Gökdeniz Bayrakdar

Gökdeniz Bayrakdar (born 23 November 2001) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for TFF First League club Bodrum. He has represented Turkey at youth level.

Gökdeniz Bayrakdar
Bayrakdar with Antalyaspor in 2021
Personal information
Full name Gökdeniz Bayrakdar[1]
Date of birth (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001
Place of birth Kandıra, Turkey
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Bodrum
Number 41
Youth career
2013–2014 Yenişehirspor
2014–2016 Kandıra
2016–2017 Kocaelispor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Kocaelispor 79 (20)
2020–2023 Antalyaspor 73 (10)
2023 → Bodrumspor (loan) 18 (9)
2023– Bodrum 5 (3)
International career‡
2020 Turkey U19 4 (0)
2021–2022 Turkey U21 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Early years

Gökdeniz Bayrakdar was born on 23 November 2001, in Kandıra, Kocaeli Province to a family originally from Trabzon. He has two older brothers, and his father owns a grocery story, and his mother is a housewife.[2] As his family were passionate Trabzonspor fans, Bayrakdar was named after their club legend, Gökdeniz Karadeniz.[2]

Bayrakdar quickly became devoted to football, and started playing on the streets. At age nine, he was enrolled by his father at a football school in his hometown of Kandıra, before playing in the youth teams of Yenişehirspor and Kandıra.[2] He was then scouted by Kocaelispor after three successful training sessions.[2]

Club career

Kocaelispor

Bayrakdar made his senior debut after one year at the Kocaelispor academy as a substitute in a 1–0 Turkish Cup loss to Düzcespor on 30 August 2017.[3] His first league appearance followed on 10 September, as he came off the bench in 77th minute for Burak Süleyman in a 2–1 home loss to Uşakspor in the fourth level TFF Third League.[4] On 15 October, Bayrakdar scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Osmaniyespor.[5]

Antalyaspor

After successful seasons and interest from Beşiktaş, Bayrakdar signed a contract with Antalyaspor in the summer of 2020 after Kocaelispor's 10-year transfer ban had been lifted.[6] Bayrakdar made his professional debut for the club on 19 September 2020, coming off the bench for Nuri Şahin in a 1–1 Süper Lig draw against Beşiktaş on 19 September 2020, scoring his side's only goal in his debut.[7]

Bodrumspor

On 11 January 2023, Bayrakdar joined Bodrumspor on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season, with an option to buy.[8]

International career

Bayrakdar has been capped for Turkey U19 and Turkey U21.[2]

Style of play

Bayrakdar has been utilised in a variety of positions due to his technical skill set and his understanding of the game. He can play as a striker, a winger or as an attacking midfielder. Usually deployed on the right wing, Bayrakdar often cuts inside on his left foot to move to a more central attacking position, and uses his speed and dribbling skills to take on defenders until he finds the space to make an attempt on goal, much like Arjen Robben.[9] In addition, he has a pronounced goal instinct.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 April 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kocaelispor 2017–18 TFF Third League 19310——203
2018–19 TFF Third League 32520—2[lower-alpha 1]0365
2019–20 TFF Third League 271221——2913
Total 782051—208521
Antalyaspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 31662——378
2021–22 Süper Lig 29254—1[lower-alpha 2]0356
2022–23 Süper Lig 13220——152
Total 7310136—108716
Bodrumspor (loan) 2022–23 TFF First League 12800——128
Total 12800—00128
Career total 16338187003018445
  1. Appearance(s) in TFF Third League promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in Turkish Super Cup

References
  1. "Gökdeni̇z Bayrakdar". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. "Gökdeniz Bayrakdar: Sağ kulvardaki buldozer - TamSaha Detay Sayfası TFF". TFF (in Turkish). 1 March 2021.
  3. "Düzcespor vs. Kocaelispor – 30 August 2017 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. "Kocaelispor vs. Uşak Spor – 10 September 2017 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. "Kocaelispor vs. Osmaniyespor – 15 October 2017 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. Polat, Mertcan (3 September 2020). "Gökdeniz Bayrakdar: Süper Lige hazırım". Fanatik (in Turkish).
  7. "Beşiktaş vs. Antalyaspor - 19 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  8. "Hoş Geldin Gökdeniz Bayrakdar" (in Turkish). Bodrumspor. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. Freiberg, Robert (4 March 2021). "Transfergerüchte: Stuttgart & Frankfurt buhlen um Bayrakdar". sport-90 (in German).
  10. Rudolph, Matthias (3 March 2021). "Bericht: Stuttgart & Frankfurt an Bayrakdar dran". Fussball Transfers (in German).
  11. Gökdeniz Bayrakdar at Soccerway
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