Kenan Yildiz Bio: Age, Family, Gf, Stats, Height, Salary, Net Worth

Have you been one to always wonder what is going on in Kenan Yildiz life, what he’s been up to lately on and off the pitch? Well, here is a well researched article to help you uncover those mysteries.

Kenan Yildiz is a professional footballer who plays forward for the Serie A club Juventus. He had earlier on played for Bayern before then.

Here’s an insight into his profile: biography, career timeline, birthday, age, nationality, parents, siblings, and all queries of the sort.

Who is Kenan Yildiz

Kenan is a professional footballer who plays forward for the Serie A club Juventus. He was born in Germany and currently plays for Turkey’s national team.

Having been born in Germany to a Turkish father he was eligible to play for both Germany and Turkey however according to sport1‘s Kerry Hau might have completely lost out on him. despite being one of the biggest rising stars at Bayern’s academy, Germany “never contacted him”, via Hau and even when that contact never came, his representatives reached to Germany in early October of 2023 to see if they were interested in having him represent Germany.

The answer to which was No. This doesn’t entirely place him off the table as the likes of Jamal Musiala also played for England’s youth teams before switching to Germany.

This article will also cover his career timeline but before then peek his short wiki profile.

Full Name	Kenan Yildiz
Date of birth	4 May, 2005
Place of birth	Regensburg, Germany
Age	18
Nationality	Turkey
Parents	Father – EngineMother – Beate Hackl- Yildiz
Siblings	Two brothers
Profession	Footballer
Years active	2010 – present
Current team	Juventus
Position	Forward, attacking midfielder, winger
Number	15
Height	185cm
Net worth	500k – 1m

Kenan Yildiz Career Timeline

Kenan Yildiz’s career began with him playing at the youth academies of Sallern Regensburg and Jahn Regensburg. He moved to join the Bayern Munich youth academy at the age of 7 in 2012.

During the period of his stay he worked his way up their youth categories often acting as captain and eventually becoming a regular of their U19 team contributing six goals and eight assists in 20 matches in his final year in the 2021 – 22 season.

With his Bayern Munich contract having expired in July 2022, Barcelona and Juventus indicated interest on the free agent. However on July 12, Juventus announced his signing.

He began with the U19 and was called up to Juventus Reserve team, Next Gen on 16^th December, making his professional debut and marking the beginning of his senior Career.

Having extended his contract with the club until 2007, Yildiz made his first start for the Juventus first team on 23 December 2023 where he scored the opening goal in a 2 – 1 win over Frosinone. This made him the club’s youngest foreign goalscorer in Serie A at the age of 18 years and 233 days.

Being born in Germany to a Turkish Father and a German mother, he has the potential of representing both countries at the international level however he has represented the Turkey U17s and U21 and was called up in October 2023 to the national team.

Kenan Yildiz Biography: Early LIfe

Born Kenan Yildiz  in Regensburg, Bravia Germany. Yildiz is an 18 years old currently. He started playing football at the age of three under the guide of his father, Engin, a self-taught footballer.

Where is Yildiz from? Natioinality

Yildiz is from Turkey, though being born to a Turkish Father and a German woman earns him dual ethnicity.

Family: parents; Father, Mother

Yildiz father is Engin a self taught footballer who turns out to train Yildiz in his early days combining videos from youtube and matches he attended. He is of Turkish origin.

The Mother Beate Hackl-Yildiz is of German Origin.

Kenan Yildiz Height, weight, body stats

Yildiz boasts a height of 6 feet 1 inch and his weight is approximately 80kg.

Kenan Yildiz Fifa rating, FC 24 stats

Right-footed Yildiz has a medium workrate on FIFA 23.

He has a two-star rating for skill moves and four-star weak foot rating.

• Overall: 64
• Potential: 80
• Attack: Heading accuracy 60; Short pass 68; Crossing 60; Finishing 54;
• Skill: Dribbling 68; Curve 62; Free-kick accuracy 52; Long passing 58; Ball control 70
• Power: Shot power 56; Jumping 68; Stamina 60; Strength 62; Long shots 60
• Movement: Acceleration 69; Sprint speed 72; Agility 72; Reactions 58; Balance 64
• Defence: Defensive awareness 28; Standing tackles 20; Slide tackles 16

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Source: footybrief.net