Mehmet Yeşil

Mehmet Yeşil
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Diyarbakır, Turkey
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Amedspor
Number 21
Youth career
2010–2012 Erganispor
2012–2016 Trabzonspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Trabzonspor 1 (0)
2016–2024 İstanbulspor 119 (3)
2019 → Ofspor (loan) 16 (1)
2024– Amedspor 9 (0)
International career‡
2015 Turkey U18 5 (0)
2016 Turkey U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:37, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Mehmet Yeşil (born 31 May 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for TFF 1. Lig club Amedspor.

Career

Yeşil is a youth product of the academies of Erganispor and Trabzonspor, and was promoted to the latter's senior team in 2016.[1] He made his professional debut with Trabzonspor in a 6–0 Süper Lig loss to Kasımpaşa on 19 May 2016.[2] In the summer of 2016, he transferred to İstanbulspor in the TFF First League.[3] He joined Ofspor on loan in January 2019.[4] He helped İstanbulspor achieve promotion in the 2021-22 season for the first time in 17 years.[5] He started in İstanbulspor's return to the Süper Lig in a 2–0 season opening loss to Trabzonspor on 5 August 2022.[6]

International career

Yeşil is a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U18s and U19s.[7]

Personal life

Yeşil is the cousin of the Turkish footballer Hakan Yeşil.[8]

References

  1. ^ "İstanbulspor'un yeni Zeki Çelik'i Mehmet Yeşil!". Sporun Dibi.
  2. ^ "Trabzonspor 0-6 Kasımpaşa". Fanatik.
  3. ^ HABER 61, Trabzon Haber-. "Trabzonspor'dan İstanbulspor'a transfer". haber61.net.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Dünya Şampiyonu Lisenin Futbolcular Ne Yapıyor?". HaberTS - Trabzonspor Haberleri - Trabzon Haber Sitesi.
  5. ^ "İstanbulspor, 17 yıl sonra Spor Toto Süper Lig'de". Pusula Haber.
  6. ^ "Trabzonspor lige galibiyetle başladı!". Haber7.
  7. ^ "19 Yaş Altı Milli Takım aday kadrosu açıklandı". Fanatik.
  8. ^ "Trabzonspor Alt Yapısından Yetişti İstanbul'da Vazgeçilmez Oldu". HaberTS - Trabzonspor Haberleri - Trabzon Haber Sitesi.