İsmail Yüksek

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İsmail Yüksek
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Yüksek with Fenerbahçe in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth İznik, Turkey
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Fenerbahçe
Number 5
Youth career
2011–2012 Bursaspor
2012–2015 Bursa Merinosspor
2015–2016 Yeşil Bursa
2016–2017 Yıldırım Belediyespor
2017–2018 Bursa Yıldırımspor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Gölcükspor 49 (9)
2020– Fenerbahçe 62 (0)
2020–2021Balıkesirspor (loan) 11 (1)
2021Adana Demirspor (loan) 7 (0)
2021–2022Bursaspor (loan) 29 (3)
International career
2022– Turkey 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

İsmail Yüksek (born 26 January 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

Contents

Club career

Youth and Gölcükspor

Yüksek began his youth career with hometown club Bursaspor and also played in youth level with Bursa Merinosspor, Yeşil Bursa, Yıldırım Belediyespor and Bursa Yıldırımspor. He started his professional career with Gölcükspor and played two successful season with them.

Fenerbahçe

Yüksek signed five-year contract with Fenerbahçe on 2 May 2020.

Loans

On 5 October 2020, Yüksek joined Balıkesirspor on loan.

He returned to Fenerbahçe on 12 January 2021. [2] Yüksek made his professional debut with Fenerbahçe in a 3–1 Süper Lig win over MKE Ankaragücü on 18 January 2021. [3]

On 1 February 2021, he joined Adana Demirspor on loan in the TFF First League for the second half of the 2020–21 season. [4]

He went on loan to Bursaspor for the 2021–22 season. [5]

2022–23 season

After return to Fenerbahçe, Yüksek made a very strong start to the 2022–23 season with coach Jorge Jesus, made good use of his first 11 chances and called to the national team. [6] [7] On 6 October, he was selected man of the match by supporters votes for his performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League Group B third week AEK Larnaca match. [8]

On 20 January 2023, Fenerbahçe announced to sign new contract with him until May 2027. [9]

2023–24 season

In his second season as a starter in the team, he made his top performance with new coach and team's local legend İsmail Kartal, he consolidate his place with Fenerbahçe and international team. [10] He changed his shirt number from 80 to 5. [11]

International career

Yüksek made his international debut against Luxembourg on 22 September 2022, coming on as an 81st minute substitute and he scored his first goal six minutes later. He wasn't selected to the Turkey youth national teams and directly played for senior level. [12]

On 12 October 2023, he has become the first player to record 15+ duels and 10+ possessions won in a single Euro 2024 qualifier game, winning 16 duels and recovering 12 possessions against Croatia. [13] [14]

Style of play

Yüksek is a talented, tenacious, and physically strong, all-round box-to-box midfielder, who is capable of defending well, due to his vision, technique, aggressive tackling, athletic attributes, stamina, and his powerful and accurate shot from distance with his right foot. A versatile, powerful, and hard-working player, he is capable of playing center and defensive midfield position, and adapting himself to several different formations, but usually operated in the centre of the pitch. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 2 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Cup ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gölcükspor 2018–19 TFF Third League 22110231
2019–20TFF Third League27800278
Total4991000509
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 100010
2022–23 Süper Lig190409 [a] 1321
2023–24 Süper Lig3003014 [b] 1471
2024–25 Süper Lig120007 [c] 0190
Total62070302992
Balıkesirspor (loan) 2020–21 TFF First League 11110121
Adana Demirspor (loan) 2020–21 TFF First League700070
Bursaspor (loan) 2021–22 TFF First League29310303
Career total1581310030219815
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202241
202380
20249 [a] 0
Total211
  1. Three appearances in UEFA Euro 2024
Scores and results show Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yüksek goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
122 September 2022 Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, TurkeyFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3–33–3 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Adana Demirspor

Fenerbahçe

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