İrfan Kahveci

İrfan Can Kahveci (born 15 July 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for İstanbul Başakşehir.

İrfan Kahveci
Personal information
Full name İrfan Can Kahveci
Date of birth (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995
Place of birth Bayat, Ayaş, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 İstanbul Başakşehir
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– İstanbul Başakşehir 71 (6)
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 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:07, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2019

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.[1]

International career

He 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.[2] He made a debut in the national team on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 win against Ireland.[3] 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 by brace of Zeki Çelik.

References
  1. "İrfan Can Kahveci resume Başakşehir'de" [İrfan Can Kahveci officially in Başakşehir]. Sabah (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. "Football MATCH: 23.03.2018 Turkey v Rep. of Ireland". eu-football.info. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.


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