Mahmut Tekdemir

Mahmut Tekdemir
	Tekdemir playing for İstanbul Başakşehir in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	20 January 1988
Place of birth	Çermik, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions	Defensive midfielder; centre back;
Team information
Current team	Ankaragücü
Number	21
Youth career
1999–2000	Eroğluspor
2000–2003	Damlaspor
2003–2006	İstanbul Başakşehir
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2024	İstanbul Başakşehir
2024–	Ankaragücü
International career‡
2007	Turkey U19
2008–2010	Turkey U21
2011–2013	Turkey B
2015–2021	Turkey
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 May 2022

Mahmut Tekdemir (born 20 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ankaragücü.

Club career

Tekdemir holds İstanbul Başakşehir's all-time appearances record with 494 overall appearances as of 10 December 2023.

Tekdemir is a youth and A2 international.^[1] He got his first callup in a friendly 2-1 win over Luxembourg.^[2]

As of 28 March 2024^[3]^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Continental^[b]		Other^[c]		Total
Club	Season
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
İstanbul Başakşehir^[d]	2006–07	Süper Lig	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2007–08		5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2008–09		21	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
	2009–10		23	0	3	0	—		—		26	0
	2010–11		28	0	7	0	—		—		35	0
	2011–12		36	0	0	0	—		—		36	0
	2012–13		28	1	0	0	—		—		28	1
	2013–14	1. Lig	29	1	2	1	—		—		31	2
	2014–15	Süper Lig	29	4	3	0	—		—		32	4
	2015–16		31	1	5	0	2	0	—		38	1
	2016–17		26	2	4	0	3	0	—		33	2
	2017–18		26	1	3	0	6	0	—		35	1
	2018–19		32	0	0	0	2	0	—		34	0
	2019–20		24	3	1	0	7	0	—		32	3
	2020–21		31	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	35	1
	2021–22		25	3	0	0	0	0	—		25	3
	2022–23		24	0	4	0	13	0	—		41	0
	2023–24		8	0	3	0	0	0	—		11	0
Career total			398	17	33	1	25	0	0	0	456	18

As of 30 July 2022:^[5]

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Turkey
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	–
	2018	6	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	6	0
	2021	1	0
Total		22	0

↑ "MAHMUT TEKDEMİR". tff.org. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
↑ "LUXEMBOURG TURKEY - Match Details TFF".
↑ "Mahmut Tekdemir (Başakşehir FK) @ mackolik.com" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
↑ "Turkey - M.Tekdemir". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
↑ Mahmut Tekdemir at National-Football-Teams.com