Personal information | |||
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Full name | Orkun Kökçü | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Haarlem, Netherlands [1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
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 | 22 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (2) |
2019 | Turkey U21 | 2 | (0) |
2020– | Turkey | 26 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 26 March 2024 (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 plays for the Turkey national team.
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]
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 Almería 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]
Kökçü made his debut for Benfica in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, starting in a 2–0 win over rivals FC Porto. [13] He scored his first goal on 2 September, netting Benfica's third goal in a 4–0 home win over Vitória de Guimarães. [14] Kökçü made his UEFA Champions League debut on 20 September, starting in a 2–0 home loss to Red Bull Salzburg. [15]
Kökçü was a youth international for the Netherlands, having represented the Netherlands U18s, [16] and Netherlands U19s. [17] In July 2019 Kökçü announced the intent to play for the Turkey national team. [18] 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. [19]
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. [20]
Born in the Netherlands, Kökçü is of Turkish descent. [21] 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.[ citation needed]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Feyenoord | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 4 | ||
2019–20 [c] | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 9 [d] | 1 | — | 35 | 3 | |||
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 [d] | 1 | 2 [e] | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 [f] | 2 | — | 51 | 9 | |||
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 10 [d] | 3 | — | 46 | 12 | |||
Total | 119 | 23 | 11 | 2 | — | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 32 | |||
Benfica | 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 [g] | 0 | 1 [h] | 0 | 38 | 4 |
Career total | 138 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 207 | 35 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Turkey | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 11 | 1 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 1 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 2 |
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first. [23]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 November 2021 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro | 13 | Montenegro | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 25 March 2023 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 19 | Armenia | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
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