Ersin Destanoğlu Explained

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

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]

On 1 October 2022, Destanoğlu has signed a new four-year contract with Beşiktaş, keeping him at the club until 2026^[13]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Turkish Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beşiktaş	2019–20	Süper Lig	8	0	0	0	0	0	–		8	0
	2020–21		35	0	1	0	1	0	–		37	0
	2021–22		32	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	41	0
	2022–23		9	0	2	0	–		–		11	0
	2023–24		11	0	0	0	3	0	–		14	0
Career total			95	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	111	0

Honours

Beşiktaş U19

• TFF U19 League: 2017–18^[16]

Beşiktaş

• Süper Lig

2020–21

• Turkish Cup

2020–21, 2023–24

• Turkish Super Cup

2021, 2024^[17]

Individual

• IFFHS World Youth (U20) Team

2020^[18]

• Süper Lig Most clean sheets: 2020–21(shared)

External links

• Ersin Destanoğlu at TFF

Notes and References

1. News: Ersin Destanoğlu - Player Details TFF. Turkish Football Federation. 10 April 2021. En.
2. News: Ersin Destanoğlu. Beşiktaş. 10 April 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210410164204/https://bjk.com.tr/tr/oyuncu/402/ersin-destanoglu-2-2.html. 10 April 2021. live.
3. News: NTV Özel - Beşiktaş Kalesi Ersin Destanoğlu'na Emanet. NTV Spor. 11 June 2020. 14 June 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200614105317/https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/ntv-ozel-sergen-yalcin-kaleci-tercihini-yapti-5ee1f2b52555981db01fcea0?_ref=infinity. 14 June 2020. live.
4. News: Antalyaspor maçında kale Ersin Destanoğlu'nun! Ersin Destanoğlu kimdir?. Fotomaç. 13 June 2020. 14 June 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200614105034/https://www.fotomac.com.tr/besiktas/2020/06/13/antalyaspor-macinda-kale-ersin-destanoglunun-ersin-destanoglu-kimdir. 14 June 2020. live.
5. News: Beşiktaş: 1 - Antalyaspor: 2 - Maç Sonucu. Habertürk. 13 June 2020. 14 June 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200614105537/https://www.haberturk.com/kemal-danabas-tan-ahmet-agaoglu-na-cevap-2711100-spor. 14 June 2020. live.
6. News: Beşiktaş A.Ş. - Fraport-TAV Antalyaspor. Turkish Football Federation. 13 June 2020. 13 June 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200613211030/https://tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=29&macId=207390. 13 June 2020. live.
7. News: Ersin Destanoğlu umut verdi. CNN Turk. 25 August 2020. 2 September 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200902093142/https://www.cnnturk.com/spor/futbol/ersin-destanoglu-umut-verdi. 2 September 2020. live.
8. News: Ersin Destanoğlu büyük farkı önledi!. Fanatik. 25 August 2020. 2 September 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200902093843/https://www.fanatik.com.tr/ersin-destanoglu-buyuk-farki-onledi-2166389. 2 September 2020. live.
9. News: PAOK Beşiktaş UEFA Champions League UEFA.com. UEFA. 25 August 2020. 2 September 2020. En. https://archive.today/20200902093620/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2030314/. 2 September 2020. live.
10. News: Ersin Destanoğlu kırmızı kart gördü. NTV Spor. 6 November 2020. 7 April 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210407171331/https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/ersin-destanoglu-kirmizi-kart-gordu-5fa597dece35b22bec145790. 7 April 2021. live.
11. News: Kasımpaşa AŞ - Beşiktaş AŞ - Match Details TFF. Turkish Football Federation. 10 April 2021. En. https://archive.today/20210410164012/https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=219289. 10 April 2021. live.
12. News: Beşiktaş'ta 5 yıl sonra penaltı kurtaran kaleci: Ersin Destanoğlu. Fanatik. 10 April 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210410163707/https://www.fanatik.com.tr/besiktasta-5-yil-sonra-penalti-kurtaran-kaleci-ersin-destanoglu-2211609. 10 April 2021. live.
13. Web site: Bein Sports. Ersin Destanoğlu imzayı attı. 2022-10-01. www.beinsports.com.tr. 10 October 2022.
14. News: Ersin Destanoğlu @ Beşiktaş JK. mackolik.com. 20 August 2021. Tr.
15. News: Turkey - E. Destanoglu - Profile. mackolik.com. 20 August 2021. En.
16. News: Ligler » U21 Ligi » Arşiv » U21 2017 - 2018 Sezonu. Turkish Football Federation. 8 June 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210608194718/https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageId=1446. 8 June 2021. live.
17. News: Besiktas claims Turkcell Super Cup with 5-0 win over Galatasaray. Türkiye Today. 3 August 2024. 3 August 2024.
18. Web site: The World's Youth Men Team of the Year 2020 (U20) by IFFHS. En. https://archive.today/20220114122901/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1036&ved=2ahUKEwjYi-TBkNb0AhUIUWwGHecyBNkQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1KsuRLOkdvcpMgQgM2DzGA. 14 January 2022. 22 January 2022. live.