Veli Kavlak
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Slovan HAC | |||
2003–2004 | Rapid Wien | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2011 | Rapid Wien | 146 | (13) |
2011–2018 | Beşiktaş | 115 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2005–2006 | Austria U19 | 4 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Austria U20 | 7 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Austria U21 | 18 | (1) |
2007–2014 | Austria | 31 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:58, 17 February 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:34, 26 November 2013 (UTC) |
Veli Kavlak (born 3 November 1988) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Vienna, Kavlak has represented Austria at international level.
Playing style
Kavlak is a defensive box to box midfielder. At club level, he is deployed in the holding role and is key in midfield with his tireless running and endless stamina. He is also a hardworking leader and although not being known for unsportsmanlike acts, he is known to be a hatchet man in midfield. Kavlak is often accompanied by another more offensive central midfielder such as Manuel Fernandes and Oğuzhan Özyakup. At international level, however, he has most prominently featured in a more advanced position in front of a holding midfielder.
International career
On 15 August 2012 he scored against his parents' Home country Turkey playing for Austria in the 3rd minute. Austria went on to win that game 2-0.
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rapid Wien | 2004–05 | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | - | 2 | 0 | ||
2005–06 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 17 | 2 | |||
2006–07 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | - | 30 | 3 | ||||
2007–08 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | - | 31 | 3 | ||||
2008–09 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 34 | 5 | |||
2009–10 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 33 | 2 | |||
2010–11 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | 34 | 1 | |||
Total | 146 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 181 | 16 | ||
Beşiktaş | 2011–12 | Super Lig | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | 45 | 2 | |
2012–13 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 33 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 31 | 3 | |||
2014–15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | 35 | 2 | |||
2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 115 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | 152 | 7 | ||
Career total | 261 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 45 | 1 | - | - | 333 | 23 |
International
National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Austria | 2007 | 3 | 0 |
2008 | 1 | 0 | |
2009 | 3 | 0 | |
2010 | 5 | 0 | |
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
2012 | 7 | 1 | |
2013 | 7 | 0 | |
2014 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 31 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 August 2012 | Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna | Turkey | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
- Beşiktaş J.K.
Personal life
Veli Kavlak was born to Turkish parents.[4] He also holds Turkish citizenship.[5] He speaks Turkish fluently.
References
- ^ "Veli Kavlak". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Kavlak, Veli". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "VELİ KAVLAK". tff.org. tff. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Loyalty test for Rapid's Turkish-tinged trio". Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Player Details". TFF.org. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
External links
- Veli Kavlak – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Veli Kavlak – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Veli Kavlak at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vienna
- Austrian people of Turkish descent
- Austrian footballers
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Austria international footballers
- SK Rapid Wien players
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Austria under-21 international footballers
- Austria youth international footballers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Association football midfielders
- Austrian football midfielder stubs