Gökhan İnler
Personal information
Full name	Gökhan Masera İnler
Date of birth	June 27, 1984 (1984-06-27) (age 23)
Place of birth	Olten, Switzerland
Height	189 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Udinese Calcio
Number	88
Youth clubs
1992–1998 1998-2002 2002-2004	FC Olten FC Solothurn FC Basel
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–	FC Basel FC Aarau FC Zurich Udinese Calcio	00 0(0) 025 0(3) 052 0(3) 032 0(2)
National team2
2007–	Switzerland	015 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gökhan Masera (born 27 June 1984) is a Swiss football midfielder of Turkish origin who currently plays as midfielder for Udinese Calcio in Serie A.

Club career

In the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Turkish champion Fenerbahçe tried İnler and Onder Cengel in the pre-season training camp program in Germany and signed four-years contracts with them. However, then coach Christoph Daum declared that both players were not good enough to play for Fenerbahçe. ^{[1] [2]}

İnler returned to Switzerland and played for FC Aarau. On 20 March 2005, İnler made his Swiss Super League debut in the FC Aarau 2-3 home defeat against Grasshoppers.^[3]

In January 2006, he was signed by FC Zürich and was part of the 2005–06 and 2006–07 Swiss Championship winning team. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Gökhan agreed to a transfer to Serie A side Udinese despite newly instated Hertha Berlin coach Lucien Favre's interest in the player.

Inler has, in the absence of players like Christian Obodo and Giampiero Pinzi, established himself in Udinese's first team.

International career

İnler is a member of the Swiss national team. On 2 September 2006, he made his international debut in a friendly against Venezuela in Basel.^[4]

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