Güven Yalçın (born 18 January 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Genoa.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Güven Yalçın[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Genoa | ||
| Number | 50 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2018 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Beşiktaş | 85 | (18) |
| 2021 | → Lecce (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022– | Genoa | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Turkey U17 | 11 | (3) |
| 2017 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Turkey U19 | 11 | (4) |
| 2018 | Turkey U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Turkey | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019 | |||
Yalçın spent his entire youth development with Bayer Leverkusen, joining them in 2006.[2] On 27 July 2018, Yalçın signed with Beşiktaş in Turkish Süper Lig.[3] Yalçın made his professional debut for Beşiktaş in a 1-1 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against FK Partizan on 23 August 2018.[4]
On 1 February 2021 he was signed by Italian side Lecce on loan with an option to buy.[5]
On 21 July 2022, Yalçın returned to Italy and signed with Genoa.[6]
Yalçın was born in Germany and is of Turkish descent. He first represented the Turkey U17, and then represented the Germany U18s in a 3-0 friendly win over the Austria U18s on 17 April 2017.[7] He then switched back to represent the Turkey U19s, with whom he participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[8]
He made his Turkey national football team debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Greece, as a 55th-minute substitute for Cenk Tosun.[9]
Beşiktaş
Genoa C.F.C. – current squad | |
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