Orkun_Kökçü
Orkun Kökçü
Turkish footballer (born 2000)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Orkun Kökçü | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 23) | ||
| 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) |
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*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) | |||
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 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
- As of match played 18 April 2024[22]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[lower-alpha 3] | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 18[lower-alpha 6] | 2 | — | 51 | 9 | |||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 10[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Career total | 138 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 207 | 35 | ||
- Includes KNVB Cup, Taça de Portugal
- Includes Taça da Liga
- Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Feyenoord
- Eredivisie: 2022–23[10]
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2018[24]
- UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2021–22[25]
Benfica
Individual
- Eredivisie Player of the Year: 2022–23[27]
- Eredivisie Talent of the Month: December 2019,[28] March 2021[29]
- Eredivisie Player of the Month: January 2022,[30] February 2022[31]
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: August 2021,[32] December 2021,[33] January 2022,[34] February 2022,[35] April 2022,[36] September 2022, October 2022,[37] November 2022,[38] March 2023,[39] April 2023[40]
- Primeira Liga Goal of the Month: September 2023[41]
- "Cookies op gelderlander.nl - gelderlander.nl". www.gelderlander.nl.
- Gouka, Mikos (10 December 2018). "Kökcü is bij Feyenoord een debutant van een andere orde". De Stentor (in Dutch).
- "The 50 Eredivisie U21 Stars To Watch 2018/19: Orkun Kokcu". Football Oranje. 8 August 2018.
- "Emmen vs. Feyenoord - 9 December 2018". Soccerway.
- "Cookies op gelderlander.nl – gelderlander.nl". www.gelderlander.nl.
- "Kökcü na tekenmoment: 'Nu hoop ik op meer'". www.feyenoord.nl (in Dutch).
- "Principeakkoord: nieuw contract bindt Kökcü tot 2025 aan Feyenoord" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 26 June 2020.
- "Warming-up: Slot benieuwd waar zijn selectie staat | Kökcü nieuwe Feyenoord-captain". NOS (in Dutch). 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "Feyenoord verslaat Go Ahead en is na zes jaar weer kampioen van Nederland" [Feyenoord beats Go Ahead and is champions of the Netherlands after six years] (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- "Kökcü é reforço do Benfica!" [Kökcü signs with Benfica!] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "Benfica oficializa contratação de Kökçü: os detalhes do negócio" [Benfica make Kökçü's signing official: the details of the deal] (in Portuguese). Record. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "Benfica 2-0 FC Porto: A Musa que faltava a Schmidt para ganhar a Supertaça" [Benfica 2-0 FC Porto: The Musa that Schmidt lacked to win the Supercup]. SAPO Desporto (in European Portuguese). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- "Kokçu estreia-se a marcar pelo SL Benfica com fantástico golo" (in Portuguese). Bola na Rede. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- Delgado, André (20 September 2023). "Entrada em falso do Benfica na Champions face à derrota frente ao Salzburgo" [Benfica's false entry into the Champions League following the defeat against Salzburg]. SAPO Desporto (in European Portuguese).
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- "Kökçü opts for Turkey over Netherlands". Football Oranje. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- "Serbia v Turkey game report". UEFA. 6 September 2020.
- Sporx (9 September 2014). "Hollanda'nin 10 numarasi bir TURK - Futbol". Sporx.
- Orkun Kökçü at Soccerway
- "Orkun Kökçü". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- Vaza, Marco (9 August 2023). "Benfica soube mudar para ganhar a Supertaça". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- "Orkun Kökcü, Fenna Kalma, Xavi Simons and Esmee Brugts are the big winners of the Eredivisie Awards". Eredivisie. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- "Oussama Idrissi named as eredivisie player of the month". Eredivisie. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- "Gravenberch uitgeroepen tot eredivisiespeler van de maand". Eredivisie. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". Eredivisie. 28 January 2022.
- "Ajax provides most players for team of the month February". Eredivisie. 4 March 2022.
- "Ajax still provides most players for team of the month". Eredivisie. 14 January 2022.
- "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". Eredivisie. 28 January 2022.
- "Ajax provides most players for team of the month February". Eredivisie. 4 March 2022.
- "8 clubs provide players for Eredivisie team of the month in April". Eredivisie. 6 May 2022.
- "Cody Gakpo is the Eredivisie Player of the Month for the second month running". Eredivisie. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- "Taylor Booth named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for November". Eredivisie. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- "Sparta and AZ dominate Eredivisie team of the month in march". Eredivisie. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- "Eight clubs represent the Eredivisie Team of the Month for April". Eredivisie. 5 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Kökcü garante prémio Golo do Mês na Liga Portugal Betclic" [Kökcü guarantees Goal of the Month award in Liga Portugal Betclic] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 13 October 2023.
- Career stats – Voetbal International
- Orkun Kökçü at Soccerway
- Orkun Kökçü at WorldFootball.net
- Orkun Kökçü at the Turkish Football Federation