Doğucan Haspolat (born 11 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey internationally.[1]

Doğucan Haspolat
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Westerlo
Number 34
Youth career
2005–2016 Excelsior
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Excelsior 41 (1)
2020–2022 Kasımpaşa 47 (1)
2022–2023 Trabzonspor 22 (1)
2023– Westerlo 40 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Netherlands U17 14 (0)
2017–2018 Netherlands U18 6 (1)
2021–2022 Turkey U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2022

Club career

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Haspolat is a youth exponent from Excelsior. He made his professional debut on 27 August 2016 in an Eredivisie game against Feyenoord Rotterdam replacing Kevin Vermeulen after 70 minutes and becoming the first player from 2000 who played in the Eredevisie.[2]

Haspolat transferred to the Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa on 20 January 2020, signing a 3.5 year contract.[3]

On 17 July 2022, Haspolat moved to Trabzonspor on a three-year contract.[4]

On 6 September 2023, Belgian Pro League club Westerlo announced the signing of Haspolat on a four-year contract,[5] for a reported fee of €600.000, which could rise to €1.1 million with add-ons + 20% of the profit from a future transfer.[6]

International career

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Haspolat was born in the Netherlands, and is of Turkish descent. He is a former youth international for the Netherlands, before switching to represent Turkey.[7]

Honours

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Trabzonspor

References

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  1. ^ Doğucan Haspolat at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Feyenoord vs. Exelsior - 27 August 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Doğucan Haspolat Kasımpaşada". Fanatik.
  4. ^ "Trabzonspor Eren Elmalı Doğucan Haspolat ve Jens Stryger Larsen transferlerinin maliyetini açıkladı!". Fotomaç.
  5. ^ "Welcome Dogucan". KVC Westerlo. 6 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Doğucan Haspolat, Westerlo'ya transfer oldu!" [Doğucan Haspolat transferred to Westerlo!]. Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 6 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Ümit Milli Takım kadrosu açıklandı". www.trtspor.com.tr.
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