Gökhan Ünal

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Gökhan Ünal
Personal information
Full name Gökhan Ünal
Date of birth 23 July 1982 (1982-07-23) (age 25)
Place of birth    Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.84m
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Trabzonspor
Youth clubs
1997-99
1999-2000
Petrolofisi
Gençlerbirliği
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2001
2001
2002
2002-03
2003-08
2008-
Gençlerbirliği
Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ (loan)
Ankaraspor (loan)
Yimpaş Yozgatspor (loan)
Kayserispor
Trabzonspor
15 (3)
14 (9)
14 (1)
17 (3)
135 (71)
   
National team2
2006- Turkey 11 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 3 June 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 3 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish professional football player. He was the top goal scorer in the Turkcell Super League 2005/06 season, having scored 25 goals in a single season. He is currently playing for Trabzonspor, having emerged through the Gençlerbirliği Youth Team.

His prolific goal scoring ability is also apparent in European competitions, where he scored 6 goals in 8 games for Kayserispor during their UEFA Intertoto Cup Campaign in the 2005/6 season, in which they became the first team from Turkey to win the competition.

His current record for the Turkey national team is also impressive, with a goal in his only start so far. Interestingly, he also scored the national team's 550th goal[1] 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.

He has 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 was transferred to giants Trabzonspor in June 3, 2008.[4]

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