Orkun Kökçü

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Orkun Kökçü
Personnel
birthday December 29, 2000
place of birth Haarlem , the  Netherlands
size 175 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
Olympia Haarlem
HFC EDO
0000–2011 Stormvogels '28
2011-2014 FC Groningen
2014-2018 Feyenoord Rotterdam
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2018– Feyenoord Rotterdam 16 (4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2017 Netherlands U17 3 (0)
2017 Netherlands U18 5 (2)
2018-2019 Netherlands U19 10 (3)
2019– Turkey U21 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 23, 2019

2 As of September 7, 2019

Orkun Kökçü (born December 29, 2000 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch - Turkish football player who has been under contract with Feyenoord Rotterdam since the beginning of his professional career . He is also a young Turkish national player who also has a Dutch passport.

Career

society

Orkun Kökçü, son of a Turkish father, who comes from the small Turkish town of Emirdağ , and a mother of Turkish origin born in the Netherlands, was born in Haarlem, North Holland . He began with club football at the local clubs Olympia Haarlem and later HFC EDO, Haarlemsche Football Club Eendracht Doet Overwinnen. In 2014 he moved to the youth academy of Feyenoord Rotterdam via Stormvogels '28 and FC Groningen , initially playing with the U15 juniors. In March 2017, the 16-year-old Kökçü received his first professional football contract from the Rotterdamers as a U17 junior player until summer 2020. He impressed with his footballing performances in the Dutch league championships of the U19 juniors with over ten goals and over thirty assists . Furthermore convinced Kökçü in the UEFA Youth League of the season 2017/18 with five goals in seven games and reached the second round Feyenoord and left it against the eventual finalists Chelsea FC Academy from. In 2018, he is considered one of the greatest football talents in the Netherlands, which is also something that top international football clubs are interested in.

In September 2018, the 17-year-old Kökçü made his game and goal debut with the pros from Feyenoord in the first main round of the Dutch Cup in a 4-0 away win against fifth division club VV Gemert. In December 2018 he again celebrated his first league professional and goal debut in the Eredivisie , the Dutch highest league division, in the 1: 4 away win against FC Emmen , where he played in this league game a. a. prepared a gate. In this league game, Kökçü became the second youngest Eredivisie league debutante in Feyenoord club history at 17 years and 345 days. In March 2019, the talented 18-year-old prematurely extended his contract until summer 2023 due to his footballing achievements.

National team

Netherlands (KNVB)

Between 2017 and 2019, Kökçü played through the Dutch youth national teams from U-17 to U-19 . He started his national team career in February 2017 with the U-17 juniors of the Netherlands and rose to the team captain of the U-19 juniors .

Turkey (TFF)

Kökçü's manager announced in July 2019 that his client would appear for the Turkish national team in the future. In August 2019, at the age of 18, he was appointed to the Turkish national teams for the U21 internationals for the first time by the Turkish U21 national coach Vedat Inceefe . Kökçü made his international debut for Turkey in the first game on September 6, 2019, u. a. right in the starting line-up, qualifying for the U-21 European Championship in 2021 .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Feyenoord O15 - Spelers - Orkun Kokcu (Dutch) - accessed on March 26, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c d Feyenoord prodigy Orkun Kökcü allegedly at PSG, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham on the note from December 4, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Sander Berends: Orkun Kökcü: een bijzonder interview met het toptalent van Feyenoord (Dutch) on ElfVoetbal.nl from December 21, 2018
  4. ↑ Mikos Gouka: Kökcü is bij Feyenoord een debutant van een Andere orde (Dutch) on AD.nl from December 10, 2018
  5. ↑ FeyenoordAcademy.nl: Eerste profcontract voor Orkun Kökcü (Dutch) from March 20, 2017
  6. ↑ Orkun Kökçü in the UEFA .com database . Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b Sport.de : 17-year-olds in the focus of royal blue - Schalke apparently scouted orange talent from December 26, 2018
  8. ↑ a b Door Wietse Dijkstra: Scorende Feyenoord debutants: Alleen Tebbenhoff jonger dan Kökcü (Dutch) on De Gelderlander from December 9, 2018
  9. ↑ a b Orkun Kökçü (player profile) at Feyenoord Rotterdam (Dutch) - accessed on March 27, 2019
  10. ↑ Feyenoord.nl: Feyenoord loopt na rust weg bij FC Emmen - Eredivisiedebuut Kökcü (Dutch) from December 9, 2018
  11. ↑ Feyenoord.nl: Principeakkoord: Feyenoord extends contract Kökcü dead 2023 (Dutch) from March 12, 2019
  12. ↑ GazeteFutbol.de: Orkun Kökcü will probably decide against Turkey on March 25, 2019
  13. ↑ GazeteFutbol.de: Milli Takim - Supertalent Orkun Kökcü wants to play for Turkey from July 21, 2019
  14. ↑ TFF - Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu : Ümit Milli Takımı'nın İngiltere maçı aday kadrosu açıklandı (Turkish) from August 30, 2019
  15. ↑ TFF - Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu : 4 futbolcu ilk kez Ümit Milli oldu (Turkish) from September 7, 2019
  16. ↑ Match report: PSV Eindhoven 5-6 i. E. Feyenoord dated August 4, 2018 in the weltfussball.de database
personal data
SURNAME Kökçü, Orkun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kokcu, Orkun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-Turkish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem