Özden Öngün

Özden Öngün — Biography

Özden Öngün is a former international goalkeeper who, after years in the Süper Lig, moved into goalkeeper coaching. As a player he turned out for a wide range of clubs from Kocaelispor to Ankaragücü and won one cap for the Turkey senior team. As a coach he was appointed Fenerbahçe's goalkeeping coach in 2022.

He came up through Kocaelispor's youth system, joined the club's PAF team at 15 and played there for two years. In later years he played for Sakaryaspor, Kartalspor, Kocaelispor, Kayserispor and Konyaspor. At the request of Hikmet Karaman, who had discovered him at Kocaelispor, he moved to Çaykur Rizespor in 2008 and stayed about a season; he signed with Denizlispor in 2009, and when that side dropped to the 1. Lig he joined MKE Ankaragücü in 2010, where he became an automatic first choice. He was the first player to join Gaziantepspor when Karaman arrived as coach, making his debut against Sivasspor in a 2-1 win. After 2011-12 he played three games for Mersin İdman Yurdu and returned to Gaziantepspor when that side was relegated. After one game in the first half of 2013-14 he decided at the midseason break to retire.

At youth level he played 10 times for Turkey's under-18s and twice for the under-21s. As a goalkeeping coach he worked at İstanbul Başakşehir and, after Fenerbahçe, served on Emre Belözoğlu's coaching staff. He is married to the model Korla.