Mertcan Ayhan

Schalke 04Defender

Turkey20 years (Sep 8, 2006)190 cm#43

€4MMarket Value#5 Schalke 04

Market Value#5 Schalke 04

€4M6.6% squad

Season Performance 26/27

All Competitions

Matches: 5
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Goal Contributions: 0
Mins/game: 40
Avg Rating: 6.51

Last 10 matches · rating

Avg 6.32

6.0

6.5

5.9

6.1

–

6.4

–

6.7

6.8

Date	Opponent	Res	Min	G	A	Rating
Oct 31	RB Leipzig	0-2	68'	–	–	6.8
Oct 28	Dynamo Dresden	0-2	70'	–	–	6.7
Oct 20	Köln II	1-3	90'	–	–	—
Sep 5	FC Bayern München	0-0	25'	–	–	6.4
Aug 30	FC Augsburg	0-3	4'	–	–	—
Aug 24	Hallescher FC	5-2	35'	–	–	6.1
Aug 16	Real Madrid	0-3	44'	–	–	6.1
Aug 8	Atalanta	0-3	90'	–	–	5.9
Jul 22	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2-0	90'	–	–	6.5
Jul 19	Erzgebirge Aue	4-2	90'	–	–	6.0

All matches

Season 26/27 · all comps

Attack

Goals: 0

Passing

Assists: 0
Key passes: 1
Passes: 100
Crosses (accurate): 1 (0)

Defence

Tackles: 4
Interceptions: 2

Duels

Total: 25
Won: 8

Minutes

Started: 3
Off the bench: 3
Total: 202'
Minutes per match: 34'

Discipline

Yellow: 1
Red: 0
Fouls (drawn): 2 (0)

Duels won8 of 25 · 32%

Pass accuracy83%

Form · 18 matches

Avg 6.49High 7.3Low 5.9

9 W2 D7 L

Appearances 2026/2027

3 started3 sub

Position

Defender

Market value & valuation

Schalke 04 · 6.6% of €60M

Estimated market value

€4M

Schalke 04#5of 28

Turkey#82

Most valuable · Schalke 04

#1
Hee-chan Hwang€10M
#2
Junior Dina Ebimbe€5.3M
#3
Moussa Sylla€4.8M
#4
Robin Gosens€4.6M
#5
Mertcan Ayhan€4M

Share of €60M squad6.6%

Contract & transfers

Contract until: Jun 30, 2030

Career · goals by team

Team	Apps	Goals	A	G/App	Rating
Schalke 0425/26–	34	0	0	0.00	6.63

Club career

34
Apps: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0.00
G/App

League · 2 seasons

best 25/26 6.66

25/2626/27

Bars: goals · line: average rating

Honours & transfers

1 titles

1× 2. Bundesliga

Transfers

07/2025
Schalke 04 U19 → Schalke 04
07/2023
Schalke 04 U17 → Schalke 04 U19

All matches

Last 18 matches

Nov 1, 2025 — Nov 1, 2026

Date	Opponent	Result	Mins	G	A	YC	RC	Rating
Oct 31	RB Leipzig	0 - 2	68'	-	-	-	-	6.8
Oct 28	Dynamo Dresden	0 - 2	70'	-	-	-	-	6.7
Oct 20	Köln II	1 - 3	90'	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 5	FC Bayern München	0 - 0	25'	-	-	-	-	6.4
Aug 30	FC Augsburg	0 - 3	4'	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	Hallescher FC	5 - 2	35'	-	-	1	-	6.1
Aug 16	Real Madrid	0 - 3	44'	-	-	-	-	6.1
Aug 8	Atalanta	0 - 3	90'	-	-	-	-	5.9
Jul 22	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2 - 0	90'	-	-	-	-	6.5
Jul 19	Erzgebirge Aue	4 - 2	90'	-	-	-	-	6.0
May 17	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 - 0	72'	-	-	-	-	7.0
May 9	Nürnberg	0 - 3	90'	-	-	1	-	6.1
May 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 - 0	90'	-	-	-	-	6.6
Apr 26	Paderborn	3 - 2	90'	-	-	-	-	6.6
Apr 19	Preußen Münster	4 - 1	90'	-	-	-	-	7.1
Apr 5	Karlsruher SC	1 - 0	90'	-	-	1	-	6.5
Mar 15	Hannover 96	2 - 2	34'	-	-	-	-	6.3
Mar 6	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	1 - 0	90'	-	-	-	-	7.3

7 months • 18 matches

Career

Club Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

Schalke 04

2025/2026 - now

34000.002,2696.63

Total

34000.002,269

Youth Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

Schalke 04 U19

2023/2024 - 2024/2025

14600.43—-

Schalke 04 II

2025/2026 - 2026/2027

20-0.00—-

Türkiye U19

2024/2025

2100.50180-

Türkiye U17

2022/2023

1000.0090-

Club Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Schalke 04

26/27

5002020.001—6.51

Schalke 04

25/26

29002,0670.006—6.65

Youth Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Schalke 04 II

26/27

10-————-

Schalke 04 II

25/26

10-————-

Schalke 04 U19

24/25

115-——2—-

Türkiye U19

2024

2101800.50——-

Schalke 04 U19

23/24

31-——1—-

Türkiye U17

2022

100900.00——-

League seasons, computed

Season	League	Apps	Min	Assists	G+A / 90	Rating
2025/2026	2. Bundesliga	27	1937	0	0	6.66
2025/2026	Regionalliga: West	1	—	—	—	—
2026/2027	Bundesliga	3	97	0	0	6.58
2026/2027	Regionalliga: West	1	—	—	—	—

Mertcan Ayhan: career in numbers

Career figures, computed

Career involvement (league): 0 G+A per 900 goals + 0 assists across 4 league seasons (per-90 from 2034 minutes on record)
League seasons on record: 4 (2025–2026)
Clubs with recorded appearances: 2

Among position peers, computed

Rating percentile: 27thrating 6.66 vs 120 rated peers
Goals rank: #59 of 1200 goals
G+A per 90 percentile: 21st0 per 90

Cohort: 120 2. Bundesliga defenders, 2025/2026, min. 450 minutes.

How we calculate this

Rival Clubs(37)

Player stats against each opponent club

Team	MP	W	D	L	YC	Last
Darmstadt 98	2	1	0	1	0	—
VfL Bochum 1848	2	1	0	1	0	—
Kaiserslautern	2	0	1	1	0	—
Hannover 96	2	1	1	0	0	—
Paderborn	2	2	0	0	0	—
DSC Arminia Bielefeld	2	2	0	0	0	—
Karlsruher SC	2	1	0	1	2	—
Hertha BSC	2	1	1	0	0	—
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2	1	1	0	0	—
Magdeburg	2	2	0	0	0	—
Eintracht Braunschweig	2	1	0	1	0	—
Holstein Kiel	2	1	0	1	0	—
Borussia Dortmund U19	2	0	1	1	0	Oct 2024
Preussen Munster U19	2	2	0	0	0	Oct 2024
FC Augsburg	1	0	0	1	0	—
RB Leipzig	1	0	0	1	0	—
FC Bayern München	1	0	1	0	0	—
Atalanta	1	0	0	1	0	—
FSV Mainz 05	1	0	0	1	0	—
Nürnberg	1	1	0	0	0	—