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Turkish professional footballer (born 1995)
Okan Kocuk
Personal information
Full name Okan Kocuk
Date of birth (1995-07-27) July 27, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Mustafakemalpaşa, Turkey
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team Samsunspor
Number 1
Youth career
2006–2008 Kemalpaşaspor
2008–2015 Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Bursaspor 23 (0)
2016–2017 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 23 (0)
2017–2018 → İstanbulspor (loan) 34 (0)
2019–2023 Galatasaray 19 (0)
2021–2022 → Giresunspor (loan) 32 (0)
2023– Samsunspor 42 (0)
International career
2011 Turkey U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 Turkey U17 5 (0)
2012–2013 Turkey U18 5 (0)
2014 Turkey U19 1 (0)
2014–2015 Turkey U20 2 (0)
2015–2016 Turkey U21 5 (0)
2024– Turkey 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 March 2024

Okan Kocuk (born 27 July 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Turkish club Samsunspor in the Süper Lig.

Professional career

Kocuk made his professional debut for Bursaspor in a 2-1 Süper Lig win over Mersin İdmanyurdu on 1 March 2015. In 2016 Kocuk was loaned to Bandırmaspor, and in 2017 was loaned to İstanbulspor.

Galatasaray

On 18 July 2019, Kocuk joined Galatasaray on a four-year contract on a free signing.

Giresunspor (loan)

On 9 July 2021, Galatasaray announced that goalkeeper Kocuk was loaned to Giresunspor, the new team of the Süper Lig, until the end of the season.

Return to Galatasaray

Kocuk became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.

On 19 June 2023, it was announced that he left Galatasaray and a thank you message was published.

Samsunspor

On 19 June 2023, it was announced that he signed a 3-year contract with Samsunspor.

International career

Kocuk is a youth international for Turkey at all youth levels In November 2017, Kocuk was called up to the senior Turkey national football team but did not make an appearance.

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. "BURSASPOR MERSİN İDMANYURDU - Maç Detayları TFF". tff.org.
  2. fanatik. "Okan Kocuk: A Milli Takım'a seçilmem gurur verici". Fanatik.
  3. Okan Kocuk Galatasaray'da in Turkish
  4. "Okan Kocuk Giresunspor'a kiralandı". Galatasaray S.K. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  6. "TEŞEKKÜRLER OKAN KOCUK". Official Twitter Account of Galatasaray SK. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. "HOŞ GELDİN OKAN KOCUK". www.samsunspor.org.tr. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  8. uefa.com. "Okan Kocuk – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
  9. "Okan Kocuk: "Milli Takım'a seçildiğim için gururluyum"".
  10. "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

External links

Samsunspor – current squad
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