02.07.2026 20:20
Göztepe announced through its official social media accounts that İsmail Köybaşı has ended his professional football career. The yellow-red club also stated that the experienced player will take on different roles within the club going forward.
İsmail Köybaşı, who played for many years in Turkish football, has ended his professional football career.
İSMAİL KÖYBAŞI QUITS FOOTBALL
The retirement decision of the experienced footballer, who won the Super League championship with Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor jerseys, and the Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş and the TFF 1st League championship with Göztepe, was announced via a statement on Göztepe's official social media accounts.
WILL TAKE ON DIFFERENT ROLES
The yellow-red club also announced that İsmail Köybaşı will undertake different roles within the club in the upcoming period.
The club's statement on the matter included the following expressions:
"Our captain İsmail Köybaşı has decided to end his professional football career. Our captain İsmail, who provided valuable contributions to our club with his struggle, professionalism, leadership, and character under the Göztepe jersey, has managed to leave a significant mark on our team not only with his on-field performance but also with his off-field stance, work discipline, and exemplary personality.
We thank our captain, who represented Göztepe's values in the best way during his time in our yellow-red jersey, for all his efforts in his football career and his loyalty to our club.
İsmail Köybaşı's Göztepe story does not end here. Our captain will continue to contribute to our glorious emblem in the new period with the role he will undertake within our club. Thank you, captain. Good luck on your new journey in our Göztepe family, İsmail Köybaşı."
''WE ARE HAPPY THAT HE WILL CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY AT GÖZTEPE''
Göztepe President Rasmus Ankersen published a thank you message on the official social media accounts of the yellow-red club after İsmail Köybaşı ended his professional football career. Ankersen thanked the experienced figure for his contributions to Göztepe while also expressing his satisfaction that Köybaşı will take on different roles within the club in the upcoming period.
TEAMS HE PLAYED FOR
After starting his professional career at Gaziantepspor, İsmail Köybaşı transferred to Beşiktaş; he wore the jerseys of Fenerbahçe, Granada, Çaykur Rizespor, Trabzonspor, and finally Trabzonspor.