Ahmet Kesim

Ahmet Kesim — Biography

Ahmet Kesim was born on 5 January 1990 in the Borçka district of Artvin Province. He began playing football in 2000 at İstanbul Kastamonuspor, and in 2001 passed trials with Galatasaray, joining the club's youth system, where he won an A2 League title and made 85 appearances with 8 goals in that division.

He was loaned to Bozüyükspor in the 2011-12 season, making 12 appearances, then moved on loan to Aydınspor 1923 in 2012-13, where he scored 2 goals in 29 matches and won the championship with the team. His transfer rights were subsequently purchased outright, and in 2013-14 he made 30 appearances with 3 goals; he moved to Osmanlıspor for the 2014-15 season and was loaned to Alanyaspor for a year in August 2015.

In later years he played for Gaziantepspor and Gazişehir Gaziantep, and for a period turned out for 1461 Trabzon FK and Manisa FK. In 2024 he joined Batman Petrolspor, noted there as a product of Galatasaray's youth academy, where he also served as team captain. He left the club in 2026, standing out as an experienced player who has represented teams across many regions of Turkish football over more than a decade.