İrfan Kahveci

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İrfan Kahveci
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Kahveci playing for Turkey in 2018
Personal information
Full name İrfan Can Kahveci[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Bayat, Ayaş, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club 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 26 (2)
National team‡
2012 Turkey U17 7 (1)
2013 Turkey U18 4 (0)
2014 Turkey U20 3 (0)
2015–2016 Turkey U21 12 (0)
2018– Turkey 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2021

İrfan Can Kahveci (born 15 July 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Fenerbahçe[]

On 31 January 2021, Fenerbahçe announced via Twitter that Kahveci joined the team.[5] He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Fenerbahçe for a €7 million fee.[6][7]

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.[8] He made a debut in the national team on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 win against Ireland.[9] 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 5 February 2022.[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division 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 – 79 11
İstanbul Başakşehir 2016–17 Süper Lig 12 1 4 0 – 16 1
2017–18 25 1 4 1 4 0 33 2
2018–19 32 4 3 0 2 0 37 4
2019–20 29 4 0 0 10 2 39 6
2020–21 18 2 1 1 6 3 25 6
Total 116 12 12 2 22 5 150 19
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 12 0 0 0 – 12 0
2021–22 14 2 1 0 4 0 19 2
Total 26 2 1 0 4 0 31 2
Career total 247 27 25 6 26 5 298 38

International[]

As of match played 20 June 2021.[12]
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 1
Total 21 1

International goals[]

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

Honours[]

İstanbul Başakşehir

References[]

  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci resume Başakşehir'de" [İrfan Can Kahveci officially in Başakşehir]. Sabah (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. ^ "RB Leipzig vs. Istanbul Basaksehir score: German side wins seven-goal thriller". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. ^ UEFA.com (9 December 2020). "Champions League hat-tricks: the full lowdown". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ @Fenerbahce (31 January 2021). "Ailemize hoş geldin İrfan Can Kahveci" [Welcome to our family İrfan Can Kahveci] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci Fenerbahçemizde". fenerbahce.org. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Futbolcu İrfan Can Kahveci'nin transferinin sonuçlanması hk". kap.org.tr. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Football MATCH: 23.03.2018 Turkey v Rep. of Ireland". eu-football.info. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  10. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  11. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahçe) @ maçkolik.com" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. ^ "İrfan Can Kahveci". European Football. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

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