Yusuf Emre Gültekin

Yusuf Emre Gültekin — Biography

Yusuf Emre Gültekin is a footballer who came through the Gençlerbirliği youth system in Ankara, played in the Süper Lig for the first team at just 19, and in later years played for Samsunspor, Kocaelispor and MKE Ankaragücü. He was also called up to the Turkey under-20 national team.

He started in football in 2003 at the Gençlerbirliği academy and turned professional in the summer of 2011, moving up to the first team. In 2012-13 he was loaned to Hacettepe, which served as the club’s pilot team; that season, on December 23, 2012, he made his first-team debut in a Süper Lig match against Bursaspor, coming on for Mehmet Kara. Despite his young age he also got a chance in the starting eleven and appeared in six league matches in total. After returning to Gençlerbirliği in 2013-14 he also played for the A2 team. In 2012 he wore the Turkey U-20 shirt twice.

In later years he first moved to Samsunspor in the summer of 2022; in August 2023 he signed a two-year contract with Kocaelispor and said in October 2023 that he felt in very good physical shape. After that he was part of the squad of MKE Ankaragücü.