Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player who manages the Turkish club Erciyes 38 FSK from Kayseri.
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.Gokhan Joins Fenerbahce – SuperLigNews.com
Club career Ünal joined Kayserispor in 2003 and became the top goal scorer in the Süper Lig scoring 25 goals in the 2005–06 season. 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 who tried to sign him during the summer break in 2007, but Kayserispor refused all offers, as well as another from Russian team Rubin Kazan for €6 million.Rubin ready for Gokhan Unal He transferred to Trabzonspor on 3 June 2008It’s official! Gökhan joins Black Sea Storm for a club record €6.25 million.
Fenerbahçe On 18 January 2010, Fenerbahçe signed Ünal from Trabzonspor until June 2013 for €3.5 million plus Burak Yılmaz, who was on loan at Eskisehirspor until then. Ünal scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on 14 February against Manisaspor when he scored the equalizing goal in the 97th minute.Fenerbahce Signs Gokhan Unal – SuperLigNews.com
Ünal was sent to Istanbul BB on a six-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.
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 goalProfile at forumfutbol.com 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.
Career statistics
Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueTurkish CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGenclerbirligi 1999–20001. Lig212000–011. Lig132Total153Hacettepe (loan)2001–02TFF 3. LigAnkaraspor (loan)2001–02TFF First LeagueYimpas Yozgatspor (loan)2002–03TFF First LeagueKayserispor 2003–04TFF First League2004–05Süper Lig3082005–06Süper Lig32252006–07Süper Lig251629182007–08Süper Lig2511864018Total8616688Trabzonspor 2008–09Süper Lig32142009–10Süper Lig13220Total451620Fenerbahçe 2009–10Süper Lig1022010–11Süper Lig3040Total13240Istanbul BB (loan)2010–11Süper Lig112Kayserispor (loan)2011–12Süper Lig237Karabükspor2012–13Süper Lig1222013–14Süper Lig72Total194Ankaraspor2013–14TFF First League124Balıkesirspor2014–15Süper Lig235Karşıyaka2015–16TFF First League257Menemen Belediyespor2016–17Career total126
International Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ünal goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Gökhan ÜnalNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 28 May 2006 Hamburg, Germany 1–0 1–1 Friendly2 24 March 2007 Piraeus, Greece 2–1 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying3 12 September 2007 Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying4 11 February 2009 İzmir, Turkey 1–0 1–1 Friendly
Honours Gençlerbirliği Turkish Cup: 2000–01
Kayserispor Turkish Cup: 2007–08 UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006
References
External links
"Gökhan Ünal kimdir?" – ForumFootball.com