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.
_-_Resim1_(cropped).png) Yılmaz with Beşiktaş in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 May 2001 | ||
| 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 | 31 | (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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:38, 16 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
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 edit
Beşiktaş edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Club edit
- As of match played 14 March 2024[16]
| 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 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 83 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 6 | ||
- ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Scottish Cup
- ^ Includes Scottish League Cup
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
International edit
- As of match played 22 March 2024[17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Beşiktaş
Rangers
References edit
- ^ "Rıdvan Yılmaz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Rıdvan Yılmaz: "İşimi her zaman ciddiye aldım"". tff.org. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Rıdvan Yılmaz: "10 yıldır altyapısında gururla formasını taşıdığım..."". ajansbesiktas.com. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Goztepe 1-2 Besiktas". ESPN. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Soccer-Besiktas claim domestic double with Turkish Cup win". reuters.com. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Antalyaspor vs. Besiktas - 18 May 2021". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Ridvan Yilmaz: Rangers sign Turkey defender from Besiktas". BBC Sport. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Match report: Union SG 2-0 Rangers". rangers.co.uk. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Ridvan Yilmaz Rangers injury comeback timeline laid bare". heraldscotland.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Rangers 3-0 Raith Rovers: Michael Beale's side book their place in semi-finals". skysports.com. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Rıdvan Yılmaz". tff.org. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Turkey 2-1 Azerbaijan". ESPN. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Turkey Euro 2020 squad profile: Best player, manager and past Euros record". fourfourtwo.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Rıdvan Yılmaz at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Rıdvan Yılmaz (Player)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen". BBC. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links edit
- Profile at the Rangers F.C. website
- Rıdvan Yılmaz at the Turkish Football Federation
- Rıdvan Yılmaz at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)