Ender Günlü (born 9 May 1984) is a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

descent, who plays as a

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for

Sohar SC Sohar Sporting Club () is an Football clubs of Oman, Omani sports club based in Sohar, Oman. The club currently plays in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is in City of Sohar. History The ...

in the

Omani League The Oman Professional League (; known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association, and was officially created in 1976. Curren ...

Career

Günlü started his career in the youth team of

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, they were founded in 1950 and p ...

before moving to the Swiss lower leagues in 2003 with

Étoile Carouge Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Étoil ...

and then

Urania Genève Sport Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896. The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève. Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against ...

. In 2005 Günlü moved to Spain, where he spent two years with

Orihuela Orihuela (; ''Corpus Toponímic Valencià''. Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. 2009, València.) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The c ...

before joining Bursa in Turkey in 2007 and then Tunisian side

EGS Gafsa El Gawafel Sportives de Gafsa (), known as EGS Gafsa or simply EGSG for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Gafsa. The club was founded in 1967 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Mohamed Rouached Stadium, has a capa ...

in 2008. After six months with EGS Gafsa he joined Racing Club Genève for six months in January 2009 before joining Olimpik-Shuvalan for the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League season. Following Günlü's stint in Bulgaria he joined Akademik Sofia for a year and then signed for

Turgutluspor Turgutluspor is a Turkish sports club located in Turgutlu, Manisa Province. The football club currently plays in the TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in th ...

in January 2012. Günlü spent 5 months at Turgutluspor. In 2012 Günlü returned to the Azerbaijan Premier League, joining

Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz () is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is Tovuz City Stadium. History Founded by Vidadi Ahmedov on 23 February 1992, the club was t ...

, appearing 27 times with 7 goals and was the best midfielder of the championship. Günlü moved back to Turkey for the 2013–14 season with

Eyüpspor Eyüpspor Kulübü, known as ikas Eyüpspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional association football, football club located in the Eyüpsultan district of Istanbul. Their colours are lavender and yellow. Their home ground is Eyü ...

, before joining

in the

for the rest of the 2014 season.

Career statistics

Honours

;Étoile Carouge *

1. Liga Classic 1. Liga Classic (1st League Classic in English) is the fourth tier of the Swiss football league system. At its creation in 1931, the fourth tier of Swiss football was called 3. Liga. The league is operated by a subdivision of the Swiss Football As ...

: 2003–04 ;Orihuela *

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

: 2005–06

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* French men's footballers 1984 births Living people Étoile Carouge FC players Urania Genève Sport players Orihuela CF players EGS Gafsa players Shuvalan FK players PFC Akademik Sofia players Turgutluspor footballers Turan Tovuz players Eyüpspor footballers Sohar SC players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Men's association football midfielders French sportspeople of Turkish descent French expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub