Mert Çetin
Personal information
Full name Yıldırım Mert Çetin
Date of birth (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997
Place of birth Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Ankaragücü
(on loan from Hellas Verona)
Number 45
Youth career
2008–2016 Gençlerbirliği
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Hacettepe 30 (1)
2017–2019 Gençlerbirliği 27 (1)
2019–2021 Roma 6 (0)
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan) 6 (0)
2021– Hellas Verona 2 (0)
2022 → Kayserispor (loan) 10 (1)
2022–2023 → Lecce (loan) 1 (0)
2023 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 10 (0)
2023– → Ankaragücü (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2019– Turkey 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019

Yıldırım Mert Çetin (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ankaragücü on loan from Italian club Hellas Verona. He also represents the Turkey national team.

Club career

Çetin made his professional debut for Gençlerbirliği in a 2–1 Süper Lig loss to Kayserispor on 19 November 2017.[1]

On 16 August 2019, Çetin joined Italian Serie A club Roma.[2] He was sent on a one-year loan to Hellas Verona on 25 August 2020, with an option to purchase.[3]

On 15 January 2022, Hellas Verona announced that Çetin had been loaned to Turkish club Kayserispor.[4]

On 6 August 2022, Çetin joined Lecce on loan with an option to buy.[5]

On 19 January 2023, Çetin was loaned to Adana Demirspor, with an option to buy.[6]

On 10 July 2023, Hellas Verona announced that Çetin had been sent on a season-long loan to Ankaragücü, with a future option to buy.[7]

International career

He made his debut for Turkey national team on 17 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Andorra, substituting Merih Demiral in the 80th minute.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ KAYSERİSPOR - Maç Detayları TFF".
  2. ↑ "MERT CETIN: "SONO UN COMBATTENTE NELL'AREA DI RIGORE"". A.S. Roma. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "COMUNICATO AS ROMA - Ceduto Çetin in prestito all'Hellas Verona". Voce Giallorossa (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Mert Çetin a titolo temporaneo al Kayserispor Kulübü" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 15 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "MERT CETIN È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Takımımız, Hellas Verona takımından, Milli Futbolcu Yıldırım Mert Çetin ile sezon sonuna kadar kiralık, satın alma opsiyonlu sözleşme imzalamıştır" (in Turkish). Adana Demirspor. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mert Cetin on loan to Ankaragücü". Hellas Verona. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Andorra v Turkey game report". UEFA. 17 November 2019.
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