Doğan Can Gölpek (born 27 November 1994) is a Dutch

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of Turkish descent who plays as

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Club career

Gölpek began his career with the amateur side

SV Meerssen SV Meerssen is a football club from Meerssen, Netherlands. Meerssen plays in the Sunday Hoofdklasse B (4th tier) in the 2017–18 season. History Meerssen became Hoofdklasse champions in the 1993–94 and 2002–03 seasons. At that time, the Hoo ...

, and after 4 successful seasons with them moved to

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

. He made his

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

debut for

on 18 August 2017 in a game against

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

. He was recruited to the Turkish club 1922 Konyaspor. After a debut season marred by injuries, he recovered and had a successful sophomore year, earning him a transfer to the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

with

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Gölpek is of Turkish descent.

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* * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Bergen op Zoom Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent SV Meerssen players MVV Maastricht players Konyaspor footballers Süper Lig players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football forwards Footballers from North Brabant Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub