Mehmet Yeşil
Kurdish footballer (born 1998)
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Mehmet Yeşil (born 31 May 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for TFF 1. Lig club Amedspor.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Diyarbakır, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Amedspor | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Erganispor | ||
| 2012–2016 | Trabzonspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Trabzonspor | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2024 | İstanbulspor | 119 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Ofspor (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2024– | Amedspor | 63 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Turkey U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Turkey U19 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:37, 5 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career
Yeşil is a youth product of the academies of Erganispor and Trabzonspor, and was promoted to the latter's senior team in 2016.[1] He made his professional debut with Trabzonspor in a 6–0 Süper Lig loss to Kasımpaşa on 19 May 2016.[2] In the summer of 2016, he transferred to İstanbulspor in the TFF First League.[3] He joined Ofspor on loan in January 2019.[4] He helped İstanbulspor achieve promotion in the 2021-22 season for the first time in 17 years.[5] He started in İstanbulspor's return to the Süper Lig in a 2–0 season opening loss to Trabzonspor on 5 August 2022.[6]
International career
Yeşil is a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U18s and U19s.[7]
Personal life
Yeşil is the cousin of the Turkish footballer Hakan Yeşil.[8]