var playerInfo={"FCD4DE51CBA4497A941CDE925DCB26D2":"Germany,Turkiye","784E2315886D4158FF9CFFE843FE6B59":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB DOMESTIC<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P><P><STRONG>U19 Bundesliga<\/STRONG><BR>Runner-up: 2017\/2018<\/P>","4CC9C981935F4DF5":"Eyupspor","1D8DD001D97C012A":"181cm","3D0C18FC6E83B9810B0FAD6BF04C7B64":"2023-7-12","0108B3B67855A673":"1463410","38882684D19FD665":"Ahmed Kutucu","B6A0187759F85483D714EA91FD933428":"0","5588923A723573201F6804A11C3F390A":"23","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","F4645409D3EE42C9":"3328","7CC3966A9B90B9412F1273E902F0953F":"Istanbul Basaksehir F.K.,SV Sandhausen[on loan],FC Schalke 04,Heracles Almelo[on loan],Schalke 04 (U19),Schalke 04 (U17),Rot-Weiss Essen","5C3036D26CFC912788B0712D1AAE3BCF":"","9CFA5380AB449F58B34CD68741B77812":"0","B6A0187759F85483BB8FCFF97E557B3EF40C5B869FAFCEA6":"1","722D75C33935B48A":"76kg","805ACE40479B6E763FB50E182B20A495":"2000-3-1","70545F9392E8422F11E2D5550E456F39":"Istanbul Basaksehir F.K.","02EB7DF46653B329":"Ahmed Kutucu","ED1B32E089DA5A802C3D6EB75016A1DA":"<P>Ahmed Kutucu (born 1 March 2000) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Schalke 04 and the Turkey national team.<\/P><P>Kutucu began his youth career with Sportreunde Haverkamp in 2003, before moving to the youth team of Rot-Weiss Essen in 2006. In 2011, he joined the youth sector of Schalke 04.<\/P><P>On 11 December 2018, Kutucu made his first team debut for Schalke in the UEFA Champions League, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Cedric Teuchert in the 1&#8211;0 home win against Lokomotiv Moscow. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 22 December 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute to replace Yevhen Konoplyanka in a 3&#8211;1 away win against VfB Stuttgart.<\/P><P>International career<BR>Kutucu was included in Turkey&#39;s squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He made his debut on 6 October 2017 in the first group match, opening the scoring for Turkey with a header in the 18th minute against New Zealand, with the match finishing as a 1&#8211;1 draw. He played in Turkey&#39;s remaining two matches, where they were eliminated in the tournament&#39;s group stage. The following year, he was included in Turkey&#39;s squad for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Finland. He played all three matches for Turkey, with the team being eliminated in the group stage.<\/P>","e_index":8};