Kerem Atakan Kesgin (born 5 November 2000) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Tokat, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Gençlerbirliğispor | ||
| 2013–2018 | Bucaspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Bucaspor | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Göztepe | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Sivasspor | 27 | (2) |
| 2022– | Beşiktaş | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Turkey U15 | 6 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Turkey U16 | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Turkey U17 | 20 | (4) |
| 2017 | Turkey U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019 | Turkey U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Turkey U21 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:33, 29 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:13, 30 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kesgin is a youth product of Gençlerbirliğispor and Bucaspor, and began his career with the latter in the TFF Second League in 2017. He transferred to Göztepe in January 2018, where he made his debut in the Süper Lig.[2] He transferred to Sivasspor on 30 August 2021, signing a 3 year contract.[3] He helped Sivasspor win the 2021–22 Turkish Cup, coming on as an extra-time substitute coming on the 124th minute.[4]
On 23 August 2022, Kesgin joined Beşiktaş.[5]
Kesgin represented Turkey at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, scoring in a 1-3 defeat by Paraguay.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bucaspor | 2016–17 | TFF First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Göztepe | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Sivasspor
Beşiktaş J.K. – current squad | |
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