Tiago Süer Barbaros Cukur (Turkish: Çukur; born 30 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Dender, on loan from Turkish club Fenerbahçe, as a striker.[3] Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey at international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiago Süer Barbaros Cukur[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Dender (on loan from Fenerbahçe) | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2016 | Feyenoord | ||
| 2016–2020 | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| 2021 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2022– | Fenerbahçe | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Dender (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Turkey U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Turkey U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:40, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:09, 17 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Amsterdam, Cukur has joint Dutch and Turkish nationality.[4]
Cukur played youth football with Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar, leaving the latter club in the summer of 2020, before signing for Watford in January 2021.[4][5] He moved on loan to Doncaster Rovers in July 2021.[6][7][8][9] Cukur returned to Watford on 11 January 2022, with Doncaster taking up the option to bring his loan to an end.[10]
He signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe in July 2022.[11][12] In August 2022 he moved on loan to Belgian club Dender.[13][14][15]
Cukur is a Turkish youth international,[8] and made his under-21s debut in the summer of 2021.[9] He made his senior debut on 14 June 2022.[16]