Orkan Çınar

Orkan Çınar — Biography

Orkan Çınar was born on 29 January 1996 in Dortmund, Germany, and is a Turkish-German footballer. At just 13 he drew attention with a move from Füchse Berlin to Borussia Berlin, then joined the established German club VfL Wolfsburg, where he played for the under-17 side and scored 11 goals in 25 matches in his first season there; his under-19 team won its group and reached the German finals in 2013-14. After three years at Wolfsburg he transferred to Greuther Fürth in the summer of 2014, making his professional debut in the DFB-Pokal and then in the 2. Bundesliga; he spent a spell with the club's reserve side to gain experience before returning to the first team.

In February 2015 he joined Gaziantepspor on a loan for the rest of the season, moving there permanently the following season and scoring his first Süper Lig goal against Trabzonspor. On 24 July 2017 he signed for Beşiktaş, scoring on his debut and adding two assists in a Turkish Cup win over Manisaspor, and later setting up the winning goal in a UEFA Champions League group match against RB Leipzig. His contract with Beşiktaş was terminated by mutual agreement in January 2020, after which he moved to Ankaragücü and later to Adanaspor. After retiring from football, he opened a döner kebab shop in the İnegöl district of Bursa in October 2025.