Emrecan Bulut

Emrecan Bulut — Biography

Emrecan Bulut is a left-winger whose route to the Süper Lig ran through amateur football and factory work. Born in Çıldır, in Ardahan province, he signed for Beşiktaş in July 2023 after a single season at Somaspor in the 2. Lig, and since 2024 he has played for Çaykur Rizespor.

He started out in Manisa in 2015 at Yunus Emre Belediye Spor. During the pandemic he gave up football and worked in a factory, and on September 23, 2021, he returned to the pitch with the amateur side Karaköy Spor. On July 19, 2022, he made his first professional move, to Somaspor in the 2. Lig, and he ended that season with 16 goals and 1 assist in 34 matches in all competitions. On July 1, 2023, he signed a 4+1-year contract with Beşiktaş, whose first announced signing of that summer he was; he joined directly from Somaspor.

On February 5, 2024, he was loaned from Beşiktaş to the first-division club Ümraniyespor until the end of the season. He made his first appearance in a 1-0 win over Çorum FK, replacing Ivan Šaponjić in the 55th minute, and scored his team's only goal in a 3-1 defeat by Eyüpspor. In July 2024 he went to Rizespor, first on loan and then, in August 2024, on a four-year contract. In December 2025 he scored in Rizespor's 4-1 win over Gaziantep FK.