National football player Rıdvan Yılmaz, who attracted the attention of European clubs with his performance in Beşiktaş, became the second Turkish football player to be added to the squad of Scottish team Rangers. Rıdvan Yılmaz signed for Scotland representative 22 years after the transfer of Tugay Kerimoğlu, the first Turkish player to play for Rangers.
Former national football player Tugay Kerimoğlu signed with Rangers in 2000 and left Galatasaray, where he grew up and won many championships.
Tugay, who transferred to Rangers between the half of the 1999-2000 season, served in the team for 1.5 years. The midfielder, who took part in 16 games in his first season and scored a goal, won league and cup championships with his team. In the 2000-2001 season, the brigade played 26 matches and scored 3 goals. His performance in Rangers opened the doors of the English Premier League to Tugay Kerimoğlu with the Blackburn Rovers jersey, where he worked for many years.
Rıdvan, who won 3 trophies in Beşiktaş, where he grew up from his youth, followed similar career steps with Tugay Kerimoğlu and chose Rangers. Unlike Tugay Kerimoğlu, who signed for Rangers at the age of 30, Rıdvan, whose transfer took place at the age of 21, joined the Turkish football players who went to Europe at a young age in recent years.
The young left-back was promoted to the A team in the 2018-2019 season with the black-and-whites, which he joined in 2009. Rıdvan Yılmaz, who showed 4 goals and 7 assists in his 62-match career in Beşiktaş, took the road to Rangers for a fee of 6 million 250 thousand euros when bonuses were added.