Name
Dries Mertens

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Born
1987 (37 years old)

Birth Place
Leuven, Belgium

Position
Second Striker

Status
Active

Ethnicity


Team Number
10

Height
169 cm

Weight
61 kg

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Sport
Soccer

Team
Galatasaray

2nd Team


League
Turkish Super Lig

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Dries Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 6 May 1987), nicknamed "Ciro", is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.

As a youth, Mertens played for Stade Leuven, Anderlecht and Gent, and made his debut on loan to Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian Third Division. In 2006, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn, where he spent three years before a €600,000 move to Utrecht of the Eredivisie. Two years later, Mertens and teammate Kevin Strootman were transferred to PSV Eindhoven for a combined fee of €13 million, and won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield in 2012. In 2013, Mertens signed for Napoli for a €9.6 million fee, and went on to make nearly 400 appearances for the club. He won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in 2014, and was named in the Serie A Team of the Year during the 2016–17 season. In 2020, Mertens scored his 122nd goal for Napoli, surpassing Marek Hamšík as the club's all-time top goalscorer. In 2022, he joined Turkish side Galatasaray, and won two consecutive Süper Lig titles.

Mertens made his Belgium debut in 2011, and made over 100 appearances for the national team. He was part of the nation's squads at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, helping them to a third-place finish at the 2018 tournament. In 2016, he was named Belgian Footballer of the Year.




Season Stats
7 appearances in the current 2024-2025 Season
5 goals scored in the current 2024-2025 Season


Career Honours

Turkish Super Lig
2023-2024

Galatasaray

Italian Coppa Italia
2019-2020

Napoli

Italian Supercoppa Italiana
2014

Napoli

Italian Coppa Italia
2013-2014

Napoli

Johan Cruijff Schaal
2012-2013

PSV Eindhoven

Dutch KNVB Cup
2011-2012

PSV Eindhoven


Career Milestones


Serie A Hat-Trick
2018-11-02


Serie A Hat-Trick
2017-09-17


Serie A Hat-Trick
2017-02-04


Serie A 4 Goals
2016-12-18


Serie A Hat-Trick
2016-12-11


Serie A Hat-Trick
2016-04-19


Former Youth Teams

1998-2003

2003-2005


Former Senior Teams

2005-2007

2005-2006 (Loan)

2006-2007 (Loan)

2007-2009

2009-2011

2011-2013

2011-2022

2013-2022


Former Club Staff


Contracts

2020-2022

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025


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GalatasarayAppearancesTurkish Super Lig2023-202436

GalatasarayAssistsTurkish Super Lig2023-202419

GalatasarayGoalsTurkish Super Lig2023-20249



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