Gökhan Ünal

Gökhan Ünal
	Gökhan Ünal playing for Balıkesirspor
Personal information
Full name	Gökhan Ünal
Date of birth	23 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1997–1999	Petrol Ofisi Spor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2003	Gençlerbirliği
2001	→ Hacettepe (loan)
2002	→ Ankaraspor (loan)
2002–2003	→ Yozgatspor (loan)
2003–2008	Kayserispor
2008–2010	Trabzonspor
2010–2012	Fenerbahçe
2011	→ Istanbul BB (loan)
2011–2012	→ Kayserispor (loan)
2012–2013	Karabükspor
2013–2014	Ankaraspor
2014–2015	Balıkesirspor
2015–2016	Karşıyaka
2016–2017	Menemen Belediyespor
2018	Van BB
International career
2006–2009	Turkey
Managerial career
2019–2020	Kayserispor (assistant)
2021	Karşıyaka (assistant)
2021	Ankara Keçiörengücü (assistant)
2021–2022	Ankaraspor (assistant)
2022	Sakaryaspor (assistant)
2022–2023	Altınordu
2024-	24 Erzincanspor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player who most recently managed the Turkish club Altınordu.

During a professional career that lasted nearly 20 years, he played for 13 clubs, most notably Kayserispor for whom he was the top scorer with during the 2005–06 Süper Lig season.^[1]

Career

He joined Kayserispor in 2003 and became the top goal scorer in the Süper Lig scoring 25 goals in the 2005–06 season.^[1] His goal scoring ability was also apparent in European competitions, where he scored 6 goals in 8 games during Kayserispor's UEFA Intertoto Cup campaign in the same season, in which they became the first team from Turkey to win the competition.

He attracted attention from a number of top clubs, namely Galatasaray^[2] who tried to sign him during the summer break in 2007, but Kayserispor refused all offers, as well as another from Russian team FC Rubin Kazan for €6 million.^[3] He transferred to Trabzonspor on June 3, 2008^[4] for a club record €6.25 million.^[5]

Fenerbahçe

On 18 January 2010 Fenerbahçe signed the forward from Trabzonspor until June 2013 for €3.5 million plus midfielder Burak Yılmaz, who was on loan at Eskisehirspor until now. Ünal scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on February 14 against Manisaspor when he scored the equalizing goal in the 97th minute.^[6]^[7]

Ünal was sent to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. on a 6-month loan after his poor start to the season.

Return to Kayserispor

Ünal was transferred back to his old club Kayserispor on a loan deal for the 2011–12 season.

Career statistics

Club

**Club Performance**
Turkey	Season	League		Turkish Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
Turkey	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Istanbul BB SK	2011	11	2	6	2	-	-	-	-	17	4
Istanbul BB SK	Total	11	2	6	2	-	-	-	-	17	4
Fenerbahçe	2010–11	3	0	1	0	-	-	4	0	8	0
	2010	10	2	6	0	0	0	-	-	16	2
	Total	13	2	7	0	-	-	4	0	24	2
Trabzonspor	2009–10	13	2	2	1	-	-	2	0	17	3
	2008–09	32	15	5	1	-	-	-	-	37	16
	Total	45	17	7	2	-	-	2	0	54	19
Kayserispor	2007–08	26	11	6	1	-	-	8	6	40	18
	2006–07	25	16	4	2	-	-	-	-	29	18
	2005–06	31	25	7	7	-	-	-	-	38	32
	2004–05	30	7	4	1	-	-	-	-	34	8
	2003–04	23	11	2	1	-	-	-	-	25	12
	Total	135	70	23	12	-	-	8	6	166	88
Yimpas Yozgatspor	2002–03	17	3	1	0	-	-	-	-	18	3
Yimpas Yozgatspor	Total	17	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	3
Ankaraspor	2002	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	1
Ankaraspor	Total	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	1
Hacettepe S.K.	2001	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10
Hacettepe S.K.	Total	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10
Genclerbirligi	2000–01	11	2	1	0	6*	3*	-	-	13	2
	1999–00	2	1	-	-	27*	7*	-	-	2	1
	Total	13	3	1	0	-	-	-	-	14	3
CAREER TOTAL		273	107	44	16	-	-	12	6	329	129
() Paf Ligi / as of Aug 2010 (www.tff.org)*

International career

His current record for the Turkey national team is also impressive, with a goal in his only start so far. He also scored the national team's 550th goal^[8] against on 24 March 2007, scoring the second goal in a 4–1 victory over Greece in Athens. And scored his second goal against on 12 September 2007 Turkey-Hungary.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Estonia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2.	24 March 2007	Piraeus, Greece	Greece	2–1	4–1	Euro 2008 qualifiers
3.	12 September 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Hungary	1–0	3–0	Euro 2008 qualifiers
4.	11 February 2009	İzmir, Turkey	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–1	Friendly^[9]

*Turkey results/scores listed first

Honors

Gençlerbirliği

Turkish Cup: 2000–01

Kayserispor

Turkish Cup: 2007–08
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006

References

^ ^a ^b Gokhan Joins Fenerbahce – SuperLigNews.com
^ "Gokhan to Galatasaray". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ Rubin ready for Gokhan Unal
^ It’s official! Gökhan joins Black Sea Storm
^ "Europas Top-Ligen 2018/2019". Kicker. p. 199.
^ Fenerbahce Signs Gokhan Unal – SuperLigNews.com
^ "Fenerbahçe finally get Gökhan". UEFA.com. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
^ Profile at forumfutbol.com
^ "Late Drogba strike gives Ivory Coast 1–1 draw with Turkey". Reuters. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

External links

Gökhan Ünal – UEFA competition record (archive)
Gökhan Ünal – FIFA competition record (archived)
"Gökhan Ünal kimdir?" – ForumFootball.com
Gökhan Ünal at Soccerway
Gökhan Ünal at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)

[TopScorer-1] Gokhan Joins Fenerbahce – SuperLigNews.com

[2] "Gokhan to Galatasaray". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[3] Rubin ready for Gokhan Unal

[4] It’s official! Gökhan joins Black Sea Storm

[5] "Europas Top-Ligen 2018/2019". Kicker. p. 199.

[6] Fenerbahce Signs Gokhan Unal – SuperLigNews.com

[7] "Fenerbahçe finally get Gökhan". UEFA.com. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

[8] Profile at forumfutbol.com

[9] "Late Drogba strike gives Ivory Coast 1–1 draw with Turkey". Reuters. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

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