Ferhat Çoğalan
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-06-29) 29 June 2002
Place of birth Grande-Synthe, France[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pau B
Youth career
2006–2013 Olympique Grande-Synthe
2013–2018 Valencia
2018 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Lille B 4 (0)
2022– Pau B 8 (1)
International career
2016 Turkey U14 3 (0)
2016 Turkey U15 4 (3)
2017–2018 Turkey U16 10 (2)
2018–2019 Turkey U17 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferhat Çoğalan (born 29 June 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pau B. Born in France, he is a youth international for Turkey.

Club career

Born in Grande-Synthe, France, Çoğalan's father, Sedat, was a footballer who played for Nancy in France, as well as Turanspor and Şanlıurfaspor in Turkey.[2][3] Ferhat started playing football at the age of four, joining local side Olympique Grande-Synthe.[2] At the age of eleven, he trialled with Spanish side Barcelona, but ultimately turned down their offer to sign him.[4]

In August 2013, he moved to Spain to join the academy of Valencia, turning down numerous clubs across Europe in the process.[2][3] He settled quickly in Valencia, picking up a man of the match award as his side won the LaLiga Promises Cup in late 2014.[4][5] The following year he was linked with a move to Manchester United, with his father claiming that the English side had already held talks with the player.[6]

He was offered a new contract with Valencia in 2018, but rejected the terms, instead opting to return to France to join Lille.[2][7][8][9] His father later explained that they had decided to make the move after Valencia changed the infrastructure of their youth development projects, with Lille offering a clearer path to professional football.[10] He signed a professional contract with Lille until June 2021.[11]

However, three years after joining Lille, in which he only made four appearances for the club's B team, Çoğalan was released in July 2021.[12] Following his departure from Lille, he trialled with Turkish side Beşiktaş in February 2022.[13]

After a year with no club, Çoğalan joined Ligue 2 side Pau in 2022, going on to play for their B team in the Championnat National 3.[14]

International career

Çoğalan has represented Turkey from under-14 to under-17 level.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 January 2023[14]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lille B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 30–0030
2019–20 10–0010
2020–21 Championnat National 3 00–0000
Total 40000040
Pau B 2022–23 Championnat National 3 81–0081
Career total 1210000121
Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 Ferhat Çoğalan at WorldFootball.net
    2. 1 2 3 4 "Ferhat Cogalan, grand espoir du football mondial, rejoint Le LOSC" [Ferhat Cogalan, great hope of world football, joins LOSC]. losc.fr (in French). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    3. 1 2 "Turkish junior footballer lights up Spanish league". dailysabah.com. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    4. 1 2 Maywurm, Oliver (20 April 2018). "Ferhat Cogalan: Das Wunderkind, das mit 14 schon 13 Millionen Euro wert war" [Ferhat Cogalan: The child prodigy who was already worth 13 million euros at 14]. goal.com (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    5. ↑ "Valencia's 12-year-old sensation Ferhat Cogalan stuns crowd in Spanish tournament". sg.news.yahoo.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    6. ↑ Luckhurst, Samuel (29 June 2016). "Manchester United must pay €13m for Ferhat Cogalan". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    7. ↑ "El juvenil Ferhat Cogalan deja el Valencia y ficha por el Lille" [The youthful Ferhat Cogalan leaves Valencia and signs for Lille]. marca.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    8. ↑ "Qui est Ferhat Cogalan, originaire de Grande-Synthe, qui a signé au LOSC, et est présenté comme un jeune prodige?" [Who is Ferhat Cogalan, from Grande-Synthe, who signed at LOSC, and is presented as a young prodigy?]. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    9. ↑ Erozden, Can (25 July 2018). "Football: Lille sign Turkish youngster Ferhat Cogalan". aa.com.tr. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    10. ↑ "Lille'de bir Türk 'wonderkid': Ferhat Çoğalan!" [A Turkish 'wonderkid' in Lille: Ferhat Çoğalan!]. sporx.com (in Turkish). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    11. ↑ Calabuig, Pascal (30 April 2020). "El cambio de Ferhat: De niño a hombre" [Ferhat's Change: From Boy to Man]. superdeporte.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    12. ↑ Frémin, Cyril (8 July 2021). "Ferhat Çoğalan quitte le LOSC" [Ferhat Çoğalan leaves LOSC]. deltafm.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    13. ↑ "Yüksel Demir: Ferhat Çoğalan, Beşiktaş'ta farkını ortaya koyacaktır" [Yüksel Demir: Ferhat Çoğalan will show his difference in Beşiktaş]. fanatik.com.tr (in Turkish). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
    14. 1 2 Ferhat Çoğalan at Soccerway
    15. ↑ Ferhat Çoğalan at the Turkish Football Federation
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