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Zeki Yavru

Zeki Yavru

Defender - Right-Back  at Samsunspor
Age34
CitizenshipTürkiye
Height1.78 m
Footright
BornSeptember 5, 1991
at Samsunspor 1,390 days · joined 2022-08-03
👕200+ Apps
Market value €300k
Right-Back Defender

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
10/11
debut season
0.06
goals / match
Samsunspor
top club · 100 apps

Career highs

€2.50m
peak value · 2016
top transfer fee
7
best season · 11/12
3 / 0
int'l caps / goals
396Appearances
23Goals
34Assists
76Yellow cards
4Red cards
107Full matches (90′)
Full nameZeki Yavru
Date of birth1991-09-05 (34 yrs)
Place of birthTrabzon, Türkiye
CitizenshipTürkiye
PositionDefender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height178.00 m
Current clubSamsunspor
Joined2022-08-03
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentMEK Football
Jul 2025
25/26 — Samsunspor
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — Samsunspor
35 matches · 2 G · 8 A · across 1 competition
Dec 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Samsunspor
28 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2022
Transfer: Giresunspor → Samsunspor
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Samsunspor
32 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2022
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Giresunspor
32 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Y. Malatyaspor → Giresunspor
21/22 · Transfer
Mar 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Sep 2020
Transfer: Denizlispor → Y. Malatyaspor
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Yeni Malatyaspor
34 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Akhisarspor → Denizlispor
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Denizlispor
33 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2019
Transfer: Trabzonspor → Akhisarspor
18/19 · Transfer
Aug 2018
Transfer: Genclerbirligi → Trabzonspor
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Akhisarspor, Trabzonspor
22 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2017
Transfer: Trabzonspor → Genclerbirligi
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Genclerbirligi Ankara
27 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — Trabzonspor
23 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2016
Transfer: Kayserispor → Trabzonspor
15/16 · Return from loan
Aug 2015
Transfer: Trabzonspor → Kayserispor
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Trabzonspor, Kayserispor
36 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — Trabzonspor
15 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Trabzonspor
26 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2013
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — Trabzonspor
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2012
Transfer: 1461 Trabzon → Trabzonspor
11/12 · Return from loan
Aug 2011
Transfer: Trabzonspor → 1461 Trabzon
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — 1461 Trabzon
27 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2011
Transfer: 1461 Trabzon → Trabzonspor
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — 1461 Trabzon
10 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2010
Transfer: Trabzonspor U21 → Trabzon Kdz.
09/10 · Transfer
Sep 2007
Transfer: Trbzn Tlkm Yth → Trabzonspor U21
07/08 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
9,632 min
Minutes played by club
Samsunspor 49.9%
Giresunspor 0.0%
Yeni Malatyaspor 12.1%
Denizlispor 0.0%
Trabzonspor 11.4%
Akhisarspor 5.5%
Genclerbirligi Ankara 0.0%
Kayserispor 12.5%
1461 Trabzon 8.5%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Samsunspor 4 22/23 25/26 100 5 16 4,809
Giresunspor 1 21/22 21/22 32 0 2 0
Yeni Malatyaspor 1 20/21 20/21 34 3 2 1,165
Denizlispor 1 19/20 19/20 33 0 4 0
Trabzonspor 6 12/13 18/19 80 1 6 1,101
Akhisarspor 1 18/19 18/19 18 2 1 528
Genclerbirligi Ankara 1 17/18 17/18 27 0 0 0
Kayserispor 1 15/16 15/16 35 4 1 1,208
1461 Trabzon 2 10/11 11/12 37 8 2 821

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€625K5€1.3M8€1.9M10€2.5M10/11 — 1 goals (1461 Trabzon)110/1111/12 — 7 goals (1461 Trabzon)11/12 — 2 assists911/1212/1313/14 — 1 goals (Trabzonspor)13/14 — 4 assists513/1414/15 — 1 assists114/1515/16 — 4 goals (Kayserispor)15/16 — 1 assists515/1616/17 — 1 assists116/1717/1818/19 — 2 goals (Akhisarspor)18/19 — 1 assists318/1919/20 — 4 assists419/2020/21 — 3 goals (Yeni Malatyaspor)20/21 — 2 assists520/2121/22 — 2 assists221/2222/23 — 2 goals (Samsunspor)22/23 — 4 assists622/2323/24 — 1 goals (Samsunspor)23/24 — 4 assists523/2424/25 — 2 goals (Samsunspor)24/25 — 8 assists1024/2525/2612/13 — €350K13/14 — €500K14/15 — €1.5M15/16 — €1.2M16/17 — €2.5M17/18 — €2.5M18/19 — €1M19/20 — €400K20/21 — €400K21/22 — €775K22/23 — €750K23/24 — €500K24/25 — €350K25/26 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

10/11: 1110/1111/12: 7711/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 2221/2222/23: 4422/2323/24: 4423/2424/25: 8824/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Europa League Qualifying Samsunspor 2 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 Süper Lig Samsunspor 3 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 Süper Lig Samsunspor 35 2 8 8 0 1,448
23/24 Süper Lig Samsunspor 28 1 4 4 0 2,027
22/23 1.Lig Samsunspor 31 2 4 3 1 1,334
22/23 Türkiye Kupasi Samsunspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Süper Lig Giresunspor 31 0 2 6 0 0
21/22 Türkiye Kupasi Giresunspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Süper Lig Yeni Malatyaspor 32 2 1 3 0 1,004
20/21 Türkiye Kupasi Yeni Malatyaspor 2 1 1 0 0 161
19/20 Süper Lig Denizlispor 29 0 4 3 1 0
19/20 Türkiye Kupasi Denizlispor 4 0 0 3 0 0
18/19 Süper Lig Akhisarspor 12 2 0 4 0 528
18/19 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Türkiye Kupasi Akhisarspor 6 0 1 0 0 0
18/19 Türkiye Kupasi Trabzonspor 3 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 Süper Lig Genclerbirligi Ankara 21 0 0 5 1 0
17/18 Türkiye Kupasi Genclerbirligi Ankara 6 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 17 0 1 5 0 0
16/17 Türkiye Kupasi Trabzonspor 6 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Europa League Qualifying Trabzonspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Süper Lig Kayserispor 30 3 1 9 1 889
15/16 Türkiye Kupasi Kayserispor 5 1 0 1 0 319
14/15 Europa League Trabzonspor 4 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Trabzonspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 10 0 1 2 0 0
13/14 Europa League Trabzonspor 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Europa League Qualifying Trabzonspor 6 0 1 1 0 0
13/14 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 17 1 2 4 0 1,101
13/14 Türkiye Kupasi Trabzonspor 1 0 1 1 0 0
12/13 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 7 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Türkiye Kupasi Trabzonspor 4 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 2.Lig Kirmizi 1461 Trabzon 27 7 2 6 0 312
10/11 2.Lig Kirmizi 1461 Trabzon 8 1 0 3 0 509
10/11 Türkiye Kupasi 1461 Trabzon 2 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2007-09-12 Trbzn Tlkm Yth Trabzonspor U21 Transfer 0
09/10 2010-01-29 Trabzonspor U21 Trabzon Kdz. Transfer 50000
10/11 2011-01-26 1461 Trabzon Trabzonspor Transfer 50000
11/12 2011-08-01 Trabzonspor 1461 Trabzon Loan 50000
11/12 2012-06-30 1461 Trabzon Trabzonspor Return from loan 350000
15/16 2015-08-12 Trabzonspor Kayserispor Loan 1000000
15/16 2016-06-30 Kayserispor Trabzonspor Return from loan 2000000
17/18 2017-07-10 Trabzonspor Genclerbirligi Transfer 1600000
18/19 2018-08-20 Genclerbirligi Trabzonspor Transfer 650000
18/19 2019-01-15 Trabzonspor Akhisarspor Transfer 350000
19/20 2019-07-24 Akhisarspor Denizlispor Transfer 400000
20/21 2020-09-07 Denizlispor Y. Malatyaspor Transfer 325000
21/22 2021-07-01 Y. Malatyaspor Giresunspor Transfer 775000
22/23 2022-08-03 Giresunspor Samsunspor Transfer 650000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
12/13 Head injury 2013-01-31 2013-02-28 29 7
14/15 Fitness 2015-02-05 2015-02-11 7 2
16/17 bruise 2016-10-22 2016-10-28 7 2
17/18 unknown injury 2018-04-23 2018-05-01 9 1
20/21 Corona virus 2020-11-23 2020-12-06 14 3
20/21 unknown injury 2021-03-06 2021-04-07 33 3
21/22 Broken toe 2022-02-27 2022-04-01 34 4
21/22 unknown injury 2022-04-06 2022-04-12 7 1
23/24 unknown injury 2023-11-03 2023-11-05 3 1
23/24 unknown injury 2023-11-08 2023-11-20 13 2
23/24 Inguinal hernia 2023-11-30 2023-12-30 31 5
23/24 Fitness 2023-12-31 2024-01-08 9 1
Current€300k
Peak€2.50m
Low€50k
Δ since start+€250k
€50k€663k€1.28m€1.89m€2.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €575k
Jan 1, 1970 €775k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #39417 #9 3 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Mustafa Yumlu 2 2 0
Yusuf Erdoğan 2 3 0
Moryké Fofana 1 0 0
Youssef Aït Bennasser 2 0 0
Alim Öztürk 2 0 0
Marc Bola 2 0 0
Osman Çelik 2 1 0
Abdulkadir Özdemir 2 0 0
Landry Dimata 1 1 0
Olcay Şahan 2 0 0
Gaëtan Laura 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
11/12 2.Lig Kirmizi 1461 Trabzon 7 27
15/16 Süper Lig Kayserispor 3 30
18/19 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 2 13

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
24/25 Süper Lig Samsunspor 8 35
19/20 Süper Lig Denizlispor 4 29
23/24 Süper Lig Samsunspor 4 28

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
15/16 2016-06-30 Kayserispor Trabzonspor Return from loan €2.00m
15/16 2015-08-12 Trabzonspor Kayserispor Loan €1.00m
11/12 2012-06-30 1461 Trabzon Trabzonspor Return from loan €350k
11/12 2011-08-01 Trabzonspor 1461 Trabzon Loan €50k

Last 50 matches for Samsunspor while Zeki Yavru was at the club (joined 2022-08-03). The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-11-02 TR1 Konyaspor 1–3 Samsunspor Available
2025-10-27 TR1 Samsunspor 1–1 Çaykur Rizespor Available
2025-10-19 TR1 Kayserispor 1–3 Samsunspor Available
2025-10-05 TR1 Samsunspor 0–0 Fenerbahçe Available
2025-09-27 TR1 Gaziantep FK 2–2 Samsunspor Available
2025-09-21 TR1 Samsunspor 3–2 Fatih Karagümrük Available
2025-09-17 TR1 Samsunspor 0–0 Kasımpaşa SK Available
2025-09-13 TR1 Samsunspor 1–2 Antalyaspor Available
2025-08-31 TR1 Trabzonspor 1–1 Samsunspor Available
2025-08-16 TR1 Kocaelispor 0–1 Samsunspor Available
2025-08-09 TR1 Samsunspor 2–1 Gençlerbirliği Available
2025-05-25 TR1 Trabzonspor 2–2 Samsunspor Available
2025-05-18 TR1 Samsunspor 1–0 Sivasspor Available
2025-05-04 TR1 Samsunspor 3–0 Eyüpspor Available
2025-04-26 TR1 Bodrum FK 1–2 Samsunspor Available
2025-04-21 TR1 Alanyaspor 1–0 Samsunspor Available
2025-04-11 TR1 Samsunspor 0–2 Galatasaray Available
2025-04-05 TR1 Antalyaspor 2–1 Samsunspor Available
2025-03-29 TR1 Samsunspor 0–2 Kasımpaşa SK Available
2025-03-16 TR1 Fenerbahçe 0–0 Samsunspor Available
2025-03-09 TR1 Samsunspor 3–2 Adana Demirspor Available
2025-03-03 TR1 Göztepe 2–2 Samsunspor Available
2025-02-22 TR1 Samsunspor 2–3 Çaykur Rizespor Available
2025-02-16 TR1 Konyaspor 0–1 Samsunspor Available
2025-02-07 TR1 Samsunspor 2–0 Hatayspor Available
2025-02-01 TR1 İstanbul Başakşehir 4–0 Samsunspor Available
2025-01-24 TR1 Samsunspor 2–1 Gaziantep FK Available
2025-01-18 TR1 Beşiktaş 0–0 Samsunspor Available
2025-01-11 TR1 Kayserispor 0–1 Samsunspor Available
2025-01-04 TR1 Samsunspor 2–1 Trabzonspor Available
2024-12-21 TR1 Sivasspor 0–0 Samsunspor Available
2024-12-08 TR1 Eyüpspor 3–0 Samsunspor Available
2024-11-30 TR1 Samsunspor 4–0 Bodrum FK Available
2024-11-24 TR1 Samsunspor 1–1 Alanyaspor Available
2024-11-10 TR1 Galatasaray 3–2 Samsunspor Available
2024-11-04 TR1 Samsunspor 2–0 Antalyaspor Available
2024-10-26 TR1 Kasımpaşa SK 1–4 Samsunspor Available
2024-10-20 TR1 Samsunspor 2–2 Fenerbahçe Available
2024-10-06 TR1 Adana Demirspor 1–3 Samsunspor Available
2024-09-28 TR1 Samsunspor 4–3 Göztepe Available
2024-09-22 TR1 Çaykur Rizespor 0–1 Samsunspor Available
2024-09-18 TR1 Samsunspor 2–0 İstanbul Başakşehir Available
2024-09-14 TR1 Samsunspor 0–1 Konyaspor Available
2024-09-01 TR1 Hatayspor 0–3 Samsunspor Available
2024-08-18 TR1 Gaziantep FK 0–1 Samsunspor Available
2024-08-11 TR1 Samsunspor 0–2 Beşiktaş Available
2024-05-25 TR1 Fatih Karagümrük 3–1 Samsunspor Available
2024-05-18 TR1 Samsunspor 1–1 Alanyaspor Available
2024-05-12 TR1 Konyaspor 3–0 Samsunspor Available
2024-05-04 TR1 Samsunspor 3–1 Trabzonspor Available

Teams faced most often by Zeki Yavru's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Beşiktaş 24 3 6 15 20 39 -19 13%
Sivasspor 24 6 9 9 33 35 -2 25%
İstanbul Başakşehir 24 8 8 8 24 27 -3 33%
Kasımpaşa SK 24 14 4 6 47 33 +14 58%
Antalyaspor 24 11 7 6 33 21 +12 46%
Galatasaray 24 2 3 19 21 57 -36 8%
Fenerbahçe 24 6 6 12 35 50 -15 25%
Alanyaspor 24 6 8 10 22 34 -12 25%
Çaykur Rizespor 24 12 2 10 37 33 +4 50%
MKE Ankaragücü 18 10 2 6 26 24 +2 56%
Konyaspor 18 6 6 6 23 24 -1 33%
Gaziantep FK 18 7 8 3 27 20 +7 39%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
10/11 Senior debut season
10/11 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 5 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 35 1,448 8 0 0 0.5
23/24 28 2,027 4 0 0 0.18
22/23 32 1,334 3 0 1 0.27
21/22 32 0 6 0 0 0
20/21 34 1,165 3 0 0 0.23
19/20 33 0 6 0 1 0
18/19 22 528 5 0 0 0.85
17/18 27 0 5 0 1 0
16/17 23 0 6 0 0 0
15/16 36 1,208 10 0 1 0.82
14/15 15 0 2 0 0 0
13/14 26 1,101 6 0 0 0.49
12/13 11 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 27 312 6 3 0 2.6
10/11 10 509 4 0 0 0.71

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Süper Lig
273 apps
11 G
24 A
2.Lig Kirmizi
35 apps
8 G
2 A
1.Lig
31 apps
2 G
4 A
Türkiye Kupasi
41 apps
2 G
3 A
Europa League Qualifying
10 apps
0 G
1 A
Europa League
6 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Zeki Yavru

Who is Zeki Yavru?

Zeki Yavru is a Türkiye professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Samsunspor.

How old is Zeki Yavru?

Zeki Yavru is 34 years old. He was born on September 5, 1991 in Trabzon.

What position does Zeki Yavru play?

Zeki Yavru plays as a right-back (Defender - Right-Back).

What club does Zeki Yavru play for?

Zeki Yavru currently plays for Samsunspor.

How many career goals has Zeki Yavru scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Zeki Yavru has scored 23 goals in 396 appearances.

What is Zeki Yavru's market value?

Zeki Yavru's most recent reported market value is €300k.