Ersin Destanoğlu

Ersin Destanoğlu (born 1 January 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.

Ersin Destanoğlu

Personal information
Full name	Ersin Destanoğlu
Date of birth	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Gaziosmanpaşa, Turkey^[1]
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Beşiktaş
Number	1
Youth career
2012–2013	Bayrampaşaspor
2013–2017	Beşiktaş
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–	Beşiktaş	94	(0)
International career^‡
2017	Turkey U-16	2	(0)
2017–2018	Turkey U-17	4	(0)
2018–2019	Turkey U-18	4	(0)
2019–2020	Turkey U-19	5	(0)
2020–	Turkey U-21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2021

Club career

Destanoğlu played 18 games at 2018–19 season of TFF U-19 Elite Development League.^[3] Following the departure of Loris Karius, Destanoğlu became the first choice goalkeeper in June 2020.^[4][5] On 13 June 2020, Destanoğlu made his Süper Lig debut at week 27 encounter of 2019–20 season, which ended 2–1 in favour of Antalyaspor.^[6]

Destanoğlu saved 6 shots on target,^[7] including one from a penalty shot from Chuba Akpom,^[8] ended 3–1 for home side PAOK at second qualifying round of 2020–21 Champions League qualifying stage, on 25 August 2020.^[9]

He was suspended following a collusion outside the box with opponent's striker Muhammet Demir, on Süper Lig encounter against Gaziantep on 6 November 2020, being the first Beşiktaş goalkeeper shown a red card since Rüştü Reçber's card given in 2007.^[10]

On 4 April 2021, Destanoğlu saved a penalty taken Swedish forward Isaac Thelin in a game against Kasımpaşa, held at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium, ended 1–0 for Kasımpaşa.^[11] Because of this, Destanoğlu became the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in a Süper Lig game since 2015–16 when Tolga Zengin saved one.^[12]

Career statistics

As of 9 February 2024^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup^1		Continental^2		Other^3		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beşiktaş	2019–20^[15]	Süper Lig	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2020–21^[16]		35	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	37	0
	2021–22^[17]		32	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	41	0
	2022–23^[18]		9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	2023–24^[19]		7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		91	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	107	0
Career total			91	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	107	0

• 1.^ Includes Turkish Cup.
• 2.^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League.
• 3.^ Includes Turkish Super Cup.

Honours

Beşiktaş

• TFF U19 League: 2017–18^[20]
• Süper Lig: 2020–21
• Türkiye Kupası: 2020–21
• Süper Kupa: 2021

Individual

• IFFHS World Youth (U20) Team: 2020^[21]
• Süper Lig Most clean sheets: 2020–21(shared)

References

1. "Ersin Destanoğlu - Player Details TFF". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. "Ersin Destanoğlu" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. "NTV Özel - Beşiktaş Kalesi Ersin Destanoğlu'na Emanet" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
4. "Antalyaspor maçında kale Ersin Destanoğlu'nun! Ersin Destanoğlu kimdir?" (in Turkish). Fotomaç. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
5. "Beşiktaş: 1 - Antalyaspor: 2 - Maç Sonucu" (in Turkish). Habertürk. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
6. "Beşiktaş A.Ş. - Fraport-TAV Antalyaspor" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
7. "Ersin Destanoğlu umut verdi" (in Turkish). CNN Turk. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
8. "Ersin Destanoğlu büyük farkı önledi!" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
9. "PAOK Beşiktaş UEFA Champions League UEFA.com". UEFA. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
10. "Ersin Destanoğlu kırmızı kart gördü" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
11. "Kasımpaşa AŞ - Beşiktaş AŞ - Match Details TFF". Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
12. "Beşiktaş'ta 5 yıl sonra penaltı kurtaran kaleci: Ersin Destanoğlu" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
13. "Ersin Destanoğlu @ Beşiktaş JK" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
14. "Turkey - E. Destanoglu - Profile". mackolik.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
15. "Games played by Ersin Destanoğlu in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
16. "Games played by Ersin Destanoğlu in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
17. "Games played by Ersin Destanoğlu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
18. "Games played by Ersin Destanoğlu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
19. "Games played by Ersin Destanoğlu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
20. "Ligler » U21 Ligi » Arşiv » U21 2017 - 2018 Sezonu" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
21. "The World's Youth Men Team of the Year 2020 (U20) by IFFHS". Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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