| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Halil Çolak | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Deventer, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Kasımpaşa | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IJsselstreek[1] | |||
| Go Ahead Eagles[1] | |||
| Twente | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2009 | Twente | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Cambuur (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 23 | (6) |
| 2009 | Go Ahead Eagles | 27 | (10) |
| 2010– | Kasımpaşa | 18 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Turkey U21 | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Halil Çolak (born 29 January 1988) is a Dutch footballer currently playing for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa.
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Çolak was born in Deventer, a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Çolak started his career at local Deventer club IJsselstreek. He soon joined Go Ahead Eagles as a youth player. Go Ahead Eagles had a cooperation agreement with FC Twente, and he joined their youth academy. In 2007, he won the national youth championship with the FC Twente A-juniors.
In the summer of 2007, Çolak was promoted the Twente's reserve squad, where he captured a place in the starting lineup under coach Cees Lok. Due to some good performances, he was called up by first team coach, Fred Rutten for the match against FC Utrecht. Though, he didn't manage to become a part of the squad and was a reserve. On the last days of the transfer market in January 2008, Çolak signed a loan deal with Cambuur Leeuwarden.[2]
Çolak made his debut on 1 February 2008, two days after he was signed. His debut came in the home-match against FC Zwolle which ended in a 1–1 draw.[3] He played the whole match. Çolak played 11 matches for Cambuur. He scored one goal.
On 27 July 2008, Go Ahead Eagles signed Çolak on a one-year deal, which ment a return to his hometown Deventer. In the first league match of the season, an away-match against VVV-Venlo, he was a 57th-minute substitute for Jeffrey Vlug. The game eventually ended in a 5–0 loss for Go Ahead.[4] In the following match, a home game against Fortuna Sittard, Çolak was in the starting lineup and directly provided an assist. The ending result was 1–1.[5] Some weeks after at a training session, he broke his fibula which ruled him out for a couple of weeks.[6] On 23 November he made his comeback with a place in the starting lineup in the match against FC Den Bosch, which ended in a goalless draw (0–0).[7] In total he played 23 matches in which he scored six times.[8]
On April 24, 2009, it became clear that Çolak would stay another season on loan with Go Ahead Eagles. A month later, the loan deal was converted into a final transition, which ment that Çolak was now definitively Go Ahead-player. He signed a three-year contract. In the first half of the 2009–10 season, Çolak scored 10 goals in 21 matches, making him an important player for the Eagles. He also scored in the KNVB Cup, including against Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. His good performances are not going by unnoticed. Rumours where going that Galatasaray where interested in the services of the young Turkish winger.[9]
On August 12, 2010 he moved to Turkey and signed a five-year deal with Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa.[10]
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