Ersin Destanoğlu
Turkish footballer
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Ersin Destanoğlu (born 1 January 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for UAE Pro League club Al Jazira.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ersin Destanoğlu | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Gaziosmanpaşa, Turkey[1] | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al Jazira | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Bayrampaşaspor | ||
| 2013–2017 | Beşiktaş | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2026 | Beşiktaş | 122 | (0) |
| 2026– | Al Jazira | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Turkey U-16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Turkey U-17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Turkey U-18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Turkey U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Turkey U-21 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2022 | |||
Club career
Destanoğlu played 18 games at 2018–19 season of TFF U-19 Elite Development League.[3] Following the departure of Loris Karius, Destanoğlu became the first choice goalkeeper in June 2020.[4][5] On 13 June 2020, Destanoğlu made his Süper Lig debut at week 27 encounter of 2019–20 season, which ended 2–1 in favour of Antalyaspor.[6]
Destanoğlu saved 6 shots on target,[7] including one from a penalty shot from Chuba Akpom,[8] ended 3–1 for home side PAOK at second qualifying round of 2020–21 Champions League qualifying stage, on 25 August 2020.[9]
He was suspended following a collusion outside the box with opponent's striker Muhammet Demir, on Süper Lig encounter against Gaziantep on 6 November 2020, being the first Beşiktaş goalkeeper shown a red card since Rüştü Reçber's card given in 2007.[10]
On 4 April 2021, Destanoğlu saved a penalty taken Swedish forward Isaac Thelin in a game against Kasımpaşa, held at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium, ended 1–0 for Kasımpaşa.[11] Because of this, Destanoğlu became the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in a Süper Lig game since 2015–16 when Tolga Zengin saved one.[12]
On 1 October 2022, Destanoğlu has signed a new four-year contract with Beşiktaş, keeping him at the club until 2026[13]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Turkish Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2019–20[16] | Süper Lig | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[17] | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22[18] | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[19] | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24[20] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25[21] | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26[22] | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 122 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 0 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
Beşiktaş U19
- TFF U19 League: 2017–18[23]
Beşiktaş
Individual
- IFFHS World Youth (U20) Team: 2020[25]
- Süper Lig Most clean sheets: 2020–21(shared)
