Mert Günok
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Günok with Beşiktaş in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fehmi Mert Günok | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Karabük, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Kocaelispor | ||
| 2001–2009 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2015 | Fenerbahçe | 25 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Bursaspor | 20 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 88 | (0) |
| 2021– | Beşiktaş | 91 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Turkey U16 | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Turkey U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Turkey U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2008 | Turkey U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Turkey U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Turkey B | 2 | (0) |
| 2012– | Turkey | 37 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Fehmi Mert Günok (Turkish pronunciation: [mæɾt ˈɡynok]; born 1 March 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Turkey national team.
Günok started his youth career with a short spell in Kocaelispor and then joined Fenerbahçe in 2001, where he was eventually promoted to professional status and played at Süper Lig level, winning two league titles. He left Fenerbahçe in 2015 to join Bursaspor, where he played for two seasons. In 2017,he signed for İstanbul Başakşehir, where he attained a third Süper Lig title in the 2019–20 season.
Günok represent Turkey at international competitions to date, starting from under-16 level in 2004, and made his senior international debut in 2012. He was the first-choice goalkeeper of the national team during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying stage, in which they qualified for the finals, and was their starting goalkeeper at UEFA Euro 2024. He made a last-minute save to deny Christoph Baumgartner a goal in Turkey's match against Austria.