Yekta Kurtuluş

Yekta Kurtuluş

200px 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
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sivasspor
Number	35
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)
International career
2010–2011	Turkey	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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. 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
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
İzmirspor	2004–05	20	1	1	0	—		—		21	1
	2005–06	21	1	0	0	—		—		21	1
	2006–07	30	4	0	0	—		—		30	4
	Total	71	6	1	1	—		—		72	6
Kasımpaşa	2007–08	16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
	2008–09	28	3	1	0	—		—		29	3
	2009–10	25	4	5	0	—		—		30	4
	2010–11	12	2	2	1	—		—		14	3
	Total	81	10	9	1	—		—		90	11
Galatasaray	2010–11	13	0	2	0	—		0	0	15	0
	2011–12	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2012–13	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	21	1
	2013–14	17	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	28	2
	2014–15	15	0	9	4	1	0	1	0	26	4
	Total	66	2	21	5	1	0	5	0	93	7
Career total		218	18	31	7	1	0	5	0	255	24

International

Turkey national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	1	0
Total	2	0

Honours

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
• Türkiye Kupası (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
• Süper Kupa (3): 2012, 2013, 2015
• Emirates Cup: 2013

External links

• Yekta Kurtuluş on Twitter
• Yekta Kurtuluş – UEFA competition record