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My Take
I like that Gökhan İnler's story sits right at the crossroads of two football cultures: a Swiss-born midfielder of Turkish heritage who came up through Basel and won the Swiss Super League twice with Zürich. A central midfielder standing 183 centimeters tends to be the kind of player who quietly holds a side together rather than grabbing headlines. What I find most interesting is the second act: moving into a technical director role at Udinese. That shift from the pitch to the front office is one a lot of players struggle with, so I'm curious how his playing instincts translate into building a squad from above.
Overview
Gökhan Inler (Turkish: İnler, born 27 June 1984) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is currently in charge as a technical director of Italian football club Udinese. Inler began his professional career with FC Basel and later joined FC Aarau and FC Zürich, winning the Swiss Super League in both of his seasons with the latter.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gökhan İnler
- Name (Japanese)
- ギョクハン・インレル
- Reading
- ぎょくはん・いんれる
- Born
- June 27, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Olten, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.