Cengiz Ünder

Cengiz Ünder — Biography

Cengiz Ünder is a Turkish international who has played for Roma, Leicester City, Marseille and Fenerbahçe, operating as a right winger and forward. In August 2026 he left Fenerbahçe for Çorum FK.

His path began at Bucaspor at ten and led to professionalism at Altınordu, where he scored 5 goals in 2014-15 and 6 in 2015-16. A move to İstanbul Başakşehir in 2016 was his breakout: 7 goals in 32 matches, two in one game against Beşiktaş, and a place in the Süper Lig Team of the Season. He joined Roma in 2017, scored his first goal against Hellas Verona in February 2018, and scored on his Champions League debut against Shakhtar to become the youngest Turkish scorer in the competition, and was named Turkish Footballer of the Year in 2018. On loan at Leicester City he won the 2020-21 FA Cup, and Marseille first took him on loan, then signed him permanently in 2022. In 2023 he returned for a record €15 million fee to Fenerbahçe, and in 2025 he was loaned to Los Angeles FC and then to Beşiktaş.

He played for Turkey's U18, U19 and U21 teams, was first called up to the senior side in November 2016 and scored his first international goal against Moldova in March 2017. He was in the Euro 2020 squad and missed 2024 through injury, with 16 goals in more than 50 matches.