08.04.2025 17:30
Beşiktaş's Portuguese star Gedson Fernandes, who has excelled in all areas, is experiencing the most prolific period of his career this season with the goals he has scored and the assists he has made. The 26-year-old midfielder has delivered a performance of 10 goals and 2 assists in 42 matches.
Beşiktaş, which fell out of the Championship race early in the Trendyol Super League and was eliminated from the Conference League and the Turkish Cup, is having a nightmare of a season. The only player standing out in the black-and-white team is Portuguese midfielder Gedson Fernandes.
CRITICAL GOALS
The goals that earned points for the black-and-white team in the last two weeks of the Super League against Galatasaray and Kasımpaşa came from Gedson Fernandes. The Portuguese player scored in the 66th minute of the derby at Tüpraş Stadium last week, bringing his team a 2-1 victory and 3 points. The 26-year-old player also secured a crucial 1 point for the black-and-white team with a penalty goal in the 90th minute during the away match against Kasımpaşa last night.
BROUGHT VICTORY AGAINST LYON
In Beşiktaş's away victory against Lyon in the 3rd week of the UEFA Europa League, the player who found the net again was Gedson. The Portuguese player scored his goal in the 71st minute with a pass from Rafa Silva, earning the black-and-white team 3 points in France.
PLAYER WITH THE MOST MATCHES AND MINUTES PLAYED
In the 2024-2025 season, Gedson Fernandes has participated in 42 of the 43 matches played by the Black Eagle across all competitions, standing out as the player with the most matches played and the most minutes on the field for the black-and-white team.
The successful player has sweated for 3,593 minutes in the black-and-white jersey. Gedson's closest follower in this regard is his compatriot Rafa Silva, with 3,575 minutes.
LIVING HIS CAREER SEASON
The 26-year-old player has shown a performance of 10 goals and 2 assists in the 42 matches he has played across all competitions this season. Fernandes is experiencing the most prolific period of his career, including youth teams. Gedson, who has shaken the nets 5 times in 27 matches in the Super League, has played 10 matches in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers and group stage, scoring 5 goals and providing 1 assist. The 26-year-old player, who could not produce a goal or assist in 4 matches in the Turkish Cup, made 1 assist in the Super Cup victory against Galatasaray at the beginning of the season.
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
Gedson Fernandes scored 3 goals and provided 6 assists in 45 matches last season, while in the 2022-2023 season, he recorded 3 goals and 7 assists. In the 2021-2022 season, he played 11 matches for Rizespor, scoring 3 goals and providing 3 assists. During the same period at Benfica, he did not affect the score in 3 matches.
In the 2020-2021 season, while playing for Galatasaray, he contributed with 1 goal and 3 assists, and he also appeared in 2 matches for Tottenham during that season.
In the 2019-2020 season, the Portuguese player participated in a total of 25 matches, 12 for Tottenham and 13 for Benfica, finishing the season with 1 assist. Gedson, who played 46 matches with Benfica in the 2018-2019 season, managed to produce 3 goals and 6 assists.
The successful player had 5 goals and 6 assists in 37 matches while playing for Benfica B in the 2017-2018 season, and in the 2016-2017 season, he had 1 goal and 3 assists in 17 matches.
BEŞİKTAŞ IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR 50%
Beşiktaş had signed Gedson Fernandes, whom they transferred from Benfica in 2022, for 4+1 years. According to the agreement in this transfer, 50% of the revenue generated from the player's transfer to another club would be shared with Benfica. The black-and-white team wants to negotiate with Benfica to acquire Gedson Fernandes's 50% transfer fee.