Rıdvan Yılmaz

Rıdvan Yılmaz
Yılmaz with Beşiktaş in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001
Place of birth Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Rangers
Number 3
Youth career
2009–2019 Beşiktaş
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Beşiktaş 52 (4)
2022– Rangers 52 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Turkey U16 10 (0)
2017–2018 Turkey U17 14 (0)
2018–2019 Turkey U18 15 (1)
2019–2020 Turkey U19 6 (0)
2020–2021 Turkey U21 5 (0)
2021– Turkey 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 21 May 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Turkey national team.

Yılmaz is a graduate of the Beşiktaş youth academy. He made 62 first-team appearances for Beşiktaş, helping them win the domestic league and cup double in the 2020–21 season. In July 2022, he joined Rangers for an initial transfer fee of £3.4 million.

Yılmaz made 50 appearances for Turkey's youth national teams, from under-16 to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in May 2021, and was a member of Turkey's squad at UEFA Euro 2020.