Eren Elmalı

Eren Elmalı
Elmalı in 2025
Personal information
Full name Evren Eren Elmalı
Date of birth (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Place of birth Istanbul, 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 38 (3)
International career‡
2021–2022 Turkey U21 4 (0)
2022– Turkey 25 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:48, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:24, 26 June 2026 (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]

On 2 June 2026, Elmalı was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[7]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 25 June 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202260
202340
202440
202560
202650
Total250

Betting investigation

As part of an investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, known to the public as the “Football Betting Investigations,” Elmalı's name was included after it was discovered that he had placed bets on a legal betting platform. Due to his involvement, Elmalı was removed from Turkey's squad.[9]

Elmalı admitted to betting on a match that did not involve his own team five years ago.[10] On 13 November, the Turkish Professional Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) imposed a ban on Eren Elmalı, preventing him from playing football for 45 days.[11]

Honours

Trabzonspor

Galatasaray

References

  1. ↑ "Eren Elmalı kimdir, kaç yaşında? Eren Elmalı nereli ve hangi..." Fanatik.
  2. ↑ "Alanyaspor vs. Kasımpaşa - 11 January 2021". Soccerway. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Trabzonspor Eren Elmalı Doğucan Haspolat ve Jens Stryger Larsen transferlerinin maliyetini açıkladı!". Fotomaç.
  4. ↑ "Eren Elmalı Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "2026 Turkey World Cup roster: Complete 26-man team". 2 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Eren Elmalı at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ "Elmali removed from Türkiye squad as 1,024 players face betting investigation". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "TFF hangi futbolcuları bahis oynamakla suçladı, şimdi ne olacak?". BBC News Online (in Turkish). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "PFDK Kararları - 13.11.2025 - PFDK Kararları TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "TÜRKİYE'NİN İLK VE TEK BEŞ YILDIZLI ŞAMPİYONU GALATASARAY!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "ÜST ÜSTE 4. SENE ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "TÜRKİYE KUPASI 19. KEZ GALATASARAY'IN!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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