Rıdvan Yılmaz

Ridvan Yilmaz (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.

Ridvan Yilmaz
Yilmaz with Beşiktaş in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001
Place of birth Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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 6 (0)
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– Turkey U21 5 (0)
2021– Turkey 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022

Club career

Beşiktaş

Yilmaz spent all 10 years of his youth career in the academy of Beşiktaş.[1] Yılmaz made his professional debut with Beşiktaş as a late sub in a 2–7 Süper Lig win over Çaykur Rizespor on 8 April 2019 .[2]

Rangers

On 25 July 2022, Yilmaz joined Scottish club Rangers on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[3] He made his debut for the club as a substitute against Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise during a UEFA Champions League qualifier loss on 2 August.[4]

International career

Yilmaz was called up to the Turkey national football team preliminary squad for Euro 2020.[5] He made his debut on 27 May 2021 in a friendly against Azerbaijan.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 October 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beşiktaş 2018–19[8] Süper Lig 1000—00—10
2019–20[9] 6010—00—70
2020–21[10] 18120—1[lower-alpha 2]0—211
2021–22[11] 27330—2[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0333
Total 52460—3010624
Rangers 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 3000202[lower-alpha 3]0—70
Career total 54460104010664
  1. Includes Turkish Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

International
As of 24 July 2022[12]
National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Turkey
202150
202210
Total60

Honours

Club
Beşiktaş J.K.

References
  1. "Rıdvan Yılmaz: "10 yıldır altyapısında gururla formasını taşıdığım..."". Ajans Beşiktaş. 8 April 2019.
  2. "ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş. BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş. - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  3. "Rangers Confirm Ridvan Yilmaz Signing". www.rangers.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  4. "Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 2 August 2022.
  5. "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.
  6. "Turkey v Azerbaijan game report". ESPN. 27 May 2021.
  7. "Rıdvan Yılmaz (Beşiktaş) @ Maçkolik.com" (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. "Games played by Rıdvan Yılmaz in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. "Games played by Rıdvan Yılmaz in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  10. "Games played by Rıdvan Yılmaz in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  11. "Games played by Rıdvan Yılmaz in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  12. "Rıdvan Yılmaz (Player) National Football Teams". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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