Onur Kıvrak

Onur Recep Kıvrak (born 1 January 1988) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Trabzonspor before his announcement of retirement from professional football in January 2019.^[1]

Onur Kıvrak

Kıvrak in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Onur Recep Kıvrak
Date of birth	(1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Alaşehir, Turkey
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1999–2004	Yeşilova S.K.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2008	Karşıyaka	34	(0)
2008–2019	Trabzonspor	203	(0)
Total		237	(0)
International career‡
2005	Turkey U17	3	(0)
2005–2006	Turkey U18	4	(0)
2006–2007	Turkey U19	10	(0)
2007–2009	Turkey U21	11	(0)
2010–2017	Turkey	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 February 2019

Although he does not necessarily claim, he is known in Turkish football environment as "Kelebek" (lit. 'Butterfly').^[2][3]

Club career

Kıvrak signed for Trabzonspor on 15 January 2008.^[4] On 6 December 2013, Kıvrak renewed his contract on 2.5€m annual salary, keeping him at the club until the end of 2017–18 season.^[5][6]

On 2 October 2014, during Europa League match against Legia Warsaw Kıvrak tore cruciate ligaments in his left knee and was subbed off.^[7] 15 days after the injury, Kıvrak underwent knee surgery and was ruled out for the rest of 2014–15 season.^[7] He could return to trainings on 8 May 2015.^[7]

Contract between Trabzonspor and Kıvrak was mutually terminated on 7 January 2019.^[8][9] Kıvrak announced to local media in Trabzon that he will retire from professional football on 9 January 2019.^[1] He mentioned that he will move to İzmir and that he will never return to Trabzon, in an interview to local newspaper.^[10] He was linked with local İzmir clubs Altay S.K. and Karşıyaka S.K. during 2019 winter transfer window.^[11]

International career

Onur made his debut in the 2–0 friendly win against Northern Ireland on 26 May 2010, having worked his way through the youth teams at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level.^[12]

He was part of the Turkey national team for Euro 2016.^[13]

Statistics

Club

As of 6 February 2019.^[14][15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup1		Other2		Continental3		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Karşıyaka S.K.	2004–05	TFF Second League	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2005–06		16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2006–07	TFF First League	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2007–08		15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
Total			34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0
Trabzonspor	2007–08	Süper Lig	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2008–09		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2009–10		19	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
	2010–11		25	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	29	0
	2011–12		0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	2012–13		30	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	36	0
	2013–14		32	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	46	0
	2014–15		4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8	0
	2015–16		20	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	0
	2016–17		32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	2017–18		26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2018–19		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Total			203	0	21	0	1	0	26	0	251	0
Career total			237	0	21	0	1	0	26	0	285	0

• 1.^ Includes Turkish Cup.
• 2.^ Includes Turkish Super Cup.
• 3.^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League.

International

As of 18 May 2021:^[16]

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Turkey
	2010	3	0
	2011	–
	2012	1	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	5	0
	2015	–
	2016	–
	2017	1	0
Total		13	0

Honours

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Cup (1): 2009–10
• Turkish Super Cup (1): 2010