Gökhan Ünal

Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a former Turkish professional football player. He was the top goal scorer in the Turkcell Super League 2005/06 season, having scored 25 goals in a single season.[1] End 2019 he is appointed as an assistant coach at Kayserispor in the coaching staff of Robert Prosinečki.[2]

Gökhan Ünal
Gökhan Ünal playing for Balıkesirspor
Personal information
Full name Gökhan Ünal
Date of birth (1982-07-23) 23 July 1982
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kayserispor (assistant coach)
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)
National team
2006–2009 Turkey 14 (4)
Teams managed
2019– Kayserispor (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2020

Career

He joined Kayserispor in 2003 and became the top goal scorer in the Turkcell Super League 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[3] who tried to sign him during the summer break in 2007, but Kayserispor refused all offers, as well as another from Russian team FC Rubin Kazan for €6 million.[4] He transferred to Trabzonspor on June 3, 2008[5] for a club record €6.25 million.[6]

Fenerbahçe

On 18 January 2010 Fenerbahçe signed the forward from Trabzonspor until June 2013 for €3.5 million plus midfielder Burak Yılmaz, who was on loan at Eskisehirspor until now. Ünal scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on February 14 against Manisaspor when he scored the equalizing goal in the 97th minute.[7][8]

Ünal was sent to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. on a 6-month loan after his poor start to the season.

Return to Kayserispor

Ünal was transferred back to his old club Kayserispor for free loan in the 2011-12 season.

Career statistics

Club
Club Performance
Turkey Season League Turkish Cup Super Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Istanbul BB SK 2011 11 2 6 2 - - - - 17 4
Total 11 2 6 2 - - - - 17 4
Fenerbahçe 2010–11 3 0 1 0 - - 4 0 8 0
2010 10 2 6 0 0 0 - - 16 2
Total 13 2 7 0 - - 4 0 24 2
Trabzonspor 2009–10 13 2 2 1 - - 2 0 17 3
2008–09 32 15 5 1 - - - - 37 16
Total 45 17 7 2 - - 2 0 54 19
Kayserispor 2007–08 26 11 6 1 - - 8 6 40 18
2006–07 25 16 4 2 - - - - 29 18
2005–06 31 25 7 7 - - - - 38 32
2004–05 30 7 4 1 - - - - 34 8
2003–04 23 11 2 1 - - - - 25 12
Total 135 70 23 12 - - 8 6 166 88
Yimpas Yozgatspor 2002–03 17 3 1 0 - - - - 18 3
Total 17 3 - - - - - - 18 3
Ankaraspor 2002 14 1 - - - - - - 14 1
Total 14 1 - - - - - - 14 1
Hacettepe S.K. 2001 14 10 - - - - - - 14 10
Total 14 10 - - - - - - 14 10
Genclerbirligi 2000–01 11 2 1 0 6* 3* - - 13 2
1999–00 2 1 - - 27* 7* - - 2 1
Total 13 3 1 0 - - - - 14 3
CAREER TOTAL 273 107 44 16 - - 12 6 329 129
(*) Paf Ligi / as of Aug 2010 (www.tff.org)

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[9] 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.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 May 2006Hamburg, Germany Estonia1–01–1Friendly
2.24 March 2007Piraeus, Greece Greece2–14–1Euro 2008 qualifiers
3.12 September 2007Istanbul, Turkey Hungary1–03–0Euro 2008 qualifiers
4.11 February 2009Izmir, Turkey Ivory Coast1–01–1Friendly[10]

*Turkey results/scores listed first

Honors

Gençlerbirliği

Kayserispor

Individual
  • Turkcell Super League 2005-06 season top scorer (25 goals)

References
  1. Gokhan Joins Fenerbahce – SuperLigNews.com
  2. Yuvana hoşgeldin Gökhan Ünal www.kayserispor.org.tr December 17, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  3. Gokhan to Galatasaray
  4. Rubin ready for Gokhan Unal
  5. It’s official! Gökhan joins Black Sea Storm
  6. "Europas Top-Ligen 2018/2019". Kicker. p. 199.
  7. Fenerbahce Signs Gokhan Unal – SuperLigNews.com
  8. "Fenerbahçe finally get Gökhan". UEFA.com. 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  9. Profile at forumfutbol.com
  10. "Late Drogba strike gives Ivory Coast 1–1 draw with Turkey". Reuters. 2009-02-11. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
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