Rıdvan Yılmaz
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Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 21 May 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Turkey national team.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2019 | Beşiktaş | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Beşiktaş | 52 | (4) |
2022– | Rangers | 35 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Turkey U16 | 10 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Turkey U17 | 14 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Turkey U18 | 15 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Turkey U19 | 6 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Turkey U21 | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Turkey | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC) |
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Yılmaz is a graduate of the Beşiktaş youth academy. He made 62 first-team appearances for Beşiktaş, helping them win the domestic league and cup double in the 2020–21 season. In July 2022, he joined Rangers for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million.
Yılmaz made 50 appearances for Turkey's youth national teams, from under-16 to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in May 2021, and was a member of Turkey's squad at UEFA Euro 2020.