İrfan Can Kahveci (born 15 July 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.
![]() Kahveci playing for Turkey in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | İrfan Can Kahveci[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Bayat, Ayaş, Ankara, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fenerbahçe | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2012 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Gençlerbirliği | 71 | (9) |
2013–2014 | → Hacettepe (loan) | 34 | (4) |
2017–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 116 | (12) |
2021– | Fenerbahçe | 46 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Turkey U17 | 7 | (1) |
2013 | Turkey U18 | 4 | (0) |
2014 | Turkey U20 | 3 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Turkey U21 | 12 | (0) |
2018– | Turkey | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2021 |
After playing in the youth squad for Gençlerbirliği, Irfan Can made his debut for the first team during the 2014–15 season. On 9 November 2014, he scored his first league goal in the 63rd minute against Kasımpaşa. He finished the season with 6 goals in 30 matches in league and cup competitions.
In his second season with Gençlerbirliği he amassed 3 goals in 33 matches in all competitions.
On 26 December 2016, Kahveci signed a 4.5-year contract with İstanbul Başakşehir.[3] On 2 December 2020, he scored a hat-trick against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. His team, however, lost the match 3–4.[4] It made him only the third player to score a hat-trick in a losing cause in the Champions League, after Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.[5]
On 31 January 2021, Fenerbahçe announced via Twitter that Kahveci joined the team.[6] He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Fenerbahçe for a €7 million fee.[7][8]
Kahveci was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on 31 August 2016 and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[9] He made a debut in the national team on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 win against Ireland.[10] In his second match in June 2019, a friendly against Uzbekistan, he had a chance to score his first international goal, but he missed a 90th minute penalty kick. Turkey still won the game 2–0 courtesy of a brace from Zeki Çelik.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hacettepe (loan) | 2013–14 | TFF Third League | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 38 | 6 | |
Gençlerbirliği | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 24 | 5 | 6 | 1 | – | 30 | 6 | |
2015–16 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 33 | 4 | |||
2016–17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 71 | 9 | 8 | 2 | – | 79 | 11 | |||
İstanbul Başakşehir | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 39 | 6 | ||
2020–21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 3 | 25 | 6 | ||
Total | 116 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 150 | 19 | ||
Fenerbahçe | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
2022–23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 3 | 19 | 6 | ||
Total | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 10 | ||
Career total | 267 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 327 | 46 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Turkey | |||
2018 | 6 | 0 | |
2019 | 8 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 21 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 20 June 2021 | Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | 21 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
İstanbul Başakşehir
Fenerbahçe S.K. – current squad | |
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Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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Turkish Footballer of the Year | |
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