Arda Güler Parents, Family, Wife, Siblings, Religion, Father, Mother, Brother & Brother

Arda Güler (born 25 February 2005) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Turkey national team.

Güler is a left-footed attacking midfielder who can also operate on right wing to cut inside and using his stronger foot to make shooting chances and creates decisive passes to the final third. According to Whoscored, he is a creative player with immense set-piece abilities and tricky player who is dubbed by local media as “Turkish Messi”. He idolizes Alex de Souza, the former captain and one of the legendary players of Fenerbahçe. He is a modern day hardworking midfielder with good defensive contribution and can even play as pivotal player on center midfield.

Early life and career

Güler started his youth career at Ankara-based club Gençlerbirliği, in 2014. He joined Fenerbahçe youth ranks in 2019.

Fenerbahçe

Güler signed a two-and-a-half-year-long professional contract with Fenerbahçe, on 13 January 2021. He is considered as a wonderkid and seen as a big prospect for future.

Güler made his senior debut as a substitute player against Finnish club HJK in the play-off round encounter of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. Held at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 19 August 2021, it ended 1–0 for Fenerbahçe. In his first Süper Lig match three days later, he provided the assist that let Miha Zajc score the only goal in the match at 89th minute of the game.

He started getting more playing time as the 2021–22 season progressed. In March 2022, Güler became Fenerbahçe’s youngest goalscorer in Süper Lig history, having just turned 17 three weeks earlier. By May 2022, Güler had scored 3 goals and delivered 3 assists in just 255 minutes of playing time. After an impressing start to his career, it was reported that big European clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain showed their interest in signing him.

On 17 March 2022, Fenerbahçe announced that they had signed a three-year contract with him.

In the start of 2022–23 season, after the departure of Mesut Özil, Güler was given the number 10, which has a special meaning for Fenerbahçe fans, being the number of club’s legend Alex de Souza. He played his first match of the season against Kasımpaşa and scored two goals in 21 minutes of play. On 3 November 2022, he scored his first goal in European competitions, and also provided an assist, in a 2–0 away win over Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League group stage.

On 11 June 2023, Arda put in a man of the match performance in a 2–0 win at 2023 Turkish Cup final against İstanbul Başakşehir.

On 6 July, Güler took to Instagram to announce his departure from Fenerbahçe, marking the end of his tenure with the Turkish club.

Real Madrid

On 6 July 2023, La Liga club Real Madrid announced the signing of Güler to a six-year contract lasting until June 2029. The deal was sealed by triggering his release clause with an initial payment of €20 million, which surpassed the €17.5 million clause from his former contract with Fenerbahçe. Güler requested Real Madrid to pay beyond his release clause to get funds for his former club. Consequently, Real Madrid triggered his release clause and paid €20M, more than his current release clause.

International career

Güler is a Turkish youth international, having played up to the Turkey U21s. He debuted with the senior Turkey national team in a friendly match (2–1 win) against Czech Republic on 19 November 2022. He scored his first international goal for Turkey against Wales in Euro 2024 qualifiers on 19 June 2023.

Parents and family

As his parents are based in Turkey, his ethnic background is also Turkish. His father’s name is Umit Guler.

Guler’s mother was unable to hold back her emotions after seeing her teenage son presented as a Real Madrid player.

He grew up living with his parents in Ankara, Turkey.

Reports has it that Arda Guler’s father who was delighted that his son would move to Real Madrid, posted a clip trolling Barcelona in his Instagram story.

Not much information is known about Area’s siblings at the moment.

Religion

Arda Güler is a Muslim by religion and also comes from a Muslim family.

Wife/ Partner

Arda Gülerb is currently single and not dating or in an open relationship for now.

Is Arda Güler married? No, the Turkish playmaker, Arda is not yet married.

Children

Arda Güler has no kids for now.