Fehmi Mert Gunok (born 1 March 1989) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Besiktas and the Turkey national team.
Gunok started his career with a short spell in Kocaelispor and joined Fenerbahce in 2001, where he stayed until 2015, where he was promoted to professional status, played at Super Lig level, and won 2 Super Lig titles. He joined Bursaspor in 2015 where he stayed 2 seasons. In 2017, Gunok signed for Basaksehir F.K. where he attained his first Super Lig title of 2019–20 season.
Gunok represent Turkey at international competitions to date, starting from U16 level in 2004. He earned his first senior international cap in 2012. He was the first-choice goalkeeper of the national team during Euro 2020 qualifying stage in which they qualified for the finals.
During his professional career, Gunok won 3 Super Lig, 2 Turkish Cup and 3 Turkish Super Cup titles during his spells at Fenerbahce and Istanbul Basaksehir.
Substitited in 62nd minute following the injury of starter Cenk Gonen, Gunok earned his first senior cap during a friendly game against Georgia on 25 May 2012, ended 3–1 for Turkey, held at Red Bull Arena, Salzburg, Austria.
On 8 June 2019, he earned a clean sheet against defending World Champions France after a 2–0 score at Group H encounter during UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying stage. Conceding 3 goals in 10 games, Gunok was the main choice goalkeeper of Turkey, which put their best defensive performance ever at qualifying phases of UEFA European Championship, under management of senol Gunes. He was called-up for the extended 30-men-squad ahead of UEFA Euro 2020 by senol Gunes, announced on 14 May 2021. |
