Emir Ortakaya (born 22 June 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian club Westerlo on loan from the Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Westerlo | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2021 | Gençlerbirliği U19 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Fenerbahçe U19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Fenerbahçe | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Göztepe (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Kocaelispor (loan) | 30 | (3) |
| 2024– | → Westerlo (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Turkey U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Turkey U16 | 16 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Turkey U18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2022 | Turkey U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2023– | Turkey U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 | |||
Professional career
editGençlerbirliği
editOn 14 March 2021, he made his debut with Gençlerbirliği U19 against Fenerbahçe U19, Gençlerbirliği U19 won 1–0. He made his prrofessional debut with Gençlerbirliği against Tuzlaspor in a Turkish Cup match, Gençlerbirliği lost 2–0.
Fenerbahçe
editOn 7 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with the Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.[2]
Göztepe (loan)
editOn 3 August 2022, he renewed his contract until 30 June 2027 and loaned to Göztepe until the end of season.[3] On 14 August 2022, he made his debut with the team against Sakaryaspor in TFF First League away game, Göztepe won 1–0.
Kocaelispor (loan)
editOn 25 August 2023, he loaned to Kocaelispor until the end of season.[4] On 27 August 2023, he made his debut with the team against Altay in TFF First League home game, Göztepe won 3–2.
Westerlo (loan)
editOn 24 July 2024, Ortakaya joined Westerlo in Belgium on loan with an option to buy.[5]
Career statistics
edit- As of matches played 25 June 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2020-21 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14[b] | 1 | 15 | 1 | |
| Fenerbahçe | 2021-22 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28[b] | 3 | 28 | 3 |
| Göztepe (loan) | 2022–23 | TFF First League | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kocaelispor (loan) | 2023–24 | TFF First League | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 107 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes Turkish Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in U21 Ligi
References
edit- ^ "Players". Fenerbahce.org.
- ^ "Emir Ortakaya Fenerbahçemizde". August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Information about Emir Ortakaya". August 3, 2022.
- ^ "Information about Emir Ortakaya". August 25, 2023.
- ^ "Welkom Emir" [Welcome Emir] (in Dutch). Westerlo. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.