 Töre in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gökhan Töre[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (age 33)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | SV Adler Dellbrück | ||
| 2003–2009 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2009–2011 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Hamburger SV | 22 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Rubin Kazan | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | →Beşiktaş (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2014–2019 | Beşiktaş | 55 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | →West Ham United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 23 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Beşiktaş | 32 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Adana Demirspor | 3 | (1) |
| 2023 | Ankaragücü | 3 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Konyaspor | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Turkey U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Turkey U16 | 14 | (1) |
| 2008 | Turkey U17 | 18 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Turkey U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Turkey A2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Turkey | 26 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:50, 14 October 2015 (UTC) | |||
Gökhan Töre (Turkish pronunciation:[ɟœcˈhanˈtœɾe], born 20 January 1992) is a professionalfootballer who plays as awinger.
Töre began his club career atHamburger SV before joiningRussian Premier League sideRubin Kazan in the summer of 2012. He made only seven first-team appearances for Rubin Kazan and in June 2013, the midfielder went on loan to Turkish clubBeşiktaş. In 2014, Töre signed for Beşiktaş permanently on a five-year deal.
Born in Germany, he has beencapped over 20 times for Turkey since making his debut in 2011.
Töre was discovered byFrank Arnesen, former head talent scout ofChelsea, when he was playing for theBayer Leverkusen youth team.[3] Töre mostly spent his time in thereserves, where he helped his team to win thePremier Reserve League and Premier Reserve League South in the2010–11 season.[3] He made the most appearances during the season, along withMilan Lalkovič, with 16 starts and he also scored four goals.[4]He had been selected for 13 matchday squads during the 2010–11 season, but was not able to make his senior league debut for the team.[5] Töre made his debut for Chelsea in a pre-season game againstCrystal Palace coming on as a 76th-minute substitute forDaniel Sturridge.[6]
Töre joinedHamburger SV from Chelsea,[7] becoming the third player to switch between the two sides during the2011 summer transfer period, followingJacopo Sala andMichael Mancienne.[8] On 30 July 2011, Töre made his competitive debut againstVfB Oldenburg inMarschweg-Stadion in aDFB-Pokal Round 1 encounter that resulted in a 2–1 win forHSV.[9][10] Töre made his senior league debut in the Hamburg starting line-up againstBorussia Dortmund in the2011–12 season opener, on 6 August 2011. Before December, Töre managed six assists in 17 games.[11]
On 26 July 2012, Töre completed a transfer to Russian clubRubin Kazan, signing a four-year deal.[12] He wassent off for the first time in his career on 23 September 2012 in a 1–0 home win overKuban Krasnodar.[13]
In June 2013, Töre signed a season-long loan deal withBeşiktaş,[14] scoring his first goal on his debut againstTrabzonspor in a 2–0 home win. On 27 August 2013, Töre netted his second goal againstKayseri Erciyesspor in a 4–2 away win.[15][16]
In early August 2014, Töre joined Beşiktaş permanently on a five-year deal for a transfer fee believed to be about €4.5 million.[17][18]
On 11 July 2016,West Ham United confirmed the signing of Töre from Beşiktaş on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal.[19] He joined theHammers for a fee of £2.5 million with an option to buy for a further £10 million.[20] On 21 August 2016, he provided his first assist in a West Ham shirt with a cross from the left wing, assistingMichail Antonio's 85th-minute header which decided the game againstBournemouth as West Ham won 1–0.[21] He played his last game for West Ham on 1 October 2016, againstMiddlesbrough[22] In October 2016, he picked up a femoral injury which was estimated to keep him out of the game for five weeks.[23] The injury kept him out of the team for the remainder of the season. His loan ended with him having played eight times only for West Ham; five in thePremier League, two in theEuropa League, againstAstra Giurgiu, and once in theEFL Cup, againstAccrington Stanley.[22] Töre attributed the start of his season-long injury problems to an aggressive tackle from a teammate at a pre-season training camp.[24]
In July 2019, Töre joinedYeni Malatyaspor on a 1+1 year contract.[25]
On 5 March 2023, Töre signed withAnkaragücü until the end of the 2022–23 season.[26]
On 19 September 2023, Töre signed withKonyaspor.[27]
Töre has been a member of theTurkey national team at several age levels since 2007. In 2008, he was part of the national team squad at theUEFA Euro Under-17 Football Championship, in which Turkey were beaten byFrance on penalties in the semi-finals. Töre also played against France, later subbed in the 41st minute.[28]When he was 17, he was called up to theunder-21 team in September 2009, during the2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification campaign. He was subbed on forTunay Torun in the 36th minute againstGeorgia.[29][30]
Turkey manager,Guus Hiddink – having seen Töre's performances in training when the duo were both at Chelsea – told Töre that he liked his performances and that he had potential, and suggested he joined theA2 national team first to improve himself.[31] Töre was called up to the senior team for the first time by Hiddink in May 2011 for theEuro 2012 qualification match againstBelgium.[32][33] He made his debut for the national team on 10 August 2011 in afriendly match againstEstonia inIstanbul.[34][35] On 2 September 2011, he was subbed on for team captainEmre Belözoğlu in the 60th minute, againstKazakhstan in a Euro 2012 qualification encounter, which ended in a 2–1 victory for Turkey.[36]
Töre was born inCologne, the oldest of three siblings, to Turkish parents fromSamsun, Turkey.[37] In an interview, he stated that he likes the playing style ofSergio Agüero andLionel Messi.[37] From October 2017 to June 2019, he was married to Turkish actressEsra Bilgiç.[38] In February 2020, he married architect Buket Büyükdere.[39] Their first child, a daughter named Adel, was born in January 2021.[40]
Töre and a friend allegedly entered the national team hotel in October 2013 after Turkey's World Cup qualifying match against theNetherlands and threatened bothÖmer Toprak andHakan Çalhanoğlu with a firearm. Töre had allegedly been stewing over a reported affair between his former girlfriend andÖmer Toprak's friend. The incident was made public by Çalhanoğlu in an interview with German TV stationZDF.[41] In June 2015, Çalhanoğlu and Töre reconciled.[42]
In the early hours of 21 April 2014, Töre was accidentally shot in a nightclub in Istanbul. The winger sustained a shoulder injury and later required surgery.[43]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Beşiktaş (loan) | 2013–14 | Süper Lig | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |
| Beşiktaş | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 12 | 4 | 43 | 9 | |
| 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 35 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 108 | 13 | 12 | 3 | — | 28 | 5 | 148 | 21 | |||
| West Ham United (loan) | 2016–17 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| Beşiktaş | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 172 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 225 | 24 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | |
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