Burak İnce
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004
Place of birth Manisa, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Śląsk Wrocław
Number 26
Youth career
2014–2015 Manisaspor
2015–2019 Altınordu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Altınordu 62 (8)
2022–2023 Arminia Bielefeld 7 (0)
2023– Śląsk Wrocław 10 (2)
2023– Śląsk Wrocław II 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 Turkey U14 15 (5)
2018 Turkey U15 4 (1)
2019 Turkey U16 8 (4)
2020– Turkey U19 9 (3)
2021– Turkey U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2023

Burak İnce (born 20 January 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Śląsk Wrocław.[1][2]

Club career

Burak İnce came through the academy of Altınordu, which produced several Turkish talents, such as Cengiz Ünder, Çağlar Söyüncü, Barış Alıcı, Berke Özer and Ravil Tagir.[3]

İnce made his professional debuts with Altınordu on 8 August 2020 against Hatayspor, becoming the youngest ever footballer to play in the TFF First League.[4] Nearly a month after, he also became the youngest goalscorer in a 4–1 victory against Eskişehirspor, where he also delivered an assist for Anıl Koç.[5]

İnce was reportedly monitored by notable European clubs such as Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Leicester,[2][4][5][6][7] and he stated he dreamed of playing for FC Barcelona.[8][9]

In November 2021, it was announced İnce would join Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld in late January 2022, after his 18th birthday.[10] He agreed on a contract until 2025.[10]

On 13 July 2023, following Arminia's relegation to 3. Liga, İnce signed a two-year deal with Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław on a free transfer.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Burak İnce at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 Giriş, Haber (27 June 2019). "15 yaşında A Takım'a! Altınordulu Burak İnce..." Hürriyet (in Turkish).
  3. ↑ "Altın pazar" [Gold market]. Yeniasir (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Burak Ince: talento turco classe 2004". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Altınordunun genç yıldızı Burak İnce, bütün Avrupanın radarında". Fanatik. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Hawkins, Billy (20 September 2019). "Man City scout record-breaking wonderkid who scored first professional goal aged 15". talkSPORT. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Altınordulu Burak İnce'ye Bayern Münih talip oldu! 5 milyon Euro..." Aspor (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Altınordulu Burak İnce'nin hayali Barcelona" [Altınordulu Burak İnce's dream is Barcelona]. Goal (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Polat, Anil P. (3 May 2020). "Altinordu-Talent Burak Ince: "Ich glaube daran, dass ich das Trikot von Barcelona tragen werde"". GazeteFutbol (in German). Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Vertrag bis 2025: Arminia holt türkisches Talent Burak Ince". kicker (in German). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Burak İnce nowym piłkarzem Śląska" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 13 July 2023.
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