Berkan Kutlu

Berkan Kutlu — Biography

Berkan İsmail Kutlu was born on January 25, 1998, in Monthey, Switzerland, to a family with roots in the Gölhisar district of Burdur. He began his career in Sion's youth system, moved to fifth-tier FC Monthey in 2016, returned to Sion two years later to play for the club's reserve side, and joined the first team in March 2020. At the start of the 2020-21 season he signed with Süper Lig side Alanyaspor; in October 2020 he drew attention with a stoppage-time goal in an away win over Galatasaray and became a regular afterward.

Kutlu joined Galatasaray on a five-year contract on July 29, 2021, and won the Süper Lig title with the club in 2022-23. He was loaned to Genoa with a purchase option in August 2023, returned to Galatasaray in January 2024, and contributed important goals as the club won the title again that season. With Galatasaray he won three Süper Lig titles (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25), one Turkish Super Cup and one Turkish Cup, before leaving the club for Konyaspor in January 2026.

In August 2026 he left Konyaspor for Kocaelispor, scoring his first goal for the new club in a win over Amedspor. At international level he first played for Turkey's under-21 team before making his senior national team debut on October 8, 2021, in a World Cup qualifier against Norway. Born in Switzerland but of Turkish descent, Kutlu is also one of the first active athlete ambassadors in Turkey for the children's leukemia foundation LÖSEV.