# Mert Müldür

Mert Müldür (born 3 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Born in Austria, he represents the Turkey national team. A versatile player, he is capable of playing in multiple positions, especially as a defender.

## Club career
### Rapid Wien

Müldür joined the SK Rapid Wien youth academy at the age of six in 2006, and worked his way up into the professional team. He made his professional debut for SK Rapid in a 4–1 Austrian Football Bundesliga loss to FC Red Bull Salzburg on 13 May 2018. On 29 May 2018, Müldür signed his first professional contract for three years with Rapid Wien.

### Sassuolo

On 20 August 2019, Müldür signed for Italian club Sassuolo. He made his debut five days later, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 away loss against Torino.
On 15 August 2022, he suffered an ankle fracture injury against Juventus and missed 16 matches.

### Fenerbahçe

On 2 August 2023, Müldür signed a four-year contract with Fenerbahçe until 2027.
He made his debut with the team in a 3–0 UEFA Europa Conference League win over NK Maribor on 17 August 2023. On 21 August 2023, he made his Süper Lig debut with the team against Samsunspor in an away game, Fenerbahçe won 2–0.

## International career

Born in Austria to Turkish parents, Müldür is a youth international for Turkey. He made his debut for the senior Turkish national team on 11 October 2018 in a 0–0 friendly draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At UEFA Euro 2024, Turkey's first and last goals were ignominiously credited to Müldür: he began his country's goal tally with a volley against Georgia in the group stage opener and scored the decisive own goal against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

## Style of play

Müldür is right-footed and began playing for Rapid Wien II as a right-back. Although he also plays as a left-back position and also a good attacker.. Müldür is knoown for his sliding tackles, speed, stamina and aerial abilities which can make him play in a centre-back position. He uses both feet effectively, can also successfully distribute passes from the back, which is one of the most important features of the new generation defenders.

## Personal life

Müldür is a longtime fan of Fenerbahçe since his childhood.
Müldür is multilingual, speaking five languages fluently: Turkish and German as main languages, English in education, also Bosnian and Serbian fluently because of his Serbian girlfriend Koprena Andjela, whom he has been with for many years.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 16 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Rapid Wien II | 2017–18 | Austrian Regionalliga Ost | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Rapid Wien | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Rapid Wien | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Rapid Wien | 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 |
| Rapid Wien | Total | Total | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 |
| Sassuolo | 2019–20 | Serie A | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 |
| Sassuolo | 2020–21 | Serie A | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Sassuolo | 2021–22 | Serie A | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 |
| Sassuolo | 2022–23 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Sassuolo | Total | Total | 85 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| Fenerbahçe | Total | Total | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 68 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 187 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 228 | 7 |
* ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Coppa Italia and Turkish Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Turkey | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| Turkey | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2024 | 13 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 33 | 2 |
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Euro 2020
* ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Euro 2024
    Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Müldür goal.
List of international goals scored by Mert Müldür :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 13 November 2021 | Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | 14 | Gibraltar | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 18 June 2024 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany | 25 | Georgia | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 |

## Honours

Individual
* UEFA European Championship Fans' Goal of the Tournament: 2024