Necip Uysal

Necip Uysal — Biography

Necip Uysal spent his entire professional career at Beşiktaş, rising from the academy to the captaincy. He played as a defensive midfielder, center-back and right-back; across 17 Süper Lig seasons he passed Rıza Çalımbay's record of 16, and his 75 European appearances are a club record. He retired in August 2026 with a match against Eyüpspor and was given a farewell ceremony at Tüpraş Stadyumu.

Uysal began at Yıldırım Bosnaspor in 2001 and joined the Beşiktaş academy in 2004; his coaches likened him to Frank Lampard. He scored six goals in 42 games for the reserve side over a season and a half. His first official appearance came as a late substitute against Eskişehirspor on October 24, 2009. In 2010-11 he scored his first goals, in Europe against HJK Helsinki and in the league against Sivasspor, and played all 120 minutes of the Turkish Cup final that ended the season with the trophy. He wore the armband in some matches in 2012-13, was used in several positions under Slaven Bilić, and became captain in 2023-24 after Atiba Hutchinson left.

With Beşiktaş he won four Süper Lig titles, four Turkish Cups and two Super Cups, and made more than 460 official appearances for the club. He played over 50 times for Turkey's youth sides, and made a single senior appearance, in a 2-0 win over Honduras on March 3, 2010. In late December 2025 he announced that he would stop playing at the end of the season.