Samed Yeşil

Samed Yeşil (Turkish pronunciation: [samed jeʃil], born 25 May 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Oberliga Niederrhein club Ratingen 04/19.

Samed Yeşil
Yeşil playing for Liverpool U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Samed Yeşil[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994[2]
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ratingen 04/19
Number 9
Youth career
2000–2002 Düsseldorfer CfR links
2002–2005 BV 04 Düsseldorf
2005–2012 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Bayer Leverkusen II 4 (0)
2012 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (0)
2012–2016 Liverpool 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Luzern (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 Panionios 33 (4)
2018–2019 KFC Uerdingen 05 2 (0)
2020 Ankara Demirspor 5 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Homberg 22 (2)
2021–2022 SC St. Tönis 11/20 22 (9)
2022– Ratingen 04/19 14 (4)
International career
2010 Germany U16 2 (3)
2010–2011 Germany U17 21 (20)
2012 Germany U18 3 (0)
2012–2013 Germany U19 7 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022

Formed at Bayer Leverkusen, he moved as a teenager to Liverpool in 2012. In 2015, he was loaned to FC Luzern.

Yeşil has represented Germany up to under-19 level. He was particularly successful in their under-17 team, whom he helped become runners-up in the European Championship and third place at the World Cup in 2011, finishing as top scorer of the former and second top at the latter.

Club career

Early career

Yeşil was born in Düsseldorf, but grew up in Krefeld. He started playing football in local club CFR Links, aged just six and then he played for BV 04 Düsseldorf. Aged eleven he was offered trial at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, which he accepted. In 2010, he reached the final of German Junior championship, which his team lost 1–0 to Eintracht Frankfurt. Next season he scored 22 goals in 24 matches for B-Junioren (U17/U16) and was moved one level up.

Yeşil scored 57 goals in 71 matches in the Bayer Leverkusen youth teams between 2010 and 2012. Yeşil made five appearances for the Leverkusen first team in his breakthrough year of 2012–13.[4]

Liverpool

Liverpool signed Yeşil for a price believed to be £1 million on 30 August 2012 after attracting the attention of manager Brendan Rodgers, who moved quickly to secure the 18-year-old's signature.[4]

Yeşil's first game for Liverpool was in an Under-21 match against Chelsea, with the Reds winning 4–1. He shortly after got his first call-up to the senior squad after that, remaining an unused substitute in a 5–3 UEFA Europa League group stage win away to BSC Young Boys of Switzerland on 20 September.[5] Six days later, Yesil made his senior debut in the Football League Cup third-round game against West Bromwich Albion, starting in a 2–1 win at The Hawthorns.[6] He also appeared in the next round against Swansea City, in which Liverpool succumbed to a 3–1 home defeat.[7]

On 7 December 2012, after coming back from injury, Yeşil scored his first goal in a Liverpool shirt with a half-volley lob over the goalkeeper to put Liverpool 3–1 up in a 4–1 win over Crystal Palace at The Academy in the U21 Professional Development League, after coming off the bench as a substitute. In February of the following year, after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament on international duty with Germany U19, he was sidelined for rest of the season.[8]

On 7 October 2013, Yeşil made his comeback as a substitute in a 5–0 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the U21 Premier League. He then again ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in training and was out of the season.[9] Yeşil made his return from injury coming on as a substitute on 19 August 2014 in a U21 Premier League game against Sunderland. On 12 September, he scored his first goal since his return from injury in a 4–0 win over West Ham.[10] After suffering further injury setbacks, he made his first start in 6 months against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on 17 April 2015, scoring twice as Liverpool U21s won 3–1.[11]

On 31 August 2015, Yeşil joined Luzern on a season-long deal.[12] He made his non-competitive debut for the club against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 4 September, scoring twice in three minutes as a second-half substitute in a 5–1 win. His Swiss Super League debut came nine days later, against Grasshopper Club Zürich, replacing Marco Schneuwly for the final fifteen minutes of a 3–3 draw. On 27 September, he scored his first senior goal, the game's only in a win over FC Zürich at the Swissporarena.[13]

On 10 June 2016, he was released from Liverpool at the end of his contract.[14]

Panionios

On 15 January 2017, Yeşil joined Panionios on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[15] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 away win against Panetolikos. On 17 May 2017, thanks to a close-range effort by the German striker, Panionios won 1–0 against AEK Athens at the Olympic Stadium of Athens, in the 2016–17 Play Offs.[16]

On 14 July 2017, Panionios returned to UEFA Europe League after nine years of absence with a 2–0 home win over Slovenia’s Gorica at the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League. Yesil scored a goal in each half to give Panionios a victory at Nea Smyrni Stadium, on the debut of manager Michalis Grigoriou.[17][18] On the second leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League, Yesil scored another goal, his third in this round restored lead from close range following Kapić penalty in a 3–2 away win.[19] On 24 September 2017, he scored his first league goal for the season in a 4–1 win against AEL.[20] On 25 October 2017, he scored in the 93rd minute with a backheel in a 2–1 away win against Aris for the Greek Cup.[21]

KFC Uerdingen 05

On 3 September 2018, Yeşil returned to Germany joining KFC Uerdingen 05 after not signing a new contract with Panionios.[22] He left the club on 1 July 2019 after the expiry of his contract having played just 10 minutes of first team football in his two appearances for the club. After failing to find a new club in the summer transfer window, he trained with German 5th division club TSV Meerbusch in order to maintain his fitness.[23]

Ankara Demirspor

On 26 December 2019, Yeşil signed for Turkish third division club Ankara Demirspor on a free transfer.[24]

FC Homburg

Yeşil moved to Regionalliga West side VfB Homberg in October 2020.[25]

International career

Yeşil is Turkish-German.[2] He has played for the German U-19 team. He is eligible to play for both the German and Turkish national teams at senior level.[26] Until now, he has not decided for which national team he is going to play for. According to Turkish media, his former teammate Nuri Şahin who is also Turkish-German and a Turkish international, tried to convince him to choose the Turkish national team. Turkish national team head coach Fatih Terim wanted him to play for Turkey.[27]

Career statistics
As of end of 2017–18 season[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayer Leverkusen 2011–12 Bundesliga 100000—10
Liverpool 2012–13 Premier League 0000200020
Luzern (loan) 2015–16 Swiss Super League 141200000161
Panionios 2016–17 Super League Greece 131000000131
2017–18 203720043318
Total 334720043449
Career total 4859220436310

Honours

Germany U17

Individual

References
  1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2014. p. 19. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. Mannion, Damian (30 August 2012). "Liverpool's surprise new striker signing: facts, stats and video". talkSPORT magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. "Samed Yeşil: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. "Samed Yesil". LiverpoolFC.com. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  5. Sanghera, Mandeep (20 September 2010). "Young Boys 3–5 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  6. "West Brom 1-2 Liverpool". BBC. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  7. "Liverpool 1 – 3 Swansea". BBC. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. "Liverpool FC youngster Samed Yesil sidelined for rest of season". 11 February 2013.
  9. Pearce, James (22 January 2014). "Second cruciate knee injury is cruel blow for Reds youngster Yesil". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  10. "Sheyi Ojo double inspires 4-0 win for Liverpool U21's at West Ham". 2 July 2021.
  11. "Fixtures and Results 13/14".
  12. "Yesil makes loan move to Luzern". Liverpool F.C. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. "FC Zurich suffer 0-1 defeat against FC Lucerne". FCZ. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  14. "View The Retained And Released Lists Submitted By Premier League Clubs". The FA.
  15. "Στο πρόσωπο του Σαμέντ Γεσίλ βρήκε τον διάδοχο του Ανσαριφάρντ ο Πανιώνιος". www.sport24.gr. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  16. "ΑΕΚ - Πανιώνιος 0-1". www.gazzetta.gr. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. "Yesil v Atenah dvakrat zatresel mrežo Gorice". www.rtvslo.si. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  18. "Samed Yesil scores a brace, Panionios beat ND Gorica". www.sdna.gr. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  19. "ND Gorica vs Panionios 2-3". www.uefa.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  20. "Άνετη νίκη για τον Πανιώνιο!" (in Greek). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  21. "Με τακουνάκι του Γεσίλ στο 93', 2-1 ο Πανιώνιος τον Άρη!". www.sport24.gr. 28 October 2017.
  22. "KFC Uerdingen verpflichtet Samed Yesil" (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  23. "Von Meerbusch aus wieder durchstarten". 10 October 2019.
  24. "Liverpoolun eski forveti Samed Yeşil Ankara Demirsporda".
  25. "Früher Liverpool, jetzt Regionalliga: Homberg verpflichtet Yesil". kicker (in German). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  26. "Nuri Sahin & Samed Yesil to start for Liverpool FC". Turkish-football.com. Turkish-football.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  27. "Nuri Şahin, Samed'i ikna edebilecek mi? (Can Nuri Şahin convince Samed?)". Milliyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  28. "S. Yeşil". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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