Burak Ince
Burak Ince (born 20 January 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Turkish club Altınordu F.K. in the Süper Lig.[1][2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Burak Ince | ||
Date of birth | January 20, 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Manisa, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kayserispor | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | Manisaspor | ||
2015–2019 | Altınordu F.K. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Altınordu F.K. | 16 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | Turkey U14 | 4 | (1) |
2018 | Turkey U15 | 15 | (5) |
2019– | Turkey U16 | 8 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2020 |
Club career
Burak Ince came through the academy of Altınordu, which produced several Turkish talents, such as Cengiz Ünder, Çağlar Söyüncü, Barış Alıcı, Berke Özer or Ravil Tagir.[3]
Ince made his professional debuts with Altınordu on the 8 August 2020 against Hatayspor, becoming the youngest ever footballer to play in the TFF First League[4]. Nearly a month after he also became the youngest goalscorer in a 4-1 victory against Eskişehirspor, where he also delivered an assist for Anıl Koç.[5]
He is announced to be looked at by big european clubs such as Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Leicester,[2][4][5][6][7] although Ince openly admitted to dream of playing for FC Barcelona.[8][9]
References
- Burak Ince at Soccerway
- Giriş, Haber (27 June 2019). "15 yaşında A Takım'a! Altınordulu Burak İnce..." Hürriyet (in Turkish).
- "Altın pazar" [Gold market]. Yeniasir (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- "Burak Ince: talento turco classe 2004". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- "Altınordunun genç yıldızı Burak İnce, bütün Avrupanın radarında". Fanatik. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- Hawkins, Billy (2019-09-20). "Man City scout record-breaking wonderkid who scored first professional goal aged 15". talkSPORT. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- "Altınordulu Burak İnce'ye Bayern Münih talip oldu! 5 milyon Euro..." Aspor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- "Altınordulu Burak İnce'nin hayali Barcelona" [Altınordulu Burak İnce's dream is Barcelona]. Goal (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- Polat, Anil P. (2020-05-03). "Altinordu-Talent Burak Ince: "Ich glaube daran, dass ich das Trikot von Barcelona tragen werde"". GazeteFutbol (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
External links
- Burak Ince at Soccerway
- TFF Profile