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 14 (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 14 October 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.

Honours

İstanbul Başakşehir

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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.
  4. "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.


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