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İrfan Kahveci
Kahveci playing for Turkey in 2018
Personal information
Full name İrfan Can Kahveci[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bayat, Ayaş, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 17
Youth career
2005–2012 Gençlerbirliği
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Gençlerbirliği 71 (9)
2013–2014 → Hacettepe (loan) 34 (4)
2017–2021 İstanbul Başakşehir 116 (12)
2021– Fenerbahçe 72 (12)
International career‡
2012 Turkey U17 7 (1)
2013 Turkey U18 4 (0)
2014 Turkey U20 3 (0)
2015–2016 Turkey U21 12 (0)
2018– Turkey 29 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2023

İrfan Can Kahveci (born 15 July 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

Club career

Gençlerbirliği

After playing in the youth squad for Gençlerbirliği, Irfan Can made his debut for the first team during the 2014–15 season. On 9 November 2014, he scored his first league goal in the 63rd minute against Kasımpaşa. He finished the season with 6 goals in 30 matches in league and cup competitions.

In his second season with Gençlerbirliği he amassed 3 goals in 33 matches in all competitions.

İstanbul Başakşehir

On 26 December 2016, Kahveci signed a 4.5-year contract with İstanbul Başakşehir.[3] On 2 December 2020, he scored a hat-trick against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. His team, however, lost the match 3–4.[4] It made him only the third player to score a hat-trick in a losing cause in the Champions League, after Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.[5]

Fenerbahçe

On 31 January 2021, Fenerbahçe announced via Twitter that Kahveci joined the team.[6] He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Fenerbahçe for a €7 million fee.[7][8]

On 4 March 2021, he made his debut against Antalyaspor at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Süper Lig match tied 1–1.[9] On October 2021, he scored his first goal against Konyaspor, Fenerbahçe lost 2–1.[10]

International career

Kahveci was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on 31 August 2016 and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[11] He made a debut in the national team on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 win against Ireland.[12] In his second match in June 2019, a friendly against Uzbekistan, he had a chance to score his first international goal, but he missed a 90th minute penalty kick. Turkey still won the game 2–0 courtesy of a brace from Zeki Çelik.

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 22 October 2023.[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hacettepe (loan) 2013–14 TFF Third League 34 4 4 2 – – 38 6
Gençlerbirliği 2014–15 Süper Lig 24 5 6 1 – – 30 6
2015–16 32 3 1 1 – – 33 4
2016–17 15 1 1 0 – – 16 1
Total 71 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 79 11
İstanbul Başakşehir 2016–17 Süper Lig 12 1 4 0 – – 16 1
2017–18 25 1 4 1 4[a] 0 – 33 2
2018–19 32 4 3 0 2[b] 0 – 37 4
2019–20 29 4 0 0 10[c] 2 – 39 6
2020–21 18 2 1 1 6[d] 3 0 0 25 6
Total 117 12 12 2 22 5 0 0 151 19
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 12 0 0 0 – – 12 0
2021–22 24 4 1 0 4[e] 0 – 29 4
2022–23 27 4 5 0 10[f] 3 – 42 7
2023–24 9 4 0 0 7[g] 4 0 0 16 8
Total 72 12 6 0 21 7 0 0 98 19
Career total 293 37 31 6 42 12 0 0 366 55
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ One appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 12 October 2023.[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey
2018 6 0
2019 8 0
2020 3 0
2021 4[a] 1
2022 3 0
2023 4 1
Total 29 2
  1. ^ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Euro 2020
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by İrfan Kahveci
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 June 2021 Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 21   Switzerland 1–2 1–3 UEFA Euro 2020
2 16 June 2023 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia 25  Latvia 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

İstanbul Başakşehir

Fenerbahçe

Individual

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ "İrfan Kahveci". Fenerbahçe S.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci resume Başakşehir'de" [İrfan Can Kahveci officially in Başakşehir]. Sabah (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. ^ "RB Leipzig vs. Istanbul Basaksehir score: German side wins seven-goal thriller". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. ^ UEFA.com (9 December 2020). "Champions League hat-tricks: the full lowdown". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ @Fenerbahce (31 January 2021). "Ailemize hoş geldin İrfan Can Kahveci" [Welcome to our family İrfan Can Kahveci] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci Fenerbahçemizde". fenerbahce.org. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Futbolcu İrfan Can Kahveci'nin transferinin sonuçlanması hk". kap.org.tr. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Fenerbahçe 1-1 FTA Antalyaspor".
  10. ^ "İttifak Holding Konyaspor 2-1 Fenerbahçe".
  11. ^ "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Football MATCH: 23.03.2018 Turkey v Rep. of Ireland". eu-football.info. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  13. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahçe) @ maçkolik.com" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  15. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Konyaspor'dan Amir Hadziahmetoviç Altın Karma'da". markafutbol.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  18. ^ "2023 Marka Futbol'dan Gezeroğlu ve Emiroğlu'na Anlamlı Ödül!". YeniSöke Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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