İsmail Yüksek
İsmail Yüksek (born 26 January 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | İsmail Yüksek | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | İznik, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fenerbahçe | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2012–2015 | Bursa Merinosspor | ||
| 2015–2016 | Yeşil Bursa | ||
| 2016–2017 | Yıldırım Belediyespor | ||
| 2017–2018 | Bursa Yıldırımspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Gölcükspor | 49 | (9) |
| 2020– | Fenerbahçe | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Balıkesirspor (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Adana Demirspor (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Bursaspor (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Turkey | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 April 2023 | |||
Professional career
Youth and Gölcükspor
Yüksek began his youth career with hometown club Bursaspor and also played in youth level with Bursa Merinosspor, Yeşil Bursa, Yıldırım Belediyespor and Bursa Yıldırımspor. He started his professional career with Gölcükspor and played two successful season with them.
Fenerbahçe
He signed 5 years contract with Fenerbahçe on 2 May 2020.
Loan to Balıkesirspor
After signed with Fenerbahçe, he briefly joined Balıkesirspor on loan.
2020-21 season
He returned to Fenerbahçe in January 2021.[2] Yüksek made his professional debut with Fenerbahçe in a 3-1 Süper Lig win over MKE Ankaragücü on 18 January 2021.[3]
Loan to Adana Demirspor
On 5 February 2021, he joined Adana Demirspor on loan in the TFF First League for the second half of the 2020-21 season.[4]
Loan to Bursaspor
He was on loan with Bursaspor for the 2021-22 season, before returning to Fenerbahçe.[5]
2022–23 season
After return to Fenerbahçe, he made a very strong start to the 2022–23 season with coach Jorge Jesus, made good use of his first 11 chances and called to the national team.[6] On October 6, he was selected man of the match by supporters votes for his performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League Group B third week AEK Larnaca match.[7]
On 20 January 2023, Fenerbahçe announced to sign new contract with him until May 2027.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of matches played 18 May 2023
| Denotes statistics in which İsmail Yüksek won the competition |
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gölcükspor | 2018-19 | TFF Third League | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| 2019-20 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 8 | |||
| Total | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 50 | 9 | |||
| Fenerbahçe | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Balıkesirspor (loan) | 2020-21 | TFF First League | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| Adana Demirspor (loan) | 2020-21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bursaspor (loan) | 2021-22 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 113 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 126 | 14 | ||
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
International
He played his international debut at 81st minute late substitute and scored his first International goal at 87th minute against Luxembourg. He didn't select to the Turkey youth national teams and directly played for senior level.
- As of match played 28 March 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
- Scores and results show Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ismail goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 September 2022 | Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey |  Luxembourg | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League |
References
- "İsmail Yüksek". Fenerbahçe S.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- "İsmail Yüksek, Fenerbahçe'ye geri döndü ve antrenmana çıktı". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
- "Fenerbahçe vs. Ankaragücü - 18 January 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- "Adana Demirspor'un Fenerbahçe'den kiraladığı İsmail Yüksek'in..." Fanatik.
- "İsmail Yüksek: Bursaspor hak ettiği yerlere ulaşacaktır". Fanatik (in Turkish). May 24, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- Flash start with Ismail Yüksek
- Fenerbahçe SK Official Twitter Account
- "İsmail Yüksek'in sözleşmesi uzatıldı". Fenerbahce.org.