Emre Tezgel

Emre Tezgel
Personal information
Full name Emre James Vann Tezgel[1]
Date of birth (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Wycombe Wanderers
(on loan from Stoke City)
Number 19
Youth career
2021–2022 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Stoke City 15 (0)
2024 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 15 (3)
2025–2026 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 31 (10)
2026– → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 England U16 2 (3)
2021–2022 England U17 10 (7)
2024– England U20 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:02, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:34, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Emre James Vann Tezgel (born 19 September 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Wycombe Wanderers on loan from EFL Championship club Stoke City.

Tezgel is Stoke City's youngest ever senior player, having debuted at 16 in January 2022. He is a youth international for England having represented them at U16, U17 and U20 levels.

Club career

Stoke City

Tezgel made his professional debut for Stoke City on 9 January 2022 in a 2–0 FA Cup victory over Leyton Orient becoming Stoke's youngest player, aged 16 and 112 days.[3][4] On 29 June 2022, Tezgel signed as a scholar and also agreed to a three-year professional contract which took effect on his 17th birthday.[5][6]

Milton Keynes Dons (loan)

On 1 February 2024, Tezgel joined League Two side Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.[7] Tezgel scored his first senior goal on 29 March 2024, in a 5–0 victory against Walsall.[8] He scored a further two goals as MK Dons missed out on automatic promotion finishing fourth and were well beaten by Crawley Town in the EFL League Two play-offs.[9]

Tezgel scored his first goal for Stoke on 13 August 2024 in a 2–0 EFL Cup victory against Carlisle United.[10] He then scored in the next round against Middlesbrough.[11] Tezgel was prolific for the under-21s, scoring 22 goals in nine matches, and was awarded the Premier League 2 player of the month for March 2025.[12] He signed a new two-year contract at the end of the 2024–25 season.[13]

Crewe Alexandra (loan)

In July 2025, Tezgel joined League Two side Crewe Alexandra on loan for the 2025–26 season.[14] He scored his first Crewe goal in their 3–1 first round EFL Cup defeat at Stockport County on 12 August 2025.[15] On 2 September 2025, Tezgel scored Crewe's first hat-trick in eight years as the side beat Chesterfield 7–1 in their opening tie in the EFL Trophy group stage.[16] On 25 October 2025, Tezgel scored a further hat-trick in Crewe's 3–2 League win over Grimsby Town.[17] A month later, after five goals in his last seven games, Tezgel was praised by Crewe's player development manager Kenny Lunt for "his all-round game, what he does for the team, his work-rate, his assists, he's more than just a goalscorer, he's a top player."[18] With a further EFL Trophy goal and two assists helping Crewe top Northern Group H, Tezgel was awarded the Vertu Trophy Player of the Round for the Group Stages on 2 December 2025.[19] After sustaining an ankle injury against Bristol Rovers on 19 December 2025,[20] he was sidelined until mid-March,[21] scoring his 14th goal of the season in Crewe's 4–0 win at Shrewsbury Town on 21 March 2026.[22] He was named as the club's Young Player of the Year at the end of season awards.[23] Tezgel ended the 2025–26 season with 15 goals from 36 appearances as Crewe finished in 10th position.[24]

Wycombe Wanderers (loan)

On 23 July 2026, Tezgel joined League One side Wycombe Wanderers on loan for the 2026–27 season.[25]

International career

In June 2021 Tezgel scored a hat-trick for England under-16 against Northern Ireland.[26] Later that year he scored two goals for England under-17 against Netherlands in the final of the 2021 Syrenka Cup.[27] In February 2024 Tezgel was called up to the Turkey U19 squad qualifying to represent that nation through his father.[28] However he did not make an appearance and on 6 September 2024 Tezgel made his debut for the England U20 side coming off the bench as a substitute in their draw against Turkey U20.[29]

Personal life

Tezgel is of Turkish descent through his father with roots in Aksaray.[30] He attended Painsley Catholic College.[31] His cousin Tash played for Stoke City Women.[31]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2021–22[32] Championship 002000—20
2022–23[33] Championship 301000—40
2023–24[34] Championship 000000—00
2024–25[35] Championship 1202032—172
2025–26[36] Championship 000000—00
2026–27[37] Championship 000000—00
Total 1505032—232
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2023–24[34] League Two 15300002[a]0173
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2025–26[36] League Two 311010113[b]43615
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2026–27[37] League One 0000000000
Career total 62136043447620
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL League Two play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

England U17

  • Finalist of Syrenka Cup: 2021[38]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Intermediary Transactions 2022 2023". The Football Association. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ↑ https://www.whoscored.com/players/430866/show/emre-tezgel
  3. ↑ Smith, Peter (9 January 2022). "Stoke City boss thrilled for record-breaking England youth striker". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stoke City 2–0 Leyton Oreint". BBC Sport. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tezgel pledges future to Potters". Stoke City. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Smith, Peter (29 June 2022). "Major Stoke City coup as Emre Tezgel commits long-term future despite Leeds United interest". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Emre Tezgel: MK Dons sign teenage Stoke City striker on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Milton Keynes Dons 5-0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ↑ McIntyre, David (11 May 2024). "Milton Keynes Dons 1-5 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Carlisle United 0-2 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0–5 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Tezgel named PL2 Player of the Month for March". Premier League. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Emre Tezgel signs new Potters contract". Stoke City. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Emre Tezgel completes Crewe loan move". Stoke City. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Stockport County 3-1 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Match Report | Crewe 7 Chesterfield 1". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  18. ↑ Wheeler, Dan; Sandoz, Matt (26 November 2025). "Emre Tezgel: Crewe Alexandra striker a role model at 20, says Kenny Lunt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Emre Tezgel named Vertu Trophy Player of the Round". EFL. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  20. ↑ "Fitness Update : Tezgel set to miss 'a few games'". CreweAlex.net. 23 December 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  21. ↑ "Fitness Update: Tracey, Tezgel, Sanders, Lankester & Thomas". CreweAlex.net. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  22. ↑ Wheeler, Dan (24 March 2026). "Grateful Tezgel happy to be back scoring for Crewe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Crewe Alexandra Awards 2025/26". www.crewealex.net. 27 April 2026. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  24. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "Emre Tezgel joins Chairboys on loan". Stoke City. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  26. ↑ Smith, Peter (3 June 2021). "Stoke City youth striker bangs in hat-trick on England duty". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  27. ↑ Mothershaw, Mark (8 September 2021). "'Harry Kane type' - Impressive form from the Stoke City starlet who could save the club big money". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  28. ↑ Merkezi, Haber (2 February 2024). "Milli Takım tercihini Türkiye'den yana yapan Emre Tezgel, MK Dons'a kiralandı" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  29. ↑ Drury, Adam (6 September 2024). "Report: England Elite League Squad 1-1 Turkiye". England Football. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  30. ↑ Smith, Peter (12 July 2021). "Great's praise for 'very special' teenage Stoke City striker Tezgel". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  31. 1 2 Smith, Peter (6 October 2021). "Stoke City prodigy linked with Chelsea, Manchester United and Man City". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  36. 1 2 "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  37. 1 2 "Games played by Emre Tezgel in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  38. 1 2 Matty Ingham (8 September 2021). "Syrenka Cup final: Netherlands 3-2 England, Young Lion named Player of the Tournament". jobs4football.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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