Yunus Mallı
Footballer (born 1992)
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Yunus Mallı (born 24 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Regionalliga Südwest club Mainz 05 II and the Turkey national team.[1] Born in Germany, and a former German youth international, he plays for the Turkey national team.
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Mallı with Turkey in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 February 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kassel, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Mainz 05 II | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sportfreunde Fasanenhof | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | VfL Kassel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Mainz 05 II | 22 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Mainz 05 | 129 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | VfL Wolfsburg | 73 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Trabzonspor | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Kasımpaşa | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Konyaspor | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Mainz 05 II | 28 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Germany U17 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U18 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Germany U19 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Germany U21 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Turkey | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
On 5 January 2017, Mallı joined VfL Wolfsburg after signing a 4+1⁄2-year deal.[2]
In July 2022, Mallı signed with Kasımpaşa.[3]
On 1 August 2023, he signed with the Süper Lig club Konyaspor.[4]
On 1st September 2025, Mallı returned to Mainz to play for Mainz 05 II.[5]
International career
Mallı has 30 caps for Germany youth teams, including 11 for Germany U21. He made his debut on 11 November 2013, playing the second half in a win against Montenegro U21. On 6 November 2015, Mallı was selected for the Turkey national team to play friendlies against Qatar and Greece respectively.[6] He was part of Euro 2016 squad of the Turkey national football team.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 31 January 2021[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
| Mainz 05 II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | |||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | |||||
| Mainz 05 | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | |||
| 2015–16 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6[a] | 1 | — | 24 | 8 | |||
| Total | 129 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 146 | 32 | |||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 37 | 6 | |||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 69 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 8 | ||
| Union Berlin (loan) | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 244 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 275 | 48 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in Relegation play-offs
International
- As of 19 August 2020
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mallı goal.
