Arda Okan Kurtulan
Albanian footballer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arda Okan Kurtulan (born 19 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Göztepe. Born in Turkey, he is a former youth international for North Macedonia and Albania.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Göztepe | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Akşemsettin Parsellerspor | ||
| 2015–2016 | Göktürk Sarayspor | ||
| 2016–2017 | Akşemsettin Parsellerspor | ||
| 2017–2019 | Erokspor | ||
| 2019–2022 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 2022–2023 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Fenerbahçe | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Adana Demirspor | 27 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Karacabey Belediyespor (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | → Diyarbekirspor (loan) | 32 | (8) |
| 2025– | Göztepe | 31 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2021 | North Macedonia U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | North Macedonia U21 | 4 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Albania U21 | 11 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2024 | |||
Club career
Kurtulan was a youth product of Akşemsettin Parsellerspor in 2014. He then had a stint with Göktürk Sarayspor in 2015, before returning to his first club. He moved to Erokspor's youth academy in 2017, and then joined Fenerbahçe's youth side in 2019.[1] On 17 May 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Fenerbahçe for three years.[2] He made his professional debut with Fener as a late substitute in a 5–0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 21 May 2022.[3]
International career
Born and raised in Turkey, Kurtulan is of Albanian descent through his grandparents,[4] respectively from Breza (grandfather),[4] and Mitrovica (grandmother).[5] He was eligible to represent four countries at international level, either Albania, Kosovo, Turkey or North Macedonia with the latter he was part of the U19 and U21 teams and with these teams he played eleven matches and scored two goals.
On 10 November 2022, Kurtulan decided to represent Albania U21 and accept their call-up for the friendly matches against San Marino and Montenegro.[6] His debut with Albania U21 came ten days after call-up in a friendly match against Montenegro after coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in place of Behar Ismaili.
Personal life
Kurtulan's father, Ramazan Kurtulan, was a semi-professional footballer who played in the TFF First League.[7]