Yiğithan Güveli

Yiğithan Güveli — Biography

Yiğithan Güveli is a center-back who developed entirely in Fenerbahçe's academy. He joined the club at the age of eight and reached the first team in a Fenerbahçe shirt; he now plays in defense for Isparta 32 Spor in the TFF Second League. His career has been shaped by an early chance at the top and by injuries that interrupted the years that followed.

Born in the Derince district of Kocaeli, he played his first official first-team match on November 30, 2016, in the Turkish Cup against Gençlerbirliği and scored in the 24th minute of that game. He made his Süper Lig debut on June 3, 2017, starting away to Adanaspor on the last matchday of the 2016-17 season in a 3-1 Fenerbahçe win. In January 2018 a move to the Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam, then coached by Dick Advocaat, was on the table; Sparta withdrew after he was injured in Fenerbahçe's Turkish Cup match against İstanbulspor. He had surgery in December 2018, and in June 2020 it was reported that a new injury would keep him out for about three months and that a transfer had fallen through.

In autumn 2020 he moved to Altınordu and played for the club in the 1. Lig. His current club is TFF Second League side Isparta 32 Spor.