Rıdvan Yılmaz

Rıdvan Yılmaz
Yılmaz with Beşiktaş in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 3
Youth career
2009–2019 Beşiktaş
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Beşiktaş 52 (4)
2022– Rangers 40 (1)
International career‡
2016–2017 Turkey U16 10 (0)
2017–2018 Turkey U17 14 (0)
2018–2019 Turkey U18 15 (1)
2019–2020 Turkey U19 6 (0)
2020–2021 Turkey U21 5 (0)
2021– Turkey 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:38, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 21 May 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Turkey national team.

Yılmaz is a graduate of the Beşiktaş youth academy. He made 62 first-team appearances for Beşiktaş, helping them win the domestic league and cup double in the 2020–21 season. In July 2022, he joined Rangers for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million.

Yılmaz made 50 appearances for Turkey's youth national teams, from under-16 to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in May 2021, and was a member of Turkey's squad at UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career

Beşiktaş

Yılmaz was born in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul.[2] He spent 10 years of his youth career in the academy of Beşiktaş,[3] which he joined at the age of seven.[2] Yılmaz made his professional debut with Beşiktaş as a late substitute in a 7–2 Süper Lig win over Çaykur Rizespor on 8 April 2019.[2] In the 2020–21 season, he won the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş.[4][5][6]

Rangers

On 25 July 2022, Yılmaz joined Scottish club Rangers on a five-year deal for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million, with the deal containing add-ons that could raise the fee to £5.3 million.[7] He made his debut for the club as a substitute against Belgian team Union Saint-Gilloise, during a UEFA Champions League qualifier loss on 2 August.[8][9]

Yılmaz suffered a serious hamstring injury in a Scottish Premiership match against Aberdeen in October.[10] After more than four months, he returned to the Rangers first-team as a substitute in a Scottish Cup game against Raith Rovers in March 2023.[11]

International career

Yılmaz played youth international football for Turkey at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels, making 50 appearances in total.[12]

In May 2021, Yılmaz was called up to the senior Turkey national football team's preliminary 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[13] He made his senior international debut on 27 May 2021, in a warm-up friendly against Azerbaijan.[12][14] He was included in Turkey's final 26-man squad for Euro 2020.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Beşiktaş 2018–19 Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2019–20 6 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 7 0
2020–21 18 1 2 0 — 1[c] 0 — 21 1
2021–22 27 3 3 0 — 2[d] 0 1[e] 0 33 3
Total 52 4 6 0 — 3 0 1 0 62 4
Rangers 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 9 0 2 0 2 0 2[d] 0 — 15 0
2023–24 26 1 4 0 1 1 2[c] 0 — 33 2
2024–25 5 0 0 0 1 0 4[f] 0 — 10 0
Total 40 1 6 0 4 1 8 0 — 58 2
Career total 92 5 12 0 4 1 11 0 1 0 120 6
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 22 March 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2021 5 0
2022 1 0
2024 1 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Beşiktaş

Rangers

References

  1. ^ "Rıdvan Yılmaz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Rıdvan Yılmaz: "İşimi her zaman ciddiye aldım"". tff.org. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Rıdvan Yılmaz: "10 yıldır altyapısında gururla formasını taşıdığım..."". ajansbesiktas.com. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Goztepe 1-2 Besiktas". ESPN. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Soccer-Besiktas claim domestic double with Turkish Cup win". reuters.com. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Antalyaspor vs. Besiktas - 18 May 2021". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Ridvan Yilmaz: Rangers sign Turkey defender from Besiktas". BBC Sport. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Match report: Union SG 2-0 Rangers". rangers.co.uk. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Ridvan Yilmaz Rangers injury comeback timeline laid bare". heraldscotland.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Rangers 3-0 Raith Rovers: Michael Beale's side book their place in semi-finals". skysports.com. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Rıdvan Yılmaz". tff.org. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  13. ^ "A Millî Takım'ın kamp kadrosu açıklandı" [A national team camp squad announced]. Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Turkey 2-1 Azerbaijan". ESPN. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Turkey Euro 2020 squad profile: Best player, manager and past Euros record". fourfourtwo.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  16. ^ Rıdvan Yılmaz at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Rıdvan Yılmaz (Player)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen". BBC. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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