Ahmet Arı

Ahmet Arı — Biography

Ahmet Arı is a Turkish forward and midfielder who came through the Gaziantepspor youth system. A regular in the youth national teams, he built his career at Gaziantepspor and continued with clubs such as Bursaspor, Samsunspor and Altınordu. He most recently plays for Mardin Fosfatspor.

He started out in his hometown of Batman and moved to Gaziantepspor in the second half of 2004-05, playing for the reserve side. In 2006-07 he scored 19 goals in 30 games there and shared the top-scorer title with Ali Can Çelik. He spent his first professional season in the first half of 2008 on loan at Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor, scoring twice in 14 games in the First League. On August 23, 2008, he made his Süper Lig debut as a second-half substitute against Fenerbahçe, and he scored his first Süper Lig goal against Antalyaspor. In 2009-10 he scored once in 22 games; in 2010-11 he lost his place in the team and played at times for the reserves.

He moved to Bursaspor mid-season, played a single league game and finished the season with the reserves. On August 11, 2012, he joined Samsunspor on a season-long loan. He later played for Altınordu in 2016 and rejoined Bursaspor in 2018. For Turkey he was capped 8 times at U-17, 23 times at U-18, 7 times at U-19, twice at U-20 and also at U-21; he scored 5 goals in 4 matches in the squad that won the South-East European Games.