| Rıdvan Yılmaz | |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Height: | 1.74 m[1] |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Rangers |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Beşiktaş |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Beşiktaş |
| Caps1: | 52 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | Rangers |
| Caps2: | 35 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Turkey U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Turkey U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Turkey U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam4: | Turkey U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2020–2021 |
| Nationalteam5: | Turkey U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam6: | Turkey |
| Nationalcaps6: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 09:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC) |
Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 21 May 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Rangers and the Turkey national team.
Yılmaz is a graduate of the Beşiktaş youth academy. He made 62 first-team appearances for Beşiktaş, helping them win the domestic league and cup double in the 2020–21 season. In July 2022, he joined Rangers for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million.
Yılmaz made 50 appearances for Turkey's youth national teams, from under-16 to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in May 2021, and was a member of Turkey's squad at UEFA Euro 2020.
Yılmaz was born in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul.[2] He spent 10 years of his youth career in the academy of Beşiktaş,[3] which he joined at the age of seven.[2] Yılmaz made his professional debut with Beşiktaş as a late substitute in a 7–2 Süper Lig win over Çaykur Rizespor on 8 April 2019.[2] In the 2020–21 season, he won the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş.[4] [5] [6]
On 25 July 2022, Yılmaz joined Scottish club Rangers on a five-year deal for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million, with the deal containing add-ons that could raise the fee to £5.3 million.[7] He made his debut for the club as a substitute against Belgian team Union Saint-Gilloise, during a UEFA Champions League qualifier loss on 2 August.[8] [9]
Yılmaz suffered a serious hamstring injury in a Scottish Premiership match against Aberdeen in October.[10] After more than four months, he returned to the Rangers first-team as a substitute in a Scottish Cup game against Raith Rovers in March 2023.[11]
Yılmaz played youth international football for Turkey at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels, making 50 appearances in total.[12]
In May 2021, Yılmaz was called up to the senior Turkey national football team's preliminary 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[13] He made his senior international debut on 27 May 2021, in a warm-up friendly against Azerbaijan.[12] [14] He was included in Turkey's final 26-man squad for Euro 2020.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Beşiktaş | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 4 | ||||
| Rangers | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 48 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 87 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 6 | |||
| Turkey | 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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