Efe Arda Koyuncu

Efe Arda Koyuncu — Biography

Efe Arda Koyuncu is a young footballer who plays in defense, mainly as a center-back. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest player ever to make a professional appearance for İstanbul Başakşehir, aged 16 in 2022. He has also been part of Turkey's under-17 national team and spent time on loan from Başakşehir at the third-tier club Galata SK.

Developed in the youth systems of Bayrampaşa Demirspor, Haliç and İstanbul Başakşehir, Koyuncu joined Başakşehir's senior squad in 2022. On April 13, 2022, he signed his first professional contract with the club, an agreement that was to keep him there until June 2025. He made his professional debut on May 7, 2022, in a 0-0 Süper Lig draw with Galatasaray, starting the match and playing all of it. At 16 years and 10 months he became the youngest professional debutant in Başakşehir's history, taking the record from Ravil Tagir.

In October 2023 his contract with Başakşehir was extended to 2027, and he later went on loan to Galata SK in the TFF 3. Lig. He was born on July 8, 2005, in Istanbul's Gaziosmanpaşa district.