Okan Koç

{{Short description|Turkish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Okan Koç

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sakarya, Turkey

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| position = Right winger

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| years1 = 2002–2003

| years2 = 2003–2004

| years3 = 2004

| years4 = 2005–2006

| years5 = 2006

| years6 = 2007–2008

| years7 = 2009–2011

| years8 = 2011–2012

| years9 = 2012

| clubs1 = Gençlerbirliği

| clubs2 = Beşiktaş

| clubs3 = Konyaspor

| clubs4 = Ankaragücü

| clubs5 = Konyaspor

| clubs6 = Manisaspor

| clubs7 = Denizlispor

| clubs8 = Dardanelspor

| clubs9 = Anadolu Selçukspor

| caps1 = 30

| caps2 = 17

| caps3 = 12

| caps4 = 11

| caps5 = 10

| caps6 = 26

| caps7 = 17

| caps8 = 10

| caps9 = 8

| goals1 = 5

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 3

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

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Okan Koç (born 22 January 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.{{TFF player|29220}}

Club career

Koç began his career with lower division club Çanakkale Dardanelspor, before being transferred to Gençlerbirliği in 2002, where he made his Super Lig debut. He transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. in 2003. He was loaned to Konyaspor in 2003–2004 season. He spent two seasons there until being transferred to Ankaragücü in 2005. He returned to Beşiktaş for the 2005–2006 season.

In September 2006, Koç was transferred to Konyaspor in a part-exchange deal including Kais. However, he was transferred to Vestel Manisaspor in January 2007.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Okan Koç Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=26&CPID=401&TEID=7000&PLID=174901&pStr=Player|access-date=2009-04-07}} He was then transferred to Sakaryaspor in the 2008–2009 season. He was subsequently transferred to Altay in 2009.

Style of play

During his professional career, Koç possessed an "excellent technical ability" and "pace".{{cite news|title=Besiktas wing it with Okan|url=https://de.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/amp/newsid=73934.html|publisher=UEFA|date=9 June 2003|access-date=13 September 2019|language=En|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190915132513/https://de.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/amp/newsid=73934.html|archive-date=15 September 2019|url-status=dead}}

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