Onur Kıvrak Explained

Onur Kıvrak
Fullname:	Onur Recep Kıvrak
Birth Date:	1 January 1988
Birth Place:	Alaşehir, Turkey
Height:	1.87 m
Position:	Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:	1999–2004
Youthclubs1:	Yeşilova S.K.
Years1:	2004–2008
Years2:	2008–2019
Clubs2:	Trabzonspor
Caps1:	34
Goals1:	0
Caps2:	203
Goals2:	0
Totalcaps:	237
Totalgoals:	0
Nationalyears1:	2005
Nationalteam1:	Turkey U17
Nationalcaps1:	3
Nationalgoals1:	0
Nationalyears2:	2005–2006
Nationalteam2:	Turkey U18
Nationalcaps2:	4
Nationalgoals2:	0
Nationalyears3:	2006–2007
Nationalteam3:	Turkey U19
Nationalcaps3:	10
Nationalgoals3:	0
Nationalyears4:	2007–2009
Nationalteam4:	Turkey U21
Nationalcaps4:	11
Nationalgoals4:	0
Nationalyears5:	2010–2017
Nationalteam5:	Turkey
Nationalcaps5:	13
Nationalgoals5:	0
Club-Update:	6 February 2019
Nationalteam-Update:	6 February 2019

Onur Recep Kıvrak (born 1 January 1988) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Trabzonspor before his announcement of retirement from professional football in January 2019.

Although he does not necessarily claim, he is known in Turkish football environment as "Kelebek" .^{[1] [2]}

Club career

Kıvrak signed for Trabzonspor on 15 January 2008.^[3] On 6 December 2013, Kıvrak renewed his contract on 2.5€m annual salary, keeping him at the club until the end of 2017–18 season.^{[4] [5]}

On 2 October 2014, during Europa League match against Legia Warsaw Kıvrak tore cruciate ligaments in his left knee and was subbed off.^[6] 15 days after the injury, Kıvrak underwent knee surgery and was ruled out for the rest of 2014–15 season.^[6] He could return to trainings on 8 May 2015.^[6]

Contract between Trabzonspor and Kıvrak was mutually terminated on 7 January 2019.^{[7] [8]} Kıvrak announced to local media in Trabzon that he will retire from professional football on 9 January 2019.^[9] He mentioned that he will move to Izmir and that he will never return to Trabzon, in an interview to local newspaper.^[10] He was linked with local Izmir clubs Altay S.K. and Karşıyaka S.K. during 2019 winter transfer window.^[11]

International career

Onur made his debut in the 2–0 friendly win against Northern Ireland on 26 May 2010, having worked his way through the youth teams at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level.^[12]

He was part of the Turkey national team for Euro 2016.^[13]

Statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Karşıyaka S.K.	2004–05	TFF Second League	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2005–06		16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2006–07	TFF First League	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2007–08		15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
Total			34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0
Trabzonspor	2007–08	Süper Lig	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2008–09		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2009–10		19	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
	2010–11		25	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	29	0
	2011–12		0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	2012–13		30	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	36	0
	2013–14		32	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	46	0
	2014–15		4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8	0
	2015–16		20	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	0
	2016–17		32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	2017–18		26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2018–19		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Total			203	0	21	0	1	0	26	0	251	0
Career total			237	0	21	0	1	0	26	0	285	0

• 1.Includes Turkish Cup.
• 2.Includes Turkish Super Cup.
• 3.Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League.

International

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National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Turkey
	2010	3	0
	2011	–
	2012	1	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	5	0
	2015	–
	2016	–
	2017	1	0
Total		13	0

Honours

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Cup (1): 2009–10
• Turkish Super Cup (1): 2010

Notes and References

1. News: Onur Transferi Hakkında Konuştu. Hürriyet. 11 December 2012. 6 February 2019. tr. "Onur, kendisi için kelebek yakıştırmasına ilişkin ise "Kelebekler güzeldir ama ömrü bir gündür. Benim Trabzonspor'daki ömrüm kısa olmayacak O nedenle daha uzun ömürlü bir şey olursa çok memnun olurum", dedi.". https://archive.today/20190206132505/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/onur-transferiyle-ilgili-konustu--trabzonspor-1640207-skorerhaber/. 6 February 2019. live.
2. News: Ayyıldız, Haluk. "İstanbul'u düşünmedim". Habertürk. 9 January 2014. 6 February 2019. tr. "“Benim için farklı lakaplar takılıyor. Son olarak İtalya’dan bir gazete ‘Örümcek Adam’ demişti benim için. Bu tip haberlerin yapılması gurur ve heyecan verici. Taraftarlar ‘kelebek’ lakabı takmıştı benim için. Ama kelebeğin ömrü kısa olur diye daha uzun yaşayan bir şey seçelim dediler. Sonra ‘kedi’ benzetmesi yapılmaya başlandı takım içinde benim için.”". https://archive.today/20190206133048/https://www.haberturk.com/spor/futbol/haber/910892-istanbulu-dusunmedim. 6 February 2019. live.
3. Web site: Trabzonspor ilk transferini yaptı. Hürriyet. 23 January 2014.
4. News: Onur Kıvrak uzattı!. NTV Spor. 6 December 2013. 23 May 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210523135813/https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/onur-kivrak-uzatti-579e2b84c873cc3eb425d29e. 23 May 2021.
5. News: Trabzonspor, Onur Kıvrak ile 2018'e kadar uzattı. Milliyet. 6 December 2013. 21 May 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210523140018/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/trabzonspor-onur-kivrak-ile-2018e-kadar-uzatti-1803614. 23 May 2021.
6. News: Onur Kıvrak sezonu kapattı!. Milliyet. 17 April 2018. 23 May 2021. Tr. https://archive.today/20210523135000/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/onur-kivrak-sezonu-kapatti-2649815. 23 May 2021.
7. News: Kamuoyuna duyuru. Trabzonspor. 7 January 2019. 6 February 2019. tr. "Onur Recep Kıvrak ile sözleşmemiz karşılıklı olarak sonlandırılmıştır. Kendisine geçmiş dönem alacaklarının bir kısmı ödenmiş ve geri kalan bölümü yapılandırılmış olup, oyuncunun sözleşmeden kaynaklanan gelecek dönem alacaklarına ilişkin kulübümüzden hiçbir talebi olmamıştır. Onur Recep Kıvrak’a bugüne kadar kulübümüze verdiği emeklerden dolayı teşekkürlerimizi sunar, bundan sonraki yaşamında başarılar dileriz.". https://archive.today/20190206134310/https://www.trabzonspor.org.tr/tr/haberler/guncel-haberler/kamuoyuna-duyuru-7-1-2019. 6 February 2019. live.
8. News: Trabzonspor'da Onur Kıvrak'ın sözleşmesi feshedildi. Hürriyet. 7 January 2019. 6 February 2019. tr. "Trabzonspor Kulübü, Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor deplasmanında alınan 5-0'lık yenilginin ardından Burak Yılmaz ile kadro dışı bıraktığı Onur Recep Kıvrak'ın sözleşmesinin karşılıklı olarak feshedilmesi konusunda anlaştı.". https://archive.today/20190206133635/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/trabzonsporda-onur-kivrakin-sozlesmesi-feshedildi-41075761. 6 February 2019. live.
9. News: Onur Kıvrak futbolu bıraktığını açıkladı. Hürriyet. 13 January 2019. 6 February 2019. tr. https://archive.today/20190206140846/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/onur-kivrak-futbolu-biraktigini-acikladi-41081417. 6 February 2019. live.
10. News: Trabzonspor'un Sözleşmesini Feshettiği Onur Kıvrak: Futbolu Bırakıyorum. haberler.com. tr. "Bana ödeyecek paraları yoktu ama sırf Trabzonspor zor durumda kalmasın diye her şeyi sineye çektim ve bana önerdikleri şartları kabul ettim. Burada 12 yılım geçti. 6 yıl kaptanlık yaptım. Artık bir daha bu şehre dönmemek üzere İzmir'e gidiyorum.". https://archive.today/20190206135444/https://www.haberler.com/trabzonspor-un-sozlesmesini-feshettigi-onur-11622346-haberi/. 6 February 2019. live.
11. News: Karşıyaka'ya talip. yeniasir.com.tr. 16 January 2019. 6 February 2019. tr. https://archive.today/20190206140505/https://www.yeniasir.com.tr/spor/2019/01/16/karsiyakaya-talip. 6 February 2019. live.
12. Web site: International career. tff.org. tr. 29 September 2010.
13. Web site: UEFA EURO 2016. UEFA. 12 June 2016.
14. News: Turkey - O.Kivrak. int.soccerway.com. 23 May 2021. En.
15. News: Onur Kıvrak (Trabzonspor) @ Maçkolik. 6 February 2019. tr. https://archive.today/20190206150054/http://arsiv.mackolik.com/Player/Default.aspx?id=22463. 6 February 2019. live.
16. News: Kıvrak, Onur Recep - National Football Teams. 18 May 2021. En.