Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yıldırım Mert Çetin | ||
Date of birth | 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) | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2024 ‡ 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.
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]
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]