Taylan Bulut
German footballer (born 2006)
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Taylan Bulut (born 19 January 2006) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.
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| Date of birth | 19 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Eschweiler, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Germania Dürwiß | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2020 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Schalke 04 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Schalke 04 II | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Schalke 04 | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Beşiktaş | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Germany U17 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Germany U19 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Germany U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Bulut made his first team debut for Schalke 04 in the 2. Bundesliga in a 2–0 defeat against Greuther Fürth on 19 May 2024, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute.[1] On 17 February 2025, he extended his contract with Schalke until 2029.[2]
On 16 August 2025, Bulut signed a five-year contract with Beşiktaş.[3]
International career
Bulut was born in Germany to a Turkish father and Montenegrin mother.[4] He has represented Germany at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level.[5] At the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, he scored the third penalty as Germany beat France 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out victory in the final.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 August 2025[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Schalke 04 II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Schalke 04 | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Beşiktaş | 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
Honours
Germany U17