Yekta Kurtuluş

Yekta Kurtuluş

Yekta playing for Galatasaray in 2012
Personal information
Full name Yekta Kurtuluş
Date of birth (1985-12-11) December 11, 1985
Place of birth İzmir, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Antalyaspor
Number 18
Youth career
1999–2004 İzmirspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 İzmirspor 71 (6)
2007–2011 Kasımpaşa 81 (10)
2011–2015 Galatasaray 66 (2)
2015 Sivasspor 10 (0)
2016- Antalyaspor (0)
National team
2010–2011 Turkey 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2015.


Yekta Kurtuluş (Turkish pronunciation: [jectaː kuɾtuɫuʃ], born 11 December 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Antalyaspor in the Süper Lig.

Club career

Yekta began his career at İzmirspor playing for the club four years, before signing for Kasımpaşa in 2007, where he was handed the number 5 kit. He made his professional debut on 25 November 2007 in a 2–0 loss over Rizespor coming in as substitute in the 55th minute. He finished his first season for the club with 16 attempts and one assist.

His performances with Kasımpaşa led to interest from several league clubs. On 11 January 2011, Yekta passed his medical and signed for four years with Galatasaray.[1] He made his first appearance for the club one week later against Sivasspor in a 1-0 home win. He also made his first 2013-14 UEFA Champions League appearance on 26 February 2014 against Chelsea, coming in as a substitute in a 1-1 home draw.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 July 2015.
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
İzmirspor 2004–05 20110211
2005–06 21100211
2006–07 30400304
Total 71611726
Kasımpaşa 2007–08 16110171
2008–09 28310293
2009–10 25450304
2010–11 12221143
Total 8110919011
Galatasaray 2010–11 1302000150
2011–12 30000030
2012–13 181100020211
2013–14 171910020282
2014–15 150941010264
Total 6622151050937
Career total 21818317105025524

International

Turkey national team
YearAppsGoals
201010
201110
Total20

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. "Yekta Galatasaray'da" (PDF) (in Turkish). Kap.gov.tr. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
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