Burak İnce

Burak Ince (born 20 January 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld.[1][2]

Burak Ince
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004
Place of birth Manisa, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arminia Bielefeld
Number 17
Youth career
2014–2015 Manisaspor
2015–2019 Altınordu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Altınordu 62 (8)
2022– Arminia Bielefeld 0 (0)
National team‡
2018 Turkey U14 15 (5)
2018 Turkey U15 4 (1)
2019 Turkey U16 8 (4)
2020 Turkey U19 1 (0)
2021– Turkey U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021

Club career

Burak Ince came through the academy of Altınordu, which produced several Turkish talents, such as Cengiz Ünder, Çağlar Söyüncü, Barış Alıcı, Berke Özer and Ravil Tagir.[3]

Ince made his professional debuts with Altınordu on 8 August 2020 against Hatayspor, becoming the youngest ever footballer to play in the TFF First League.[4] Nearly a month after he also became the youngest goalscorer in a 4–1 victory against Eskişehirspor, where he also delivered an assist for Anıl Koç.[5]

He is announced to be looked at by big european clubs such as Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Leicester,[2][4][5][6][7] while Ince stated he dreamed of playing for FC Barcelona.[8][9]

In November 2021, it was announced Ince would join Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld in late January 2022, after his 18th birthday.[10] He agreed a contract until 2025.[10]

References
  1. Burak İnce at Soccerway
  2. Giriş, Haber (27 June 2019). "15 yaşında A Takım'a! Altınordulu Burak İnce..." Hürriyet (in Turkish).
  3. "Altın pazar" [Gold market]. Yeniasir (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "Burak Ince: talento turco classe 2004". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Altınordunun genç yıldızı Burak İnce, bütün Avrupanın radarında". Fanatik. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. Hawkins, Billy (20 September 2019). "Man City scout record-breaking wonderkid who scored first professional goal aged 15". talkSPORT. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "Altınordulu Burak İnce'ye Bayern Münih talip oldu! 5 milyon Euro..." Aspor (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. "Altınordulu Burak İnce'nin hayali Barcelona" [Altınordulu Burak İnce's dream is Barcelona]. Goal (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. Polat, Anil P. (3 May 2020). "Altinordu-Talent Burak Ince: "Ich glaube daran, dass ich das Trikot von Barcelona tragen werde"". GazeteFutbol (in German). Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. "Vertrag bis 2025: Arminia holt türkisches Talent Burak Ince". kicker (in German). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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