Orkun Kökçü

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Orkun Kökçü
Personal information
Full name Orkun Kökçü
Date of birth (2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands[1]
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2009 Olympia Haarlem
2009–2010 EDO
2010–2011 Stormvogels
2011–2014 Groningen
2014–2018 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Feyenoord 119 (23)
2023– Benfica 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Netherlands U18 5 (2)
2018–2019 Netherlands U19 7 (2)
2019 Turkey U21 2 (0)
2020– Turkey 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:18, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:42, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Orkun Kökçü (Turkish pronunciation: [oɾˈkun ˈkœktʃy]; born 29 December 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Turkey national team.

Club career

Feyenoord

A youth product of FC Groningen, where he arrived after having played for local clubs around his hometown Haarlem,[2] Kökçü joined the Feyenoord youth academy in 2014.[3] He made his debut for Feyenoord at the age of 17 in a 4–0 win over VV Gemert in the first round of the KNVB Cup on 17 September 2018, scoring Feyenoord's second goal.[4] He made his Eredivisie debut against FC Emmen on 9 December 2018,[5] and contributed with a goal and an assist after coming on as a substitute.[6] On 10 April 2019, he extended his contract at Feyenoord until 2023.[7] On 26 June 2020, he reached an agreement to extend his contract with Feyenoord for another two years, a deal to the end of the 2024–25 season.[8]

Following Jens Toornstra's departure, Feyenoord head coach Arne Slot chose Kökçü as his club captain on 2 September 2022.[9] With Kökçü as captain, Feyenoord went on to win the 2022–23 Eredivisie.[10]

Benfica

On 10 June 2023, Kökçü joined Benfica on a five-year deal for a reported fee of €25 million, plus €5 million in variables.[11] The sum represented a record signing for the Portuguese club and the league surpassing Darwin Núñez transfer from Almeria to Benfica in 2020 for transfer fee of €24 million and a club record sale for Feyenoord becoming the club's biggest sale since Kökçu's former Feyenoord teammate Luis Sinisterra's transfer to Leeds United in 2022 for a fee of €25 million.[12]

International career

Kökçü was a youth international for the Netherlands, having represented the Netherlands U18s,[13] and Netherlands U19s.[14] In July 2019 Kökçü announced the intent to play for the Turkey national team.[15] He represented the Turkey U21s in a 3–2 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification loss to the England U21s on 6 September 2019.[16]

He made his Turkey national team debut on 6 September 2020 in a Nations League game against Serbia, he started the game and played the first hour of the 0–0 away draw.[17]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Kökçü is of Turkish and Azerbaijani descent.[18] He is the younger brother of the professional footballer Ozan Kökçü. He is a lifelong fan of Beşiktaş and in the future he wants to play for the club he's been supporting since childhood.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord 2018–19 Eredivisie 11 3 1 1 0 0 — 12 4
2019–20[lower-alpha 1] 22 2 4 0 9[lower-alpha 2] 1 — 35 3
2020–21 22 3 1 0 6[lower-alpha 2] 1 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 31 4
2021–22 32 7 1 0 18[lower-alpha 4] 2 — 51 9
2022–23 32 8 4 1 10[lower-alpha 2] 3 — 46 12
Career total 119 23 11 2 43 7 2 0 175 32
  1. ↑ Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie European competition play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 19 June 2023[21]
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2020 2 0
2021 11 1
2022 5 0
2023 4 1
Total 22 2

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[21]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 November 2021 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 13  Montenegro 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1 25 March 2023 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 19  Armenia 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Feyenoord

Individual

References

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