Utku Yuvakuran
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 November 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
Number | 97 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2011 | Beylerbeyi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Beylerbeyi | 35 | (0) |
2016– | Beşiktaş | 8 | (0) |
2017 | → Beylerbeyi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Turkey U19 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Turkey U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2017 |
Utku Yuvakuran (born 2 November 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.
Professional career
Yuvakuran made his professional debut with Beşiktaş in a 1–1 Turkish Cup tie with Kayserispor on 26 January 2017.[2]
He made his
2018-19 UEFA Europa League against Partizan in 30 August 2018. Beşiktaş defeated Partizan in a score of 3–0. During the season when Loris Karius signs with Beşiktaş
Yuvakuran became the second goalkeeper.
In the 2020–21 season of the
Vodafone Park. The match ended 1–1, but in the penalty shoot-out they lost it as 2–4, eventually Beşiktaş was eliminated. In the tenth week of Süper Lig, in 29 November 2020, Beşiktaş faced Fenerbahçe in Kadıköy. In the absence of Ersin Destanoğlu, Yuvakuran replaced him in the derby. Beşiktaş defeated Fenerbahçe with a score of 3–4. Yuvakuran was the goalkeeper in this historic event, as this was the first away victory for Beşiktaş against Fenerbahçe after 15 years. At the end of the season, Beşiktaş won the title in Süper Lig
.
On 31 August 2021, Yuvakuran was loaned to Fatih Karagümrük.[3]
Personal life
Utku is the son of Semih Yuvakuran, a former Turkish international footballer. He is one of three triplets, all of whom are footballers.[4]
Career statistics
As of 20 May 2020.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Beylerbeyi | 2015–16 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Beşiktaş | 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Career total | 43 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Beşiktaş J.K.
References
- ^ "Utku Yuvakuran". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "KAYSERİSPOR BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş. - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
- ^ "GÜMRÜK'E YERLİ KALECİ!" (Press release) (in Turkish). Fatih Karagümrük. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "3 Büyükler Utku Yuvakuran'ın peşinde!".
External links
- Utku Yuvakuran – UEFA competition record (archive)