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Full name | Naci Ünüvar | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zaandam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team |
FC Twente (on loan from Ajax) | |||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
0000–2011 | OFC | |||||||||||||
2011–2020 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2019– | Jong Ajax | 73 | (24) | |||||||||||
2020– | Ajax | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Twente (loan) | 12 | (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, correct as of 10:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023 |
Naci Ünüvar (born 13 June 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Dutch club FC Twente on loan from Ajax. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Turkey. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020".
On 22 January 2020, Ünüvar played his first match with Ajax in the 2019–20 KNVB Cup, when he scored a penalty in a 7–0 win over Spakenburg. Hence, he became the youngest player to score during his official debut for Ajax, at age 16 years, 223 days.
On 30 August 2022, Ünüvar was loaned by Ajax to Trabzonspor in Turkey for the 2022–23 season.
Born in the Netherlands, Ünüvar is of Turkish descent. He is a former youth international for the Netherlands.
In 2023, Ünüvar decided to represent the home country of his parents, Turkey, at international level.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | |
FC Twente (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | 2 | |
Career total | 86 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 29 |
Netherlands U17
Individual
FC Twente – current squad | |
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AFC Ajax Talent of the Future (Abdelhak Nouri Award) | |
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Sjaak Swart Award |
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Abdelhak Nouri Award |
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