Gökhan Ünal
Turkish footballer
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Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player who manages the Turkish club Erciyes 38 FSK from Kayseri.
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Ünal playing for Balıkesirspor | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Petrol Ofisi Spor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Gençlerbirliği | 15 | (3) |
| 2001 | → Hacettepe (loan) | 14 | (10) |
| 2002 | → Ankaraspor (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | → Yozgatspor (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2003–2008 | Kayserispor | 112 | (60) |
| 2008–2010 | Trabzonspor | 45 | (17) |
| 2010–2012 | Fenerbahçe | 13 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Istanbul BB (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 23 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | Karabükspor | 19 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Ankaraspor | 12 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Balıkesirspor | 23 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Karşıyaka | 25 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Menemen Belediyespor | 25 | (8) |
| 2018 | Van BB | 10 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2009 | Turkey | 14 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Kayserispor (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Karşıyaka (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Ankara Keçiörengücü (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Ankaraspor (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Sakaryaspor (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Altınordu | ||
| 2024-2025 | 24 Erzincanspor | ||
| 2025- | Erciyes 38 FSK | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
| 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.
| 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] |