Ömer Faruk Beyaz

Ömer Faruk Beyaz — Biography

Ömer Faruk Beyaz is an attacking midfielder who came through Fenerbahçe's youth system. In 2020, still aged 16, he became the youngest player to start a match for the first team and the youngest captain in the club's history. He then moved to Germany but continued his career through loans and frequent changes of club; in August 2026 he joined Antalyaspor.

He started in Fenerbahçe's academy in 2013, drawing attention with 34 goals in 32 U-14 matches, and moved up to the U-19s in 2019. His first official first-team match was a Turkish Cup tie against Trabzonspor in June 2020; in July he started for the first time against Sivasspor, and against Çaykur Rizespor he took the captain's armband from Emre Belözoğlu. Without extending his contract, he signed a four-year deal with VfB Stuttgart in 2021, made his Bundesliga debut against Eintracht Frankfurt on 12 September 2021 and ended his first season with five appearances. He was loaned to Magdeburg in 2022 and to Hatayspor in August 2023. His Stuttgart contract ended by mutual consent on 30 August 2024; in September 2024 he signed a three-year deal with Başakşehir, and in January 2026 he moved to Esenler Erokspor.

He played for Turkey's youth national teams from the U-15s upward; on 4 September 2020 he made his U-21 debut in a 1-0 win over Andorra. In 2023 he publicly explained how his departure from Fenerbahçe came about.