Göktan Gürpüz
Turkish association football player (born 2003)
Göktan Gürpüz (born 22 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. Born in Duisburg, Germany, he is a former youth international for Turkey.
Career
Gürpüz is a youth product of the academies of Hamborn 07, Schalke and Borussia Dortmund. He was promoted to Borussia Dortmund's reserves in 2021, and made bench appearances for the senior squad in the Bundesliga several times during the 2022-23 season. On 17 December 2021, he signed his first professional contract with the club. He made his professional debut with Borussia Dortmund II in a 2–0 3. Liga loss to Freiburg II on 28 August 2022.
On 19 July 2023, Borussia announced his transfer to Trabzonspor in Turkey.
International career
Born in Germany, Gürpüz is of Turkish descent. He first represented the Turkey U16s in 2019, before playing for the Germany U19s in 2021.
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