Yusuf Sarı (born 20 November 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir.[1] Born in France, he plays for the Turkey national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Martigues, France | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Istres | ||
| 2015–2017 | Marseille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Marseille B | 31 | (5) |
| 2017–2019 | Marseille | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Clermont (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Trabzonspor | 55 | (5) |
| 2022 | Çaykur Rizespor | 13 | (3) |
| 2022–2025 | Adana Demirspor | 68 | (8) |
| 2025– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 26 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Turkey U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | Turkey | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:32, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editMarseille
editSarı made his professional debut for Marseille in a 2–0 Ligue 1 win over Toulouse FC on 24 September 2017.[2]
He also made two appearances as right-winger domestic cup. One against SAS Epinal and another against Bourg-en-Bresse, where he obtained a penalty kick at the end of the game. The penalty kick was scored by his teammate Clinton N'Jie.
Clermont (loan)
editOn 29 August 2018, Sarı was loaned to Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot until the end of the season.[3] But he come back to Marseille in January 2019.[4]
Trabzonspor
editSarı did not get enough chances at Marseille and decided to move to Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. The deal was confirmed on 18 June 2019 where he signed a 3-year contract.[5]
Adana Demirspor
editOn 31 May 2022, Adana Demirspor signed Sarı to a three-year contract.[6]
İstanbul Başakşehir
editOn 1 January 2025, Sarı signed for İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. to a two-year contract.
International career
editSarı was born in France and is of Turkish descent.[7] He debuted for the Turkey U21s in a 3–0 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification loss to the Sweden U21s on 23 March 2018.[8]
Sarı was called up to the senior Turkey national team for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match and friendly in September 2023.[9] On 12 September, he made his full international debut in a 4–2 friendly loss to Japan.[10]
On 18 November, he scored his first goal for Turkey – the winning goal from a penalty kick in a 3–2 friendly win over Germany in Berlin.[11]
Honours
edit- Trabzonspor
- Turkish Cup (1): 2019–20
- Turkish Super Cup (1): 2020[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 16 December 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Marseille | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Clermont (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Trabzonspor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 5 | |||
| Çaykur Rizespor | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| Adana Demirspor | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 33 | 7 | |||
| 2023–24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | — | 30 | 5 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 68 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | — | 76 | 12 | ||||
| Career total | 146 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 20 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 18 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sarı goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2023 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | 3 |  Germany | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
References
edit- 1 2 Yusuf Sarı at Soccerway
- ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 7ème journée - Olympique de Marseille / Toulouse FC". www.lfp.fr.
- ↑ "Yusuf Sari (OM) prêté à Clermont". L'Équipe. 29 August 2018.
- ↑ "Transferts : prêté à Clermont, Yusuf Sari rentre déjà à Marseille". L'Équipe. 10 January 2019.
- ↑ Trabzonspor Yusuf Sarı ile sözleşme imzaladı, aa.com.tr, 18 June 2019
- ↑ , aspor.com.tr, 31 May 2022
- ↑ "Can Günal fait le point sur la sélection turque avant le Festival International Espoirs 2018".
- ↑ "Ümit Milli Takım İsveç'e 3-0 yenildi - U-21 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
- ↑ "A Millî Takım Aday Kadrosunda Değişiklik - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". www.tff.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ↑ "A Milli Takım, hazırlık maçında Japonya'ya 4-2 yenildi". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 12 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "Ausgerechnet daheim: Deutschland mit 1. Pleite unter Nagelsmann". SRF (in German). 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "Süper Kupa Trabzonspor'un! (ÖZET) Başakşehir - Trabzonspor maç sonucu: 1-2" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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External links
edit- Yusuf Sarı at Soccerway
- Yusuf Sarı – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Yusuf Sarı at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- OM Profile
- OM1899 Profile
- TFF Profile