Ferhat Çökmüş

Ferhat Çökmüş — Biography

Ferhat Çökmüş (born 14 February 1985 in Bern) is a Swiss-born Turkish former footballer who holds both Turkish and Swiss citizenship. A defender, he played as either a right back or a defensive midfielder; he stood 180 cm tall, weighed 75 kg, and wore the number 85 shirt. He began his career in Switzerland with FC Ostermundigen and BSC Young Boys.

He transferred from Young Boys to Trabzonspor in the middle of the 2005-06 season, making the most of the chance given to him by coach Vahid Halilhodžić to become one of the squad's promising young players, and also represented Turkey at under-21 level. After Trabzonspor let him go he moved to Manisaspor, then to Orduspor in 2012; he also played for FC Wil in Switzerland. In 2008 a Turkish Football Federation publication described him as "football's intellectual."