Gökhan Ünal

Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player who manages the Turkish club Erciyes 38 FSK from Kayseri.

Gökhan Ünal

Ünal playing for Balıkesirspor
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-07-23) 23 July 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1997–1999	Petrol Ofisi Spor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Gençlerbirliği	15	(3)
2001	→ Hacettepe (loan)	14	(10)
2002	→ Ankaraspor (loan)	14	(1)
2002–2003	→ Yozgatspor (loan)	17	(3)
2003–2008	Kayserispor	112	(60)
2008–2010	Trabzonspor	45	(17)
2010–2012	Fenerbahçe	13	(2)
2011	→ Istanbul BB (loan)	11	(2)
2011–2012	→ Kayserispor (loan)	23	(7)
2012–2013	Karabükspor	19	(4)
2013–2014	Ankaraspor	12	(4)
2014–2015	Balıkesirspor	23	(5)
2015–2016	Karşıyaka	25	(7)
2016–2017	Menemen Belediyespor	25	(8)
2018	Van BB	10	(4)
International career
2006–2009	Turkey	14	(4)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Kayserispor (assistant)
2021	Karşıyaka (assistant)
2021	Ankara Keçiörengücü (assistant)
2021–2022	Ankaraspor (assistant)
2022	Sakaryaspor (assistant)
2022–2023	Altınordu
2024-2025	24 Erzincanspor
2025-	Erciyes 38 FSK
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[1]

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.^[1] 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^[2] 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.^[3] He transferred to Trabzonspor on 3 June 2008^[4] for a club record €6.25 million.^[5]

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.^[6][7]

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 goal^[8] 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 competition^[9]

Club	Season	League			Turkish Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Genclerbirligi	1999–2000	1. Lig	2	1
	2000–01	1. Lig	13	2
	Total		15	3
Hacettepe (loan)	2001–02	TFF 3. Lig
Ankaraspor (loan)	2001–02	TFF First League
Yimpas Yozgatspor (loan)	2002–03	TFF First League
Kayserispor	2003–04	TFF First League
	2004–05	Süper Lig	30	8
	2005–06	Süper Lig	32	25
	2006–07	Süper Lig	25	16					29	18
	2007–08	Süper Lig	25	11			8	6	40	18
	Total						8	6	166	88
Trabzonspor	2008–09	Süper Lig	32	14
	2009–10	Süper Lig	13	2			2	0
	Total		45	16			2	0
Fenerbahçe	2009–10	Süper Lig	10	2
	2010–11	Süper Lig	3	0			4	0
	Total		13	2			4	0
Istanbul BB (loan)	2010–11	Süper Lig	11	2
Kayserispor (loan)	2011–12	Süper Lig	23	7
Karabükspor	2012–13	Süper Lig	12	2
	2013–14	Süper Lig	7	2
	Total		19	4
Ankaraspor	2013–14	TFF First League	12	4
Balıkesirspor	2014–15	Süper Lig	23	5
Karşıyaka	2015–16	TFF First League	25	7
Menemen Belediyespor	2016–17
Career total							12	6

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 Ünal^[10]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Estonia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	24 March 2007	Piraeus, Greece	Greece	2–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3	12 September 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Hungary	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4	11 February 2009	İzmir, Turkey	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–1	Friendly[11]

Honours

Gençlerbirliği

• Turkish Cup: 2000–01

Kayserispor

• Turkish Cup: 2007–08
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006