his competitive debut the following day, starting in a 2–1 Turkish Cup win over Gaziantepspor. Yazıcı made his Süper Lig debut in the new year on 2 February 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Musa Nizam in a 2–1 loss to Akhisar Belediyespor.[4] He scored his first goals for the club on 8 May, netting twice and assisting another two in a 6–0 win over Rizespor.[2] In dong so, he became the youngest player to score during the 2015–16 Süper Lig season at the age of 19.[5] He ultimately made nine appearances across all competitions for the season, scoring twice as Trabzonspor ended the campaign in twelfth position.

2016–present

Midway through the following season, on 22 December, he scored his first Cup goals for the club, netting a brace in a 5–0 win over Kızılcabölükspor.[2] Following the exclusion of regular midfielder Mehmet Ekici, Yazıcı enjoyed an extended run in the first team the following year and in March was rewarded with a new five-year contract worth a guaranteed TL250,000 a year.[6][7] He ended the month by scoring in a 2–0 win over Galatasaray, a match in which scouts from Premier League side Manchester United and the Eredivisie's PSV Eindhoven were present to watch his performance.[8] Yazıcı ultimately ended the season with a return of six goals in 22 appearances across all competitions.

During the following season, on 22 October 2017, Yazıcı received his first ever red card when he was sent off in stoppage time in a 1–0 loss to Yeni Malatyaspor.[9] Later that month, he scored his first goal for the campaign, netting the winner in a 2–1 victory over Galatasaray.[10] In January the following year he was named by UEFA as one of the 50 young players to watch in 2018.[11] He ended the season having scored 10 goals and recorded 5 assists in 33 league appearances.[12]

International career

Yazıcı competing for Turkey against Russia in a friendly in 2018.

Turkish national youth teams

Yazıcı made his debut for the Turkey national under-19 football team on 25 February 2016 and scored the opening goal in a 3–2 loss to the Czech Republic.[13] He later also represented the nation at U-21 level.

Turkey national football team

Yazıcı made his debut for the senior Turkey national football team on 11 June 2017 in a 4-1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Kosovo, and registered the assist for Turkey's fourth goal.[14][15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 May 2018 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 Continental Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trabzonspor 2015–16 Süper Lig 6230000092
2016–17 184420000226
2017–18 33102000003510
Career Total 57169200006618

1 Includes Turkish Cup matches.

International

As of 5 June 2018[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 201740
201850
Total90

References

  1. ↑ "Yusuf Yazıcı". Trabzonspor Football Club (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Yusuf Yazıcı kimdir?". Fanatik. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  3. ↑ "Yusuf Yazıcı". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  4. ↑ "Akhisar Belediyespor v Trabzonspor". Turkish Football Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  5. ↑ "Yusuf Yazıcı'nın Ç. Rizespor'a attığı gol!". beIN Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  6. ↑ "Fatih Terim, Yusuf Yazıcı'yi takibe aldi". Milliyet. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  7. ↑ Güncelleme, Son (3 March 2017). "Yusuf Yazıcı: Layık olmalıyım". Türkiye. Retrieved 9 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  8. ↑ "Yusuf Yazıcı Mourinho'nun listesine girdi". CNN Turkey. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  9. ↑ "Yeni Malatyaspor–Trabzonspor: 1–0". Millyet. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017. (in Turkish)
  10. ↑ "Trabzonspor 2 - 1 Galatasaray". Mynetspor. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017. (in Turkish)
  11. ↑ "50 for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch for 2018". UEFA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Trabzonspor'da duygusal vedalar". 61Saat (in Turkish). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Turkey U19 v Czech Rep U19". Turkish Football Federation. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017. (in Turkish)
  14. ↑ "Kosovo 1–4 Turkey". FIFA. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Trabzonspor'da 61 numara Yusuf Yazici'nin..." Milliyet. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017. (in Turkish)
  16. ↑ "Yusuf Yazici". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "Yusuf Yazici - National Football Teams". National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 May 2018.


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