Erencan Yardımcı

Erencan Yardımcı

Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	İzmit, Turkey
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	TSG Hoffenheim
Number	53
Youth career
2013–2014	Kocaelispor
2014	Yuvam İzmitspor
2014–2017	41 Futbol Kulübü
2017–2019	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Galatasaray	0	(0)
2021–2024	Eyüpspor	13	(2)
2022–2023	→ Alanyaspor (loan)	17	(4)
2023–2024	→ Pendikspor (loan)	28	(6)
2024–	TSG Hoffenheim	3	(0)
2024	→ Sturm Graz (loan)	8	(2)
International career^‡
2019	Turkey U17	5	(2)
2019–2020	Turkey U18	3	(0)
2022–2024	Turkey U21	13	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Erencan Yardımcı (born 4 February 2002) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for German Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim.

Club career

In July 2019, Yardımcı signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray.[1] He made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 1–1 UEFA Champions League tie with Club Brugge on 26 November 2019.[2]

He transferred to Eyüpspor in 2021, and helped them get promoted into the TFF First League for the 2020–21 season.[3] He joined Alanyaspor on loan in the Süper Lig for the second half of the 2021–22 season starting 6 January 2022.[4]

On 31 August 2024, Yardımcı signed with TSG Hoffenheim in Germany and was immediately loaned to Austrian club Sturm Graz.[5] On 3 January 2025, Hoffenheim terminated the loan early.[6]

International career

Yardımcı is a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U17s and U18s.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	2019–20	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	0	0	1	0
Eyüpspor	2020–21	TFF 2. Lig	6	2	0	0	—		—		6	2
	2021–22	TFF 2. Lig	7	0	2	2	—		—		9	2
	Total		13	2	2	2	—		—		15	4
Alanyaspor (loan)	2021–22	Süper Lig	3	1	1	0	—		—		4	1
	2022–23	Süper Lig	14	3	0	0	—		—		14	3
	Total		17	4	1	0	—		—		18	4
Pendikspor (loan)	2023–24	Süper Lig	28	6	0	0	—		—		28	6
1899 Hoffenheim	2024–25	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
Sturm Graz (loan)	2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga	8	2	1	1	5[a]	0	—		14	3
Career total			69	14	4	3	6	0	0	0	79	17

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

References

1. "İmzayı attı... Erencan Yardımcı kimdir?". CNN Türk.
2. "Galatasaray vs. Club Brugge - 26 November 2019". Soccerway.
3. "Eyüpspor'a transferi çok konuşulan Erencan Yardımcı Süper Lig'e dönüyor: 'Belki 10 katına satacağız'". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
4. Akın, Burak. "Aytemiz Alanyaspor, Eyüpspor'dan Erencan Yardımcı'yı kiralık olarak kadrosuna kattı". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
5. "TSG buy Yardimci and loan him to Sturm Graz". TSG Hoffenheim. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
6. "TSG holt Erencan Yardimci vorzeitig nach Hoffenheim zurück" [TSG brings Erencan Yardimci back to Hoffenheim early] (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
7. "U18 Milli Takımının İtalya maçı aday kadrosu açıklandı". Fanatik.

External links

• Erencan Yardımcı at the Turkish Football Federation
• Erencan Yardımcı at Soccerway
• Yunus Akgün at Galatasaray.org