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French-Turkish footballer (born 2002)

Ferhat Çoğalan
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Grande-Synthe, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team Yeni Mersin İY
Number 21
Youth career
2006–2013 Olympique Grande-Synthe
2013–2018 Valencia
2018 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Lille B 4 (0)
2022–2023 Pau B 14 (2)
2024– Yeni Mersin İY 4 (0)
International career
2016 Turkey U14 3 (0)
2016 Turkey U15 4 (3)
2017–2018 Turkey U16 10 (2)
2018–2019 Turkey U17 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2023

Ferhat Çoğalan (born 29 June 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he is a youth international for Turkey.

Club career

Born in Grande-Synthe, France, Çoğalan's father, Sedat, was a footballer who played for Nancy in France, as well as Turanspor and Şanlıurfaspor in Turkey. Ferhat started playing football at the age of four, joining local side Olympique Grande-Synthe. At the age of eleven, he trialled with Spanish side Barcelona, but ultimately turned down their offer to sign him.

In August 2013, he moved to Spain to join the academy of Valencia, turning down numerous clubs across Europe in the process. He settled quickly in Valencia, picking up a man of the match award as his side won the LaLiga Promises Cup in late 2014. The following year he was linked with a move to Manchester United, with his father claiming that the English side had already held talks with the player.

He was offered a new contract with Valencia in 2018, but rejected the terms, instead opting to return to France to join Lille. His father later explained that they had decided to make the move after Valencia changed the infrastructure of their youth development projects, with Lille offering a clearer path to professional football. He signed a professional contract with Lille until June 2021.

However, three years after joining Lille, in which he only made four appearances for the club's B team, Çoğalan was released in July 2021. Following his departure from Lille, he trialled with Turkish side Beşiktaş in February 2022.

After a year with no club, Çoğalan joined Ligue 2 side Pau in 2022, going on to play for their B team in the Championnat National 3.

International career

Ferhat Çoğalan has represented Turkey from under-14 to under-17 level.

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lille B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 3 0 – 0 0 3 0
2019–20 1 0 – 0 0 1 0
2020–21 Championnat National 3 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Pau B 2022–23 Championnat National 3 14 2 – 0 0 14 2
Yeni Mersin İY 2024–25 TFF 2. Lig 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Career total 22 2 0 0 0 0 22 2
Notes

References

  1. ^ Ferhat Çoğalan at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Ferhat Cogalan, grand espoir du football mondial, rejoint Le LOSC" [Ferhat Cogalan, great hope of world football, joins LOSC]. losc.fr (in French). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Turkish junior footballer lights up Spanish league". dailysabah.com. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ Maywurm, Oliver (20 April 2018). "Ferhat Cogalan: Das Wunderkind, das mit 14 schon 13 Millionen Euro wert war" [Ferhat Cogalan: The child prodigy who was already worth 13 million euros at 14]. goal.com (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. "Valencia's 12-year-old sensation Ferhat Cogalan stuns crowd in Spanish tournament". sg.news.yahoo.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  6. Luckhurst, Samuel (29 June 2016). "Manchester United must pay €13m for Ferhat Cogalan". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. "El juvenil Ferhat Cogalan deja el Valencia y ficha por el Lille" [The youthful Ferhat Cogalan leaves Valencia and signs for Lille]. marca.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. "Qui est Ferhat Cogalan, originaire de Grande-Synthe, qui a signé au LOSC, et est présenté comme un jeune prodige?" [Who is Ferhat Cogalan, from Grande-Synthe, who signed at LOSC, and is presented as a young prodigy?]. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. Erozden, Can (25 July 2018). "Football: Lille sign Turkish youngster Ferhat Cogalan". aa.com.tr. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  10. "Lille'de bir Türk 'wonderkid': Ferhat Çoğalan!" [A Turkish 'wonderkid' in Lille: Ferhat Çoğalan!]. sporx.com (in Turkish). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. Calabuig, Pascal (30 April 2020). "El cambio de Ferhat: De niño a hombre" [Ferhat's Change: From Boy to Man]. superdeporte.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. Frémin, Cyril (8 July 2021). "Ferhat Çoğalan quitte le LOSC" [Ferhat Çoğalan leaves LOSC]. deltafm.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  13. "Yüksel Demir: Ferhat Çoğalan, Beşiktaş'ta farkını ortaya koyacaktır" [Yüksel Demir: Ferhat Çoğalan will show his difference in Beşiktaş]. fanatik.com.tr (in Turkish). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  14. ^ Ferhat Çoğalan at Soccerway
  15. Ferhat Çoğalan at the Turkish Football Federation
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