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Turkish footballer (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Berkan İsmail Kutlu (born 25 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Galatasaray. Born in Switzerland, he represents Turkey internationally.
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Kutlu with Galatasaray in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Berkan İsmail Kutlu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Monthey, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Monthey | 39 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Sion U21 | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Sion | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Alanyaspor | 37 | (3) |
| 2021– | Galatasaray | 85 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Genoa (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Turkey U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Turkey | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 21 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 15 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
After a couple successful amateur season with Monthey, Kutlu signed a contract with Sion on 2 July 2018.[2] Kutlu made his professional debut with FC Sion in a 1–1 Swiss Super League tie with Servette on 24 June 2020.[3]
Kutlu signed with Alanyaspor in Turkey on 10 July 2020.[4]
On 29 July 2021, Kutlu signed a five-year agreement with Galatasaray, starting from the 2021–22 season.[5][6]
Kutlu became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with Galatasaray. Defeating Ankaragücü 4–1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with two weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[7]
On 31 August 2023, Genoa signed Kutlu on loan for the 2023–24 season with option to buy for €5 million.[8]
It was announced that he returned to Galatasaray on 12 January 2024.[9]
Kutlu was born in Switzerland and is of Turkish descent. He represented the Turkey national U21 team in a 1–0 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Andorra U21 on 4 September 2020.[10] He debuted for the senior Turkey national team in a 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Norway on 8 October 2021.[11]
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