Bilal Başacıkoğlu

Bilal Başacıkoğlu
Başacıkoğlu (2019)
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Zaanstad, Netherlands
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Sakaryaspor
Number 7
Youth career
Ajax
Haarlem
RKSV Pancratius
Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Heerenveen 22 (6)
2014–2018 Feyenoord 76 (6)
2018–2020 Kayserispor 33 (4)
2020–2021 Trabzonspor 13 (0)
2021 Gaziantep 12 (0)
2021–2022 Heracles Almelo 27 (1)
2022–2023 Tuzlaspor 19 (1)
2023– Sakaryaspor 0 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Netherlands U18 4 (1)
2013–2014 Netherlands U19 10 (0)
2014–2015 Turkey U20 3 (0)
2014–2016 Turkey U21 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016

Bilal Başacıkoğlu (born 26 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Sakaryaspor.[1] He formerly played for SC Heerenveen, Feyenoord and Kayserispor. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at under-21 international level.

International career

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Başacıkoğlu was born in the Netherlands to a Turkish father and a Moroccan mother.[2] Initially, he represented the Netherlands as a youth. But in 2014, he decided to represent the home country of his father, Turkey, at international level for whom he played in their youth national teams afterwards. In November 2016 Başacıkoğlu received his first call-up to the senior Turkey squad for the match against Kosovo.[3]

Honours

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Feyenoord

Trabzonspor

References

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  1. ^ Bilal Başacıkoğlu naar Kayserispor (Dutch). Feyenoord. 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Friesch Dagblad". www.frieschdagblad.nl. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Küskünler barıştı! Arda Turan yeniden Milli Takım'da!". superhaber.tv. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ^ Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie - AD (in Dutch)
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