Arda Güler is a Turkish professional footballer who signed for Real Madrid and plays as a midfielder for the Turkey national team. Arda Güler is a teenager who zeal for football is worth admiring.
Biography
Area Güler was born on February 25, 2005 in Ankara, Turkey. His father is Umit Güler with his mother being Serap Güler. The 18 year old has no siblings according to reports. There are also no reports on Arda Güler in a relationship as the young man is focused on his football career. His mother has always shown her emotional support for her son during his upsurge progress in football.
Height
Arda Güler has a height of 1.76 metre high.
Club Football Career
Arda Güler joined Gençlerbirligi at the age of 9 in 2014. He played in the academy from that time to 2019 before moving to Fenerbahçe academy in 2019. He played with the academy team until he climbed the latter up to join the first team in 2021. On his arrival at the senior team, he made his senior debut in an Europa League playoff round against HJK of Finland where they were 1-0 winners on August 19, 2021. He was seen at the next big thing in Turkish football as he was known to be the 'Turkish Messi'. From his brilliant display, he was given another chance to feature in the Super Lig where assisted Zajc on the 89th minutes to score the only goal in the match. At age 17, he scored to become Fenerbahçe's youngest goalscorer in the league.
Fenerbahçe announced that Arda Güler has signed a three year contract with the team in March, 2022. Arda Güler scored his first goal in the Europa League against Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine in a group stage match where they won 2-0 away from home.
On 11th June 2023, he put up a man of the match performance in the Turkish Cup finals in a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir.
Arda Güler time at Fenerbahçe, he scored a total of 9 goals in 51 appearances as a midfielder/attacking midfielder. He scored seven goals in the league and two goals in cup matches.
After his excellent spell at Fenerbahçe, a lot of elite club came to his radar for his signature. Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund,PSG, Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid were some renowned club the approached him.
He Chose Madrid
Arda Güler took to Instagram to announce that he signed for the Spanish based club Real Madrid. Real Madrid paid a fee of €20 million which exceeded the release clause of €17.5 million. He signed a six year deal with the Los Blancos on 6th June 2023.
During the grand announcement of Arda Güler being the new addition to the Real Madrid family,his mother shed tears. On arrival in the City of Madrid Arda Güler said in brief that " I want to form a part of Real Madrid's history" and to larger extent, he expressed his objective of aspiring to be a legend for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid manager Ancelotti expressed his view on Arda Güler he said" he showed a great quality and sacrificed defensively too. So this means he might play more minutes". The manager is already admiring the young player's potentials.
Unfortunately for Güler and Real Madrid, he hasn't been able to play any competitive match. Arda Güler has suffered from hamstring injuries, thigh injuries and muscle injuries after he signed for Real Madrid.
Ancelotti said this about his injury " the player is a bit down because he is a young, he wants to play and to contribute". He also talked about his potential return that "it's a setback but we have the international break to get him back fit". We are back from the international break which means Arda Güler could be fit very soon.
Life With The National Team
Arda Güler played for the Turkey youth U17 Team where he scored 4 goals from 10 outings.
He had a callup to join the Turkish senior national team in 2022 where he had his senior debut in a 2-1 win over Czech Republic in November 19,2022. He then scored his first ever goal for Turkey on June 19,2023 against Wales in the Euro qualifiers in his fourth appearance.
Honours
Arda Güler won the 2022/23 Turkish Cup.
He won the Man of the Match award in the Turkish Cup finals.
Net Worth
Arda Güler receives €100,000 per week and has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Life currently is not going as expected for Arda Güler at Madrid but he knows that when he is fit he is going to torment his opponents with his dreaded left foot.
By Daniel Okyere
