Güven Yalçın

Güven Yalçın (born 18 January 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Beşiktaş.

Güven Yalçın
Personal information
Full name Güven Yalçın
Date of birth (1999-01-18) January 18, 1999
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2018 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Beşiktaş 37 (10)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2019

Professional 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]

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.[4] He then switched back to represent the Turkey U19s, with whom he participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[5]

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.[6]

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