Yusuf Yazıcı

Yusuf Yazıcı

Yusuf Yazıcı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lille OSC and the Turkey national football team. He made his senior debut for Trabzonspor in December 2015, aged 18. In 2019 he joined Lille for €17. 5 million, including €1 million of performance criteria, the highest transfer revenue of the club’s history.

About Yusuf Yazıcı in brief

Summary Yusuf YazıcıYusuf Yazıcı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lille OSC and the Turkey national football team. An academy graduate of Trabzonspor, he made his senior debut in December 2015, aged 18, and made over 80 league appearances for the club. In 2019 he joined Lille for €17. 5 million, including €1 million of performance criteria, the highest transfer revenue of the club’s history. He made his international debut for Turkey in June 2017 and was named by UEFA as one of the 50 young players to watch in 2018.

He chose the number 12 jersey for his Ligue 1 debut on 1 August 2019 and made his debut in the 68th minute. He was sent off in stoppage time in a 1–0 loss to Yeni Malatyaspor on 22 October 2017, his first ever red card. He has also been linked with a move to Premier League side Manchester United and Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven. He is currently on a five-year deal with Lille.