_(cropped).jpg) Elmalı in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Evren Eren Elmalı | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-07-07)7 July 2000 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Kartal, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | Kartalspor | ||
| 2018–2019 | Kasımpaşa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Kasımpaşa | 36 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | →Silivrispor (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Trabzonspor | 86 | (0) |
| 2025– | Galatasaray | 20 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021-2022 | Turkey U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Turkey | 20 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:48, 14 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Evren Eren Elmalı (born 7 July 2000) is a Turkish professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forSüper Lig clubGalatasaray and theTurkey national team.
Elmalı is a youth product ofKartalspor andKasımpaşa, signing his first professional contract with the latter in 2019.
He began his senior career on loan withSilivrispor in theTFF First League for the 2019-20 season.[1]
He returned to Kasımpaşa for the 2020-21 season. He made his professional debut with Kasımpaşa in a 2-1Süper Lig win overAlanyaspor on 11 January 2021.[2]
On 17 July 2022, Elmalı transferred toTrabzonspor on a 3-year contract.[3]
On 11 February 2025, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract withGalatasaray.[4]
On 13 November 2025, Elmalı was banned from playing for 45 days for his involvement in the2025 Turkish football betting scandal.[5]
Elmalı was called up to the seniorTurkey national team forUEFA Nations League matches in June 2022.[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
As part of an investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and known to the public as the “Football Betting Investigations,”[7] Due to his involvement, Elmalı was removed fromTürkiye's squad.[8][9]
Elmalı, admitted to betting on a game about five years ago that did not involve his own team.[10] On 13 November, PFDK imposed bans Eren Elmalı for 45 days.[11][12]
Trabzonspor
Galatasaray