Rıdvan Yılmaz
Turkish footballer
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Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 21 May 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Turkey national team.
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Yılmaz with Beşiktaş in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2019 | Beşiktaş | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Beşiktaş | 52 | (4) |
| 2022–2025 | Rangers | 52 | (1) |
| 2025– | Beşiktaş | 26 | (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) |
| 2020–2021 | Turkey U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021– | Turkey | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:45, 16 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Yılmaz is a graduate of the Beşiktaş youth academy. He made 62 first-team appearances for Beşiktaş, helping them win the domestic league and cup double in the 2020–21 season. In July 2022, he joined Rangers for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million.
Yılmaz made 50 appearances for Turkey's youth national teams, from under-16 to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in May 2021, and was a member of Turkey's squad at UEFA Euro 2020.
Club career
Beşiktaş
Yılmaz was born in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul.[2] He spent 10 years of his youth career in the academy of Beşiktaş,[3] which he joined at the age of seven.[2] Yılmaz made his professional debut with Beşiktaş as a late substitute in a 7–2 Süper Lig win over Çaykur Rizespor on 8 April 2019.[2] In the 2020–21 season, he won the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş.[4][5][6]
Rangers
On 25 July 2022, Yılmaz joined Scottish club Rangers on a five-year deal for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million, with the deal containing add-ons that could raise the fee to £5.3 million.[7] He made his debut for the club as a substitute against Belgian team Union Saint-Gilloise, during a UEFA Champions League qualifier loss on 2 August.[8][9]
Yılmaz suffered a serious hamstring injury in a Scottish Premiership match against Aberdeen in October.[10] After more than four months, he returned to the Rangers first-team as a substitute in a Scottish Cup game against Raith Rovers in March 2023.[11]
Return to Beşiktaş
On 23 August 2025, Yilmaz re-joined Beşiktaş for an undisclosed fee.[12]
International career
Yılmaz played youth international football for Turkey at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels, making 50 appearances in total.[13]
In May 2021, Yılmaz was called up to the senior Turkey national football team's preliminary 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[14] He made his senior international debut on 27 May 2021, in a warm-up friendly against Azerbaijan.[13][15] He was included in Turkey's final 26-man squad for Euro 2020.[16]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 November 2025[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 33 | 3 | |||
| Total | 52 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 4 | |||
| Rangers | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[f] | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 52 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | — | 77 | 2 | |||
| Beşiktaş | 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 110 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 6 | ||
- Includes Turkish Cup, Scottish Cup
- Includes Scottish League Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 22 March 2024[18]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
Beşiktaş
Rangers
