Mert Çetin

Yıldırım Mert Çetin (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kayserispor on loan from Serie A club Hellas Verona. He also represents the Turkey national team.

Mert Çetin
Personal information
Full name Yıldırım Mert Çetin
Date of birth (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997
Place of birth Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Kayserispor (on loan from Hellas Verona)
Number 45
Youth career
2008–2016 Gençlerbirliği
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Hacettepe 30 (1)
2017–2019 Gençlerbirliği 27 (1)
2019–2022 Roma 6 (0)
2020–2022 → Hellas Verona (loan) 6 (0)
2022– Hellas Verona 2 (0)
2022– → Kayserispor (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2019– Turkey 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

Çetin made his professional debut for Gençlerbirliği in a 2–1 Süper Lig loss to Kayserispor on 19 November 2017.[1]

On 16 August 2019, he joined Italian Serie A club Roma.[2] He was sent on a one-year loan to Hellas Verona on 25 August 2020, with an option to purchase.[3]

On 15 January 2022, Hellas Verona announced that he has been loaned to Turkish club Kayserispor.[4]

International career

He made his debut for Turkey national team on 17 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Andorra, substituting Merih Demiral in the 80th minute.[5]

References
  1. "GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ KAYSERİSPOR - Maç Detayları TFF".
  2. "MERT CETIN: "SONO UN COMBATTENTE NELL'AREA DI RIGORE"". A.S. Roma. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. "COMUNICATO AS ROMA - Ceduto Çetin in prestito all'Hellas Verona". Voce Giallorossa (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  4. "Mert Çetin a titolo temporaneo al Kayserispor Kulübü" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 15 January 2022.
  5. "Andorra v Turkey game report". UEFA. 17 November 2019.


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