Burak İnce

Burak İnce
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004
Place of birth Manisa, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Okhdood
Number 11
Youth career
2014–2015 Manisaspor
2015–2019 Altınordu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Altınordu 64 (8)
2022–2023 Arminia Bielefeld 7 (0)
2023–2025 Śląsk Wrocław 36 (4)
2023–2024 Śląsk Wrocław II 4 (1)
2025- Al-Okhdood 12 (1)
International career‡
2018 Turkey U14 4 (1)
2018 Turkey U15 13 (5)
2019 Turkey U16 8 (4)
2020–2023 Turkey U19 9 (3)
2025– Turkey U20 1 (0)
2021– Turkey U21 9 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:29, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:30, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Burak İnce (born 20 January 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood.[1][2]

Club career

Altınordu (2019–2022)

Burak İnce came through the academy of Altınordu, which produced several Turkish talents, such as Cengiz Ünder, Çağlar Söyüncü, Barış Alıcı, Berke Özer and Ravil Tagir.[3]

İnce made his professional debuts with Altınordu on 8 August 2020 against Hatayspor, becoming the youngest ever footballer to play in the TFF First League.[4] Nearly a month after, he also became the youngest goalscorer in a 4–1 victory against Eskişehirspor, where he also delivered an assist for Anıl Koç.[5]

Arminia Bielefeld (2022–2023)

İnce was reportedly monitored by notable European clubs such as Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Leicester,[2][4][5][6][7] and he stated he dreamed of playing for FC Barcelona.[8][9] In November 2021, it was announced İnce would join Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld in late January 2022, after his 18th birthday.[10] He agreed on a contract until 2025.[10]

On 13 March 2022, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 1-0 away lost against Borussia Dortmund as a late substitute.

On 16 July 2022, he made his 2. Bundesliga debut against SV Sandhausen. On 31 July 2022, he made his DFB Pokal debut against Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar club FV Engers 07 in a 1-7 away victory.

Śląsk Wrocław (2023–2025)

On 13 July 2023, following Arminia's relegation to 3. Liga, İnce signed a two-year deal with Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław on a free transfer.[11]

On 29 July 2023, he made his Ekstraklasa debut against Zagłębie Lubin in a 1-2 home lost as a substitute. On 15 September 2023, he scored his first goal with the team against Puszcza Niepołomice, he also made an assist in a 3-1 away win.

On 29 September 2023, he made his Polish Cup debut against Jagiellonia Bialystok.

Al-Okhdood (2025–present)

On 23 September 2025, he signed with Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood.[12]

On 18 October 2025, he made his Saudi Pro League debut against Al-Hazem. On 28 October 2025, he made King's Cup debut against Al-Hilal.

Career statistics

As of matches played 7 November 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Altınordu 2019–20 TFF 1. Lig 21 2 3 0 — — 24 2
2020–21 TFF 1. Lig 28 5 2 1 — — 30 6
2021–22 TFF 1. Lig 15 1 2 1 — — 17 2
Total 64 8 7 2 — — 71 10
Arminia Bielefeld 2021–22 Bundesliga 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 — — 3 0
Total 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Śląsk Wrocław 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 16 2 1 0 — — 17 2
2024–25 Ekstraklasa 20 2 1 0 3[b] 0 — 24 2
Total 36 4 2 0 3 0 — 41 4
Śląsk Wrocław II 2023–24 III liga, group III 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2024–25 III liga, group III 1 1 — — — 1 1
Total 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
Al-Okhdood 2025–26 Saudi Pro League 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Career total 114 13 11 2 3 0 0 0 128 15

Honours

Śląsk Wrocław II

References

  1. ^ a b Burak İnce at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b Giriş, Haber (27 June 2019). "15 yaşında A Takım'a! Altınordulu Burak İnce..." Hürriyet (in Turkish).
  3. ^ "Altın pazar" [Gold market]. Yeniasir (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Burak Ince: talento turco classe 2004". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Altınordunun genç yıldızı Burak İnce, bütün Avrupanın radarında". Fanatik. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ Hawkins, Billy (20 September 2019). "Man City scout record-breaking wonderkid who scored first professional goal aged 15". talkSPORT. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Altınordulu Burak İnce'ye Bayern Münih talip oldu! 5 milyon Euro..." Aspor (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Altınordulu Burak İnce'nin hayali Barcelona" [Altınordulu Burak İnce's dream is Barcelona]. Goal (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. ^ Polat, Anil P. (3 May 2020). "Altinordu-Talent Burak Ince: "Ich glaube daran, dass ich das Trikot von Barcelona tragen werde"". GazeteFutbol (in German). Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Vertrag bis 2025: Arminia holt türkisches Talent Burak Ince". kicker (in German). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Burak İnce nowym piłkarzem Śląska" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 13 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Burak İnce, Al-Okhdood'a transfer oldu" (in Turkish). Ajansspor. 23 September 2025.
  13. ^ Wieczorek, Bartosz (25 May 2025). "Rezerwy Śląska Wrocław z awansem do Betclic 2 Ligi". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 June 2025.
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