Onur Recep Kıvrak (born 1 January 1988) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for

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before his announcement of retirement from professional football in January 2019. Although he does not necessarily claim, he is known in Turkish football environment as "Kelebek" ().

Club career

Kıvrak signed for Trabzonspor on 15 January 2008. On 6 December 2013, Kıvrak renewed his contract on 2.5

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m annual salary, keeping him at the club until the end of 2017–18 season. On 2 October 2014, during

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match against

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Kıvrak tore

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s in his left knee and was subbed off. 15 days after the injury, Kıvrak underwent knee surgery and was ruled out for the rest of 2014–15 season. He could return to trainings on 8 May 2015. Contract between Trabzonspor and Kıvrak was mutually terminated on 7 January 2019. Kıvrak announced to local media in Trabzon that he will retire from professional football on 9 January 2019. He mentioned that he will move to

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and that he will never return to Trabzon, in an interview to local newspaper. He was linked with local İzmir clubs Altay S.K. and Karşıyaka S.K. during 2019 winter transfer window.

International career

Onur made his debut in the 2–0 friendly win against

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on 26 May 2010, having worked his way through the youth teams at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level. He was part of the Turkey national team for

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Statistics

Club

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and UEFA Cup/Europa League.

International

Honours

Trabzonspor

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(1):

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kivrak, Onur Recep 1988 births Living people People from Alaşehir Sportspeople from Manisa Province Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Trabzonspor footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Turkey men's youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen