Mert Çetin
Turkish footballer
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Yıldırım Mert Çetin (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back dor Boluspor.[1] He represented the Turkey national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boluspor | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2024 | Hellas Verona | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Lecce (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Adana Demirspor (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Ankaragücü | 27 | (0) |
| 2026– | Boluspor | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2019 | |||
Club career
Çetin made his professional debut for Gençlerbirliği in a 2–1 Süper Lig loss to Kayserispor on 19 November 2017.[2]
On 16 August 2019, Çetin joined Italian Serie A club Roma.[3] He was sent on a one-year loan to Hellas Verona on 25 August 2020, with an option to purchase.[4]
On 15 January 2022, Hellas Verona announced that Çetin had been loaned to Turkish club Kayserispor.[5]
On 6 August 2022, Çetin joined Lecce on loan with an option to buy.[6]
On 19 January 2023, Çetin was loaned to Adana Demirspor, with an option to buy.[7]
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.[8]
International career
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.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 August 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hacettepe | 2016–17 | TFF Second League | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | TFF First League | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Roma | 2019–20 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Kayserispor (loan) | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Adana Demirspor (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Ankaragücü (loan) | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 110 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 126 | 3 | |||
- Includes Turkish Cup, Coppa Italia
