Celil Yüksel

Celil Yüksel — Biography

Celil Yüksel is a Turkish midfielder, born in 1998 in Havza, in Samsun province. He is listed at 1.71 meters. He started out at Ayazağaspor, moved to Galatasaray in 2012 and came through the club's youth system over six years. He also represented Turkey at youth level, once with the under-17 side and three times with the under-18s.

After signing his first professional contract with Galatasaray, he made his league debut in November 2018 in a 3-0 Süper Lig win away at Kayserispor. He was part of the club's Süper Lig and Turkish Cup successes in 2018-19. In the second half of 2019-20 he was loaned to the second-tier side Adanaspor, joined them permanently at the start of the 2020 season and stayed for two seasons.

Before 2022-23 he agreed a 3+1 year deal with his home-region club Samsunspor, and in his first season won the 1. Lig title. He has since played for Samsunspor in the top flight, and in the summer of 2026 he said he would like to wear the senior national-team shirt. He married Serenay Aslan on May 5, 2026.