İrfan Kahveci

İrfan Can Kahveci (born 15 July 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

İrfan Kahveci
Kahveci playing for Turkey in 2018
Personal information
Full name İrfan Can Kahveci[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995
Place of birth Bayat, Ayaş, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 17
Youth career
2005–2012 Gençlerbirliği
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Gençlerbirliği 71 (9)
2013–2014 → Hacettepe (loan) 34 (4)
2017–2021 İstanbul Başakşehir 116 (12)
2021– Fenerbahçe 26 (2)
National team‡
2012 Turkey U17 7 (1)
2013 Turkey U18 4 (0)
2014 Turkey U20 3 (0)
2015–2016 Turkey U21 12 (0)
2018– Turkey 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2021

Club career

Gençlerbirliği

After playing in the youth squad for Gençlerbirliği, Irfan Can made his debut for the first team during the 2014–15 season. On 9 November 2014, he scored his first league goal in the 63rd minute against Kasımpaşa. He finished the season with 6 goals in 30 matches in league and cup competitions.

In his second season with Gençlerbirliği he amassed 3 goals in 33 matches in all competitions.

İstanbul Başakşehir

On 26 December 2016, Kahveci signed a 4.5-year contract with İstanbul Başakşehir.[2] On 2 December 2020, he scored a hat-trick against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. His team, however, lost the match 3–4.[3] It made him only the third player to score a hat-trick in a losing cause in the Champions League, after Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.[4]

Fenerbahçe

On 31 January 2021, Fenerbahçe announced via Twitter that Kahveci joined the team.[5] He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Fenerbahçe for a €7 million fee.[6][7]

International career

Kahveci was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on 31 August 2016 and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[8] He made a debut in the national team on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 win against Ireland.[9] In his second match in June 2019, a friendly against Uzbekistan, he had a chance to score his first international goal, but he missed a 90th minute penalty kick. Turkey still won the game 2–0 courtesy of a brace from Zeki Çelik.

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played 5 February 2022.[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hacettepe (loan) 2013–14 TFF Third League 34442–386
Gençlerbirliği 2014–15 Süper Lig 24561–306
2015–16 32311–334
2016–17 15110–161
Total 71982–7911
İstanbul Başakşehir 2016–17 Süper Lig 12140–161
2017–18 2514140332
2018–19 3243020374
2019–20 29400102396
2020–21 1821163256
Total 1161212222515019
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 12000–120
2021–22 1421040192
Total 2621040312
Career total 2472725626529838

International
As of match played 20 June 2021.[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey
201860
201980
202030
202141
Total211

International goals
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by İrfan Kahveci
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 June 2021Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan21  Switzerland1–21–3UEFA Euro 2020

Honours

İstanbul Başakşehir

References
  1. "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. "İrfan Can Kahveci resume Başakşehir'de" [İrfan Can Kahveci officially in Başakşehir]. Sabah (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. "RB Leipzig vs. Istanbul Basaksehir score: German side wins seven-goal thriller". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. UEFA.com (9 December 2020). "Champions League hat-tricks: the full lowdown". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. @Fenerbahce (31 January 2021). "Ailemize hoş geldin İrfan Can Kahveci" [Welcome to our family İrfan Can Kahveci] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. "İrfan Can Kahveci Fenerbahçemizde". fenerbahce.org. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. "Futbolcu İrfan Can Kahveci'nin transferinin sonuçlanması hk". kap.org.tr. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. "Football MATCH: 23.03.2018 Turkey v Rep. of Ireland". eu-football.info. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  10. "İrfan Can Kahveci". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  11. "İrfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahçe) @ maçkolik.com" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. "İrfan Can Kahveci". European Football. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.


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