Ersin Destanoğlu

Ersin Destanoğlu (born 1 January 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for UAE Pro League club Al Jazira.

Club career Destanoğlu played 18 games at 2018–19 season of TFF U-19 Elite Development League. Following the departure of Loris Karius, Destanoğlu became the first choice goalkeeper in June 2020. On 13 June 2020, Destanoğlu made his Süper Lig debut at week 27 encounter of 2019–20 season, which ended 2–1 in favour of Antalyaspor.

Destanoğlu saved 6 shots on target, including one from a penalty shot from Chuba Akpom, ended 3–1 for home side PAOK at second qualifying round of 2020–21 Champions League qualifying stage, on 25 August 2020.

He was suspended following a collusion outside the box with opponent's striker Muhammet Demir, on Süper Lig encounter against Gaziantep on 6 November 2020, being the first Beşiktaş goalkeeper shown a red card since Rüştü Reçber's card given in 2007.

On 4 April 2021, Destanoğlu saved a penalty taken Swedish forward Isaac Thelin in a game against Kasımpaşa, held at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium, ended 1–0 for Kasımpaşa. Because of this, Destanoğlu became the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in a Süper Lig game since 2015–16 when Tolga Zengin saved one.

On 1 October 2022, Destanoğlu has signed a new four-year contract with Beşiktaş, keeping him at the club until 2026

Career statistics

Honours Beşiktaş U19 TFF U19 League: 2017–18

Beşiktaş Süper Lig: 2020–21 Turkish Cup: 2020–21, 2023–24 Turkish Super Cup: 2021, 2024

Individual IFFHS World Youth (U20) Team: 2020 Süper Lig Most clean sheets: 2020–21(shared)