Halil Çolak
Personal information
Full name İbrahim Halil Çolak
Date of birth (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988
Place of birth Birecik, Turkey
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Balıkesirspor
Number 63
Youth career
IJsselstreek[1]
Go Ahead Eagles[1]
Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Twente 0 (0)
2008 → Cambuur (loan) 11 (1)
2008–2009 → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 23 (6)
2009 Go Ahead Eagles 27 (10)
2010–2015 Kasımpaşa 60 (14)
2015–2016 Akhisarspor 7 (0)
2016 → Şanlıurfaspor (loan) 6 (2)
2016–2019 İstanbulspor 72 (23)
2019 Balıkesirspor 12 (1)
2020 Samsunspor 11 (1)
2021– Balıkesirspor 49 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

İbrahim Halil Çolak (born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF Second League club Balıkesirspor.

Club career

Youth career

Çolak was born in Birecik, Turkey, but was raised in Deventer, a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Çolak started his career at local Deventer club IJsselstreek. He soon joined Go Ahead Eagles as a youth player. Go Ahead Eagles had a cooperation agreement with FC Twente, and he joined their youth academy. In 2007, he won the national youth championship with the FC Twente A-juniors.

FC Twente

In the summer of 2007, Çolak was promoted the Twente's reserve squad, where he captured a place in the starting lineup under coach Cees Lok. Due to some good performances, he was called up by first team coach, Fred Rutten for the match against FC Utrecht. However, he didn't manage to become a part of the squad and was a reserve. On the last days of the transfer market in January 2008, Çolak signed a loan deal with Cambuur Leeuwarden.[2]

Loan deals (2008–09)

Çolak made his debut on 1 February 2008, two days after he was signed. His debut came in the home-match against FC Zwolle which ended in a 1–1 draw.[3] He played the whole match. Çolak played 11 matches for Cambuur. He scored one goal.

On 27 July 2008, Go Ahead Eagles signed Çolak on a one-year deal, which meant a return to his hometown of Deventer. In the first league match of the season, an away-match against VVV-Venlo, he was a 57th-minute substitute for Jeffrey Vlug. The game eventually ended in a 5–0 loss for Go Ahead.[4]

In the following match, a home game against Fortuna Sittard, Çolak was in the starting lineup and directly provided an assist. The ending result was 1–1.[5]

Some weeks after at a training session, he broke his fibula which ruled him out for a couple of weeks.[6] On 23 November he made his comeback with a place in the starting lineup in the match against FC Den Bosch, which ended in a goalless draw (0–0).[7] In total he played 23 matches in which he scored six times.[8]

Go Ahead Eagles

On 24 April 2009, it became clear that Çolak would stay another season on loan with Go Ahead Eagles. A month later, the loan deal was converted into a final transition, which meant that he was now definitively a Go Ahead player. He signed a three-year contract. In the first half of the 2009–10 season, Çolak scored 10 goals in 21 matches, making him an important player for the Eagles. He also scored in the KNVB Cup, including against Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. His good performances were not going unnoticed. It was rumoured that Galatasaray were interested in the services of the young Turkish winger.[9]

Kasımpaşa

On 12 August 2010 he moved to Turkey and signed a five-year deal with Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa.[10] On 26 March 2015, Çolak was released by Kasımpaşa.

Later career

On 4 July 2015, Çolak was signed by Akhisarspor on a two-year contract. He would also play for İstanbulspor, Balıkesirspor and Samsunspor the following years.[11] Being released from the latter in the summer of 2020, he rejoined Balıkesirspor in January 2021 after being a free agent for six months.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Halil Çolak". ga-eagles.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cambuur haalt Seedorf en Colak naar Leeuwarden" [Cambuur get Seedorf and Colak to Leeuwarden]. vi.nl (in Dutch). 30 January 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden – FC Zwolle (01-02-2008)" [Match Report: SC Cambuur Leeuwarden – FC Zwolle]. vi.nl (in Dutch). 1 February 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "VVV-Venlo – Go Ahead Eagles (08-08-2008)" [Match Report: VVV-Venlo – Go Ahead Eagles]. vi.nl (in Dutch). 8 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Go Ahead Eagles – Fortuna Sittard (15-08-2008)" [Match Report: Go Ahead Eagles – Fortuna Sittard]. vi.nl (in Dutch). 15 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Kwetsuur Colak ernstiger dan verwacht" [Colak's injury worse than expected]. voetbalzone.nl (in Dutch). 21 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "Go Ahead Eagles – FC Den Bosch (23-11-2008)" [Match Report: Go Ahead Eagles – FC Den Bosch]. vi.nl (in Dutch). 23 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  8. ↑ "Halil Çolak Profile at VI.nl". vi.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "Galatasaray Chase Turkish Youngster Halil Colak – Report". Goal. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  10. ↑ "G.Saray ile adı geçmişti, şimdi Kasımpaşa'da!". Sporx.com (in Turkish). 12 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  11. ↑ "Samsunspor'un Yeni Transferi Halil Çolak Kimdir? Halil Çolak Hayatı". Samsun Son Haber (in Turkish). 23 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "İBRAHİM HALİL ÇOLAK BALIKESİRSPOR'UMUZDA". balikesirspor.com.tr (in Turkish). 28 January 2021.
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