Halil Dervişoğlu

Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu (born 8 December 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Brentford. He began his career in his native Netherlands with Sparta Rotterdam and transferred to Brentford in 2020. Of Turkish descent, he is a current Turkey U21 international.

Halil Dervişoğlu
Personal information
Full name Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 21
Youth career
2009–2018 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 36 (25)
2018–2020 Sparta Rotterdam 51 (15)
2020– Brentford 2 (0)
National team‡
2018 Turkey U19 2 (0)
2018– Turkey U21 7 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:40, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:15, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Sparta Rotterdam

Dervişoğlu joined the Sparta Rotterdam academy at the age of 10 and broke into the club's reserve team early in the 2017–18 Tweede Divisie season.[1][2] 21 goals in 26 appearances saw him sign a contract extension in May 2018 and he made his maiden first team appearances during the club's unsuccessful Eredivisie relegation playoff campaign.[1][3] Dervişoğlu was a regular in the first team squad during the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie season and he helped the club to promotion back to the Eredivisie through the end-of-season playoffs.[1][4]

In August 2019, Dervişoğlu signed a pre-contract to depart Het Kasteel on 1 January 2020.[5] He made 19 appearances and scored five goals during the first half of the 2019–20 season and departed the club having made 58 appearances and scored 16 goals while a member of the first team squad.[1]

Brentford

On 9 August 2019, Dervişoğlu signed a pre-contract to join English Championship club Brentford on 1 January 2020,[5] for a reported €3 million fee.[6] He signed a ​4 1⁄2-year contract and was unveiled as a Brentford player on 3 January 2020.[7]

International career

Of Turkish descent, Dervişoğlu is eligible represent the Netherlands or Turkey at international level.[7] Dervişoğlu has been capped by Turkey at U19 and U21 level.[8]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Sparta Rotterdam 2017–18[1] Tweede Divisie 26 21 ― ― 26 21
2018–19[1] 10 4 ― ― 10 4
Total 36 25 ― ― 36 25
Sparta Rotterdam 2017–18[1] Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 2 0
2018–19[1] Eerste Divisie 34 10 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 37 11
2019–20[1] Eredivisie 17 5 2 0 ― 19 5
Total 51 15 3 0 4 1 58 16
Brentford 2019–20[9] Championship 2 0 2 0 ― 4 0
Career total 89 40 5 0 4 1 98 41
  1. Appearances in Eredivisie promotion/relegation play-offs

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

References
  1. Halil Dervişoğlu at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Sparta verlengt contract Dervisoglu – ITWM Sparta Rotterdam Fanzine". www.itwm.nl. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. "Sparta verlengt contract Dervisoglu". Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch). 12 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. van Steenbergen, Mark. "De Graafschap degradeert uit eredivisie na blamage tegen Sparta | Play-offs | gelderlander.nl". Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "Halil Dervişoğlu signs Brentford deal". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. "Dervisoglu completes Brentford move". Football Oranje. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. "Halil Dervişoğlu completes Brentford move". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. Halil Dervişoğlu at the Turkish Football Federation
  9. "Games played by Halil Dervişoğlu in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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