Arda Güler

Arda Güler (born 25 February 2005) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

Arda Güler
Güler in 2022
Personal information
Full name Arda Güler
Date of birth (2005-02-25) 25 February 2005
Place of birth Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 10
Youth career
2014–2019 Gençlerbirliği
2019–2021 Fenerbahçe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Fenerbahçe 30 (7)
International career‡
2021– Turkey U17 10 (4)
2022– Turkey U21 0 (0)
2022– Turkey 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Club career

Early career

Güler started his youth career at Ankara-based club Gençlerbirliği, in 2014.[2] He joined Fenerbahçe youth ranks in 2019.[2]

Fenerbahçe

Güler signed a two-and-a-half-year-long professional contract with Fenerbahçe, on 13 January 2021.[3] He is considered as a wonderkid and seen as a big prospect for future.[4]

2021–22 season

Güler made his senior debut as a substitute player against Finnish club HJK in the play-off round encounter of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. Held at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, on 19 August 2021, it ended 1–0 for Fenerbahçe.[5] In his first Süper Lig match, on 22 August 2021, he provided the assist allowing Miha Zajc to score the 1–0 in the 89th minute of the game.

He started getting more playing time as the 2021–22 season progressed. In March 2022, Güler became the youngest goalscorer in Süper Lig history, having just turned 17 three weeks earlier. By May 2022, Güler had scored 3 goals and delivered 3 assists in just 255 minutes of playing time. After an impressing start to his career, it was reported that big European clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and PSG showed their interest in signing him.[6][7]

On March 17, 2022, Fenerbahçe announced to sign three years contract with him.[8]

2022–23 season

In the start of 2022–23 season, Güler was given the number 10, which has a special meaning for Fenerbahçe fans, being the number of club's legend Alex de Souza.[9] He played his first match of the season against Kasımpaşa and scored 2 goals in 21 minutes of play.[10]

International career

Güler is a youth international for Turkey, having played up to the Turkey U21s. He debuted with the senior Turkey national team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 May 2023[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fenerbahçe 2021–22 Süper Lig 123004[lower-alpha 1]08[lower-alpha 2]4247
2022–23 1843110[lower-alpha 3]100316
Career total 30731141845513
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. Appearances in Youth League
  3. One appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 28 March 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202210
202310
Total20

References
  1. "Arda Güler". UEFA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. "Son dakika! Fenerbahçe, Arda Güler için Gençlerbirliği ile anlaştı! İşte ödenecek rakam..." Habertürk. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. "Altyapı futbolcumuz Arda Güler'le profesyonel sözleşme imzalandı" [A professional contract has been signed with our infrastructural player Arda Güler] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. "Arda Guler: The Turkish wonderkid the whole of Europe wants to sign". Goal. 19 April 2022.
  5. "Fenerbahçe (TUR) 1–0 HJK (Finland)". UEFA. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. "Arda Guler: The Turkish wonderkid the whole of Europe wants to sign | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  7. Sport (2022-06-06). "PSG join Barça on the list of clubs that want Arda Guler". sport. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  8. Armamızla Uzun Yıllar Yeni Başarılara
  9. fanatik. "Fenerbahçede yeni on numara Arda Güler!". Fanatik. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  10. "Kasımpaşa vs Fenerbahçe (0–6) Aug 15, 2022 Match Stats". FootballCritic. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  11. "Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Samet Akaydin and Onur Bulut spoke after the Czechia match!". November 19, 2022.
  12. "Arda Güler @ Fenerbahçe SK" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  13. "Turkey - A.Guler - Profile". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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