Ethem Pülgir

Ethem Ercan Pülgir (born 2 April 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for TFF Third League club Osmaniyespor FK. He made his Süper Lig debut on 4 May 2014.

Club career
Pülgir started his youth career with Kartalspor and made his professional debut for them on 9 November 2011, coming in as a substitute in a 1–0 victory against Elaziğspor. He was listed as one of the top youth talents of 1.Lig during the 2011 season.

On 7 January 2014, Pülgir joined Bursaspor. He quickly fell out of favor despite a few good performances, and by October 2014 he was not featuring in the match-day squads. On 25 January 2015, he joined Süper Lig rival Kayseri Erciyesspor, signing a 2.5 years contract. Unfortunately, at the end of the 2014–15 season, his club was relegated.

In the summer of 2016, Pülgir joined Adanaspor. In December of the same year he was left out of the squad, after a fall out with the coach. In September 2017, he joined Kahramanmaraşspor as a free agent.

On 11 July 2019 Pülgir joined 2.Lig club Bayburt ÖİS. On 19 December 2019, he joined 3.Lig club Nevșehir Belediyespor.

On 23 August 2020, Ethem joined fellow 3.Lig club Diyarbakırspor. On 18 June 2021, he joined another 3.Lig club in İskenderunspor, signing a one-year contract.

On 25 June 2022, Pülgir joined 2.Lig club İnegölspor, signing a two-year contract. Midseason, on 6 December 2022, he joined 3.Lig club Amasyaspor.

On 28 July 2023, Ethem joined 3.Lig club Osmaniyespor.

International career
Pülgir was first called up to the Turkey U-20 team in 2012, for two friendlies against Italy and Netherlands. He represented Turkey at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.