Berkan İsmail Kutlu (born 25 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Konyaspor. Born in Switzerland, he represents Turkey internationally.
 Kutlu with Galatasaray in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Berkan İsmail Kutlu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Monthey, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Konyaspor | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Monthey | 39 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Sion U21 | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Sion | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Alanyaspor | 37 | (3) |
| 2021–2026 | Galatasaray | 104 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Genoa (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2026– | Konyaspor | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Turkey U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Turkey | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 15 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editAfter a couple successful amateur season with Monthey, Kutlu signed a contract with Sion on 2 July 2018.[2] Kutlu made his professional debut with FC Sion in a 1–1 Swiss Super League tie with Servette on 24 June 2020.[3]
Alanyaspor
editKutlu signed with Alanyaspor in Turkey on 10 July 2020.[4]
Galatasaray
editOn 29 July 2021, Kutlu signed a five-year agreement with Galatasaray, starting from the 2021–22 season.[5][6]
Kutlu became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with Galatasaray. Defeating Ankaragücü 4–1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with two weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[7]
Genoa (loan)
editReturn to Galatasaray
editKonyaspor
editInternational career
editKutlu was born in Switzerland and is of Turkish descent. He represented the Turkey national U21 team in a 1–0 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Andorra U21 on 4 September 2020.[12] He debuted for the senior Turkey national team in a 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Norway on 8 October 2021.[13]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 23 August 2024[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Monthey | 2016–17 | 2. Liga Interregional | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 26 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 41 | 9 | ||||
| Sion B | 2018–19 | Promotion League | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 41 | 3 | — | — | — | 41 | 3 | |||||
| Sion | 2019–20 | Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alanyaspor | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 3 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12[b] | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 79 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 3 | ||
| Genoa (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 205 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 242 | 18 | ||
- ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Turkish Cup, Coppa Italia
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Turkish Super Cup
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Berkan İsmai̇l Kutlu". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Berkan Kutlu Sion'a transfer oldu". Fanatik. 11 July 2018.
- ↑ "Sion vs. Servette - 24 June 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Alanyaspor Berkan Kutlu'yu transfer etti". CNN Türk. 10 July 2020.
- ↑ "Berkan Kutlu transferi hakkında". Galatasaray S.K. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Hoş geldin Berkan Kutlu!". Galatasaray S.K. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ↑ "Berkan Kutlu'nun Genoa'ya geçici transferi hakkında". Galatasaray S.K. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ↑ "Berkan Kutlu yuvasına geri döndü!". Galatasaray S.K. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ↑ @GalatasaraySK (4 January 2026). "Birlikte kazandığımız başarılar, yaşadığımız mutluluklar her zaman hatırlanacak. Yolun açık olsun! 💛❤️" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ "Hoş geldin Berkan Kutlu!". www.konyaspor.org.tr. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ "Turkey U21 vs. Andorra U21 - 4 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Turkey-Norway". UEFA. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ↑ Berkan Kutlu at Soccerway
- ↑ "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Galatasaray win Turkish league after beating Fenerbahce on final day | theScore.com". www.thescore.com. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ↑ "TÜRKİYE'NİN İLK VE TEK BEŞ YILDIZLI ŞAMPİYONU GALATASARAY!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "TÜRKİYE KUPASI 19. KEZ GALATASARAY'IN!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ "Galatasaray wins Turkish Super Cup after Fenerbahce U19 team walks off after 1st-minute goal - Sportstar". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
External links
edit
- Berkan Kutlu at Soccerway
- SFL Profile Archived 19 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Berkan Kutlu at the Turkish Football Federation