Bilal Başacıkoğlu

Bilal Başacıkoğlu

Başacıkoğlu (2019)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995
Place of birth	Zaanstad, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sakaryaspor
Number	7
Youth career
	Ajax
	Haarlem
	RKSV Pancratius
	Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Heerenveen	22	(6)
2014–2018	Feyenoord	76	(6)
2018–2020	Kayserispor	33	(4)
2020–2021	Trabzonspor	13	(0)
2021	Gaziantep	12	(0)
2021–2022	Heracles Almelo	27	(1)
2022–2023	Tuzlaspor	19	(1)
2023–	Sakaryaspor	0	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Netherlands U18	4	(1)
2013–2014	Netherlands U19	10	(0)
2014–2015	Turkey U20	3	(0)
2014–2016	Turkey U21	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016

Bilal Başacıkoğlu (born 26 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. He formerly played for SC Heerenveen, Feyenoord and Kayserispor. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at under-21 international level.

International career

Başacıkoğlu was born in the Netherlands to a Turkish father and a Moroccan mother. Initially, he represented the Netherlands as a youth. But in 2014, he decided to represent the home country of his father, Turkey, at international level for whom he played in their youth national teams afterwards. In November 2016 Başacıkoğlu received his first call-up to the senior Turkey squad for the match against Kosovo.

Honours

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 2016–17
• KNVB Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2017

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Cup: 2019–20

External links

• Bilal Başacıkoğlu at the Turkish Football Federation
• Bilal Başacıkoğlu – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Bilal Başacıkoğlu at Soccerway
• Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
• Netherlands U18 profile at OnsOranje
• Netherlands U19 profile at OnsOranje