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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Naci Ünüvar[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2003-06-13)13 June 2003 (age 22) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zaandam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger,attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Twente | |||||||||||||
| Number | 37 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2011 | OFC | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2020 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2025 | Jong Ajax | 73 | (24) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Ajax | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | →Trabzonspor (loan) | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | →Twente (loan) | 19 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | →Espanyol (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | Twente | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U15 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Netherlands U16 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U17 | 17 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Netherlands U19 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Turkey U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Naci Ünüvar (born 13 June 2003) is a professionalfootballer who plays as awinger or anattacking midfielder forEredivisie clubTwente.[2] Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Turkey. He was included inThe Guardian's "Next Generation 2020".[3]
On 22 January 2020, Ünüvar played his first match withAjax in the2019–20 KNVB Cup, when he scored a penalty in a 7–0 win overSpakenburg. Hence, he became the youngest player to score during his official debut for Ajax, at age 16 years, 223 days.[4]
On 30 August 2022, Ünüvar was loaned by Ajax toTrabzonspor in Turkey for the 2022–23 season.[5] On 29 August 2024, after another loan spell atTwente, he moved toLa Liga sideEspanyol also in a temporary deal.[6]
On 16 January 2025, Ajax and Ünüvar have mutually agreed to terminate the player's contract.[7]
On the same day, Ünüvar signed a three-and-a-half-year contract withTwente.[8]
Born in the Netherlands, Ünüvar is of Turkish descent. He is a former youth international for the Netherlands.[9]
In 2023, Ünüvar decided to represent the home country of his parents, Turkey, at international level.
Naci is the older brother ofEmre Ünüvar, who is also a professional footballer.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 7 | – | – | – | 29 | 7 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 16 | – | – | – | 33 | 16 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 24 | – | – | – | 73 | 24 | |||||
| Ajax | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Trabzonspor (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 12 | 3 | |
| FC Twente (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | – | 25 | 4 | |
| Espanyol (loan) | 2024–25 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Twente | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| Total | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 121 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 34 | ||
Netherlands U17
Individual
