Tayfur Bingöl

Tayfur Bingöl — Biography

Tayfur Bingöl is a Turkish footballer from Ankara, known as a right-back but often used on the wing during his career. He came through the Gençlerbirliği academy, contributed 16 assists to Göztepe's rise to the Süper Lig, won the 2023-24 Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş and has played for Kocaelispor since August 2025.

His path, which began at Hacettepe and Gençlerbirliği, matured through loans: at Bandırmaspor he scored 13 league goals in 2013-14, he spent a season at Adana Demirspor, and at Alanyaspor in 2015-16 he produced 12 goals and 7 assists. In 2016 he joined Göztepe, where in his first season he helped take the team up to the Süper Lig with 6 goals and 16 assists; over three seasons he scored 11 goals in 88 matches. He returned to Alanyaspor in 2019; after a loan at Bursaspor he showed his versatility by playing at full-back, on the wing, at center-back and in midfield, and in 2021-22 he had his most productive season with 3 goals and 10 assists.

When he renewed with Alanyaspor in February 2022 he said his dream was to join his boyhood club Beşiktaş; he went there on loan in September 2022 and permanently in September 2023 on a three-year contract. His goal against Bodø/Glimt in the Conference League on November 9, 2023, was his first in Europe. He was loaned to Eyüpspor in 2024 and signed a 2+1-year contract with Kocaelispor in 2025. From 2012 he played for Turkey's under-20 and under-21 sides.