Gökhan Töre

Gökhan Töre — Biography

Gökhan Töre is a Turkish winger who grew up in Germany and played for Beşiktaş in their 2015-16 and 2020-21 league titles. After scoring the winner in a derby against Galatasaray, his celebration with his face covered was discussed on social media for days, and the club printed it on T-shirts. At 1.76 m he worked on the wings and behind the striker.

Spotted by Frank Arnesen while in the Bayer Leverkusen academy, he went to Chelsea in 2009. He played one friendly for the first team, but won the FA Youth Cup with the under-18s and the 2010-11 Reserve League with the reserves. He broke into the starting eleven at Hamburg and got little playing time at Rubin Kazan. Beşiktaş took him on loan in June 2013; he scored on his debut against Trabzonspor and signed for five years in 2014. In 2014-15 he was named in the league's team of the season and scored four goals in ten Europa League games. He played eight games on loan at West Ham United in 2016, then moved to Yeni Malatyaspor in 2019. Back at Beşiktaş from September 2020, he won the league, the cup and the Super Cup, before spells at Adana Demirspor, MKE Ankaragücü and Konyaspor.

He was in Turkey's squad that reached the 2008 European Under-17 Championship semi-final. Called up by Guus Hiddink, he debuted for the senior side against Estonia on August 10, 2011, and won more than 20 caps. He was married to the actress Esra Bilgiç from 2017 to 2019.