Kerem Atakan Kesgin

Kerem Atakan Kesgin — Biography

Kerem Atakan Kesgin was born on 5 November 2000 in Tokat and plays as a midfielder. He began football in 2011 at Turhal Gençlerbirliği and moved to the Bucaspor academy in 2013. On 4 April 2017 he turned professional with a two-year contract at Bucaspor, making his Second League debut in a 2-2 draw with İstanbulspor. In the next half-season he played 15 matches in all competitions, and that form earned him a transfer to Göztepe on 31 January 2018, where he made his Süper Lig debut against Alanyaspor.

While at Sivasspor he won the Turkish Cup in 2021-22, coming on in the 124th minute of extra time in the final. On 23 August 2022 he signed a four-year contract with Beşiktaş, saying he was ready to compete for a place in the team. In August 2023 he was loaned to Fatih Karagümrük until the end of the season; on 19 January 2024 his Beşiktaş contract was terminated by mutual agreement and he returned to Sivasspor. On 17 July 2024 he was loaned to Bandırmaspor. In July 2025 he left Beşiktaş and joined Sivasspor again.

He also played for Turkey's youth national teams, at U-15, U-16 and U-17 level. In 2017 Turkey reached the semi-final of the U-17 European Championship in Croatia, and at that year's U-17 World Cup he scored in a 3-1 defeat by Paraguay.