Eren Elmalı
_(cropped).jpg) Elmalı in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Evren Eren Elmalı | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Kartal, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | Kartalspor | ||
| 2018–2019 | Kasımpaşa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Kasımpaşa | 36 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Silivrispor (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Trabzonspor | 86 | (0) |
| 2025– | Galatasaray | 20 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021-2022 | Turkey U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Turkey | 20 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:48, 14 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Evren Eren Elmalı (born 7 July 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Turkey national team.
Professional career
Kasımpaşa
Elmalı is a youth product of Kartalspor and Kasımpaşa, signing his first professional contract with the latter in 2019.
Silivrispor (loan)
He began his senior career on loan with Silivrispor in the TFF First League for the 2019-20 season.[1]
Return to Kasımpaşa
He returned to Kasımpaşa for the 2020-21 season. He made his professional debut with Kasımpaşa in a 2-1 Süper Lig win over Alanyaspor on 11 January 2021.[2]
Trabzonspor
On 17 July 2022, Elmalı transferred to Trabzonspor on a 3-year contract.[3]
Galatasaray
On 11 February 2025, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Galatasaray.[4]
On 13 November 2025, Elmalı was banned from playing for 45 days for his involvement in the 2025 Turkish football betting scandal.[5]
International career
Elmalı was called up to the senior Turkey national team for UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022.[6]
International
- As of match played 14 October 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
Betting investigation
As part of an investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and known to the public as the “Football Betting Investigations,”[7] Due to his involvement, Elmalı was removed from Türkiye's squad.[8][9]
Elmalı, admitted to betting on a game about five years ago that did not involve his own team.[10] On 13 November, PFDK imposed bans Eren Elmalı for 45 days.[11][12]
Honours
Trabzonspor
Galatasaray
References
- ^ "Eren Elmalı kimdir, kaç yaşında? Eren Elmalı nereli ve hangi..." Fanatik.
- ^ "Alanyaspor vs. Kasımpaşa - 11 January 2021". Soccerway. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Trabzonspor Eren Elmalı Doğucan Haspolat ve Jens Stryger Larsen transferlerinin maliyetini açıkladı!". Fotomaç.
- ^ "Eren Elmalı Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Here is the penalty for 102 football players who placed bets! Two stars from Galatasaray are also on the list". Haberler. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "A Millî Takım'ın UEFA Uluslar Ligi maçlarının aday kadrosu açıklandı - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". tff.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "TFF, bahis oynayan 1024 futbolcuyu açıkladı; büyük takım ve Süper Lig oyuncuları da listede!". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Elmali removed from Türkiye squad as 1,024 players face betting investigation". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "The name added to the national team in place of Eren Elmalı has been announced". Haberler.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "TFF hangi futbolcuları bahis oynamakla suçladı, şimdi ne olacak?". BBC News Online (in Turkish). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Bahis soruşturmasında yeni dalga: Ahmet Çakar, Mert Hakan Yandaş ve Metehan Baltacı gözaltına alındı - canlı oku". Medyascope (in Turkish). 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Turkish football betting scandal: Galatasaray and Fenerbahce players arrested". BBC Sport. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "TÜRKİYE'NİN İLK VE TEK BEŞ YILDIZLI ŞAMPİYONU GALATASARAY!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "TÜRKİYE KUPASI 19. KEZ GALATASARAY'IN!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
External links
- Eren Elmalı at the Turkish Football Federation
- Eren Elmalı at Soccerway