Mert Günok

Mert Günok
Günok with Beşiktaş in 2023
Personal information
Full name Fehmi Mert Günok
Date of birth (1989-03-01) 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)
*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.