Ertuğrul Ersoy

Ertuğrul Ersoy — Biography

Ertuğrul Ersoy is a center-back who came through Bursaspor's academy and now captains the club. In 2018-19 he became the team's first captain and, as such, the youngest captain in Bursaspor's history; after playing in France as well, he returned to Bursaspor in 2025. He made his debut for the national team on October 11, 2018, in a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ersoy started out at Gölcükspor in 2008, moved to Bursaspor in 2010 and signed a professional contract at the age of 16. He was loaned to Yeşil Bursa, where he played his first professional match in January 2014. His Süper Lig debut came against Sivasspor on November 1, 2014, and he started for Bursaspor in the 2015 Turkish Cup final, which they lost 3-2 to Galatasaray. He spent a season on loan at Çaykur Rizespor and scored his first league goal against Adanaspor in August 2016. After the 2019 season in which Bursaspor were relegated to the First League, he joined Le Havre in France's second tier.

In January 2021 he was loaned to Gaziantep FK, where he later played on a permanent basis; in early 2023 he went on loan to İstanbulspor in the Süper Lig, and in May 2025 he left Gaziantep to return to Bursaspor on a free transfer. Back as a former captain, in 2026 he spoke as the "Bursaspor captain" about the team's Süper Lig target.