page_title: Gökhan Gönül
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Gökhan Gönül / International career
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: Gökhan Gönül Türkiye forması giyerken.
context_page_description: Gökhan Gönül is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Gönül is also a senior international for Turkey.
  Gönül was born in Bafra, Samsun, where he and his family lived before moving to Bursa when Gönül was six years old. His uncle signed him up with Bursayolspor's youth squad in 1999, and Gönül began his footballing career as a goalkeeper. However, after several other young goalkeepers signed with the club, Gönül was moved to the outfield. After putting in several performances, Gönül was told he would not play goalkeeper again. At first, Gönül played football as a hobby and something to play when there was nothing else to do. He began taking the sport more seriously when his coach at the time, Mehmet Kirazoğlu, took him under his wing and trained him individually. Soon after, Gönül played in a senior match against 30-year-olds; Gönül was 13 at the time.
context_section_description: Gönül was never capped at youth international level. He made his debut against Norway on 27 November 2007. Gönül made three more appearances, but was not selected to the Euro 2008 squad due to his injury.
  He is part of the Turkish national team for Euro 2016.
caption: Gönül with Turkey on 11 November 2011
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