Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player who most recently managed the Turkish club Altınordu.

During a professional career that lasted nearly 20 years, he played for 13 clubs, most notably Kayserispor for whom he was the top scorer with during the 2005–06 Süper Lig season.[1]

Club career

Ünal joined Kayserispor in 2003 and became the top goal scorer in the Süper Lig scoring 25 goals in the 2005–06 season.[1] His goal scoring ability was also apparent in European competitions, where he scored 6 goals in 8 games during Kayserispor's UEFA Intertoto Cup campaign in the same season, in which they became the first team from Turkey to win the competition.

He attracted attention from a number of top clubs, namely Galatasaray[2] who tried to sign him during the summer break in 2007, but Kayserispor refused all offers, as well as another from Russian team Rubin Kazan for €6 million.[3] He transferred to Trabzonspor on 3 June 2008[4] for a club record €6.25 million.[5]

Fenerbahçe

On 18 January 2010, Fenerbahçe signed Ünal from Trabzonspor until June 2013 for €3.5 million plus Burak Yılmaz, who was on loan at Eskisehirspor until then. Ünal scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on 14 February against Manisaspor when he scored the equalizing goal in the 97th minute.[6][7]

Ünal was sent to Istanbul BB on a six-month loan after his poor start to the season.

Return to Kayserispor

Ünal was transferred back to his old club Kayserispor on a loan deal for the 2011–12 season.

International career

His current record for the Turkey national team is also impressive, with a goal in his only start so far. He also scored the national team's 550th goal[8] against on 24 March 2007, scoring the second goal in a 4–1 victory over Greece in Athens. And scored his second goal against on 12 September 2007 Turkey-Hungary.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League Turkish Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genclerbirligi 1999–2000 1. Lig 2 1
2000–01 1. Lig 13 2
Total 15 3
Hacettepe (loan) 2001–02 TFF 3. Lig
Ankaraspor (loan) 2001–02 TFF First League
Yimpas Yozgatspor (loan) 2002–03 TFF First League
Kayserispor 2003–04 TFF First League
2004–05 Süper Lig 30 8
2005–06 Süper Lig 32 25
2006–07 Süper Lig 25 16 29 18
2007–08 Süper Lig 25 11 8 6 40 18
Total 8 6 166 88
Trabzonspor 2008–09 Süper Lig 32 14
2009–10 Süper Lig 13 2 2 0
Total 45 16 2 0
Fenerbahçe 2009–10 Süper Lig 10 2
2010–11 Süper Lig 3 0 4 0
Total 13 2 4 0
Istanbul BB (loan) 2010–11 Süper Lig 11 2
Kayserispor (loan) 2011–12 Süper Lig 23 7
Karabükspor 2012–13 Süper Lig 12 2
2013–14 Süper Lig 7 2
Total 19 4
Ankaraspor 2013–14 TFF First League 12 4
Balıkesirspor 2014–15 Süper Lig 23 5
Karşıyaka 2015–16 TFF First League 25 7
Menemen Belediyespor 2016–17
Career total 12 6

International

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ünal goal.
List of international goals scored by Gökhan Ünal[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 May 2006 Hamburg, Germany  Estonia 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 24 March 2007 Piraeus, Greece  Greece 2–1 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 12 September 2007 Istanbul, Turkey  Hungary 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4 11 February 2009 İzmir, Turkey  Ivory Coast 1–0 1–1 Friendly[11]

Honours

Gençlerbirliği

Kayserispor

References

  1. ^ a b Gokhan Joins Fenerbahce – SuperLigNews.com
  2. ^ "Gokhan to Galatasaray". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ Rubin ready for Gokhan Unal
  4. ^ It’s official! Gökhan joins Black Sea Storm
  5. ^ "Europas Top-Ligen 2018/2019". Kicker. p. 199.
  6. ^ Fenerbahce Signs Gokhan Unal – SuperLigNews.com
  7. ^ "Fenerbahçe finally get Gökhan". UEFA. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  8. ^ Profile at forumfutbol.com
  9. ^ "Gökhan Ünal » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  10. ^ Gökhan Ünal at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ^ "Late Drogba strike gives Ivory Coast 1–1 draw with Turkey". Reuters. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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