Murat Önal (born 20 July 1987 in Salihli, Manisa, Turkey) is a Turkish-born Dutch footballer of Kazakh descent who plays as a striker for FC Lisse in the Topklasse.

Murat Önal
Personal information
Full name Murat Önal
Date of birth (1987-07-20) 20 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Salihli, Manisa, Turkey[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Striker, Winger
Team information
Current team
FC Lisse
Youth career
2001–2006 AFC
2006–2007 Club Brugge
2007–2008 ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 AFC 7 (0)
2008–2011 FC Volendam 14 (0)
2012–2013 AC Kajaani 28 (9)
2013–2014 AFC 23 (15)
2014–2015 Kyran 47 (28)
2016– FC Lisse 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2016

Önal began his career with Amsterdamsche FC and was promoted to the first team in the latter half of the 2005–06 season, appearing in seven league matches during the course of the campaign.[2] He then moved to Club Brugge K.V. and spent the season with the club's youth team. Önal returned to the Netherlands and signed a contract with the reserves of ADO Den Haag.[3] After a successful season Önal joined FC Volendam in July 2008.[4] Having mainly appeared for the reserve, he made his debut in the Eredivisie on 8 March 2009 against Vitesse Arnhem.[5] In April 2009, Önal signed a professional contract with Volendam until 2011.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Voetbal International - Murat Önal". Voetbal International. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ Historie 2005 - 2006 at afc-amstedam.nl
  3. ^ FC Volendam legt aanvaller Önal voor twee jaar vast on voetbalzone.nl
  4. ^ Profile at FANATIX | FC Volendam fan forever! Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine on fanatix.nl
  5. ^ SI.com DUTCH EREDIVISIE News | Scoreboard | Match Schedule on sportsillustrated.cnn.com
  6. ^ VOLENDAM LEGT ONAL VAST at sport1.nl

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