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Yusuf Yazıcı
Turkish footballer (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yusuf Yazıcı (born 29 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Turkey national team.
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![]() Yazıcı playing for Turkey in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yusuf Yazıcı[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 27)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Trabzon, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2016 | Trabzonspor | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Trabzonspor | 87 | (20) |
2019–2024 | Lille | 96 | (15) |
2022 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 10 | (8) |
2022–2023 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 13 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Turkey U19 | 3 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Turkey U21 | 3 | (0) |
2017– | Turkey | 45 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:18, 6 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 22 June 2024 (UTC) |
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An academy graduate of Trabzonspor, Yazıcı made his senior debut in December 2015, aged 18, and made over eighty league appearances for the club. In 2019, he joined Lille for €17.5 million, including €1 million of performance criteria, the highest transfer revenue of Trabzonspor's history. He made his senior international debut for Turkey in June 2017, and represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020. In 2022, he then returned to his hometown club on loan.