Ali Kuçik

Ali Kuçik — Biography

Ali Kuçik is a forward and right winger who came through the Beşiktaş academy, scored in the Süper Lig and later played mostly in Turkey's lower divisions. He scored his first Süper Lig goal for Beşiktaş in 2010-11; in recent years he played in the Second League and joined Uşakspor in February 2025.

He began at Yavuz Sultan Selim Spor Kulübü, joined Beşiktaş in 2004 and scored more than 40 goals in about 90 A2-league matches. He signed a professional contract on January 3, 2008, and two days later made his first-team debut in the Turkish Cup against Diyarbakır BB Diskispor, replacing İbrahim Üzülmez. In 2010-11 he came on against Porto in the Europa League; he made his Süper Lig debut on November 28, 2010, against Galatasaray, started for the first time against Bursaspor and scored his first Süper Lig goal against Gaziantepspor on December 19, 2010. That season he was loaned to Bucaspor. The following years took him through a loan at Kardemir Karabükspor, Göztepe, TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor, Karagümrük, 1461 Trabzon and Kastamonuspor 1966; he scored 12 goals for Karagümrük in 2014-15. He later played for Kırşehir Belediyespor, Turgutluspor and, for a long spell, 68 Aksaray Belediyespor; he said farewell to Aksaray in July 2024.

He played for Turkey's youth national teams from U16 to U20, winning the Aegean Cup and the Viktor Bannikov Tournament with the U16s in 2007.