Emre Tezgel

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Emre Tezgel
Personal information
Full name Emre James Vann Tezgel [1]
Date of birth (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 37
Youth career
2021–2022 Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Stoke City 13 (0)
2024 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 15 (3)
International career‡
2021 England U16 2 (3)
2021–2022 England U17 10 (7)
2024– England U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:11, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:34, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Emre James Vann Tezgel (born 19 September 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Stoke City.

Contents

Tezgel is Stoke City's youngest ever senior player, having debuted at 16 in January 2022. He is a youth international for England having represented them at U16, U17 and U20 levels.

Club career

Tezgel made his professional debut for Stoke City on 9 January 2022 in a 2–0 FA Cup victory over Leyton Orient becoming Stoke's youngest player, aged 16. [2] [3] On 29 June 2022, Tezgel signed as a scholar and also agreed to a three-year professional contract which took effect on his 17th birthday. [4] [5]

On 1 February 2024, Tezgel joined League Two side Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season. [6] Tezgel scored his first senior goal on 29 March 2024, in a 5–0 victory against Walsall. [7] He scored a further two goals as MK Dons missed out on automatic promotion finishing fourth and were well beaten by Crawley Town in the EFL League Two play-offs. [8]

Tezgel scored his first goal for Stoke on 13 August 2024 in a 2–0 EFL Cup victory against Carlisle United. [9]

International career

In June 2021 Tezgel scored a hat-trick for England under-16 against Northern Ireland. [10] Later that year he scored two goals for England under-17 against Netherlands in the final of the 2021 Syrenka Cup. [11]

In February 2024 Tezgel was called up to the Turkey U19 squad qualifying to represent that nation through his father. [12] However he did not make an appearance and on 6 September 2024 Tezgel made his debut for the England U20 side coming off the bench as a substitute in their draw against Turkey U20. [13]

Personal life

Tezgel is of Turkish descent through his father with roots in Aksaray. [14] He attended Painsley Catholic College. [15] His cousin Tash played for Stoke City Women. [15]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2021–22 [16] Championship 002000—20
2022–23 [17] Championship301000—40
2023–24 [18] Championship000000—00
2024–25 [19] Championship1001032—142
Total1304032—202
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2023–24 [18] League Two 15300002 [a] 0173
Career total283403220375

Honours

England U17

Individual

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  7. ↑ "Milton Keynes Dons 5-0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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  18. 1 2 "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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