Halil Dervişoğlu

Sparta Rotterdam

Dervişoğlu joined the Sparta Rotterdam academy at the age of 10 and broke into the club's reserve team early in the 2017–18 Tweede Divisie season. 21 goals in 26 appearances saw him sign a contract extension in May 2018 and he made his maiden first team appearances during the club's unsuccessful Eredivisie relegation playoff campaign. Dervişoğlu was a regular in the first team squad during the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie season and he helped the club to promotion back to the Eredivisie through the end-of-season playoffs. In August 2019, Dervişoğlu signed a pre-contract to depart Het Kasteel on 1 January 2020. He made 19 appearances and scored five goals during the first half of the 2019–20 season and departed the club having made 58 appearances and scored 16 goals while a member of the first team squad.

Brentford

2019–20 season

On 9 August 2019, Dervişoğlu signed a pre-contract to join English Championship club Brentford on 1 January 2020, for a reported €3 million fee. He signed a 4+1⁄2-year contract and was unveiled as a Brentford player on 3 January 2020. Down the pecking order for the attacking positions, Dervişoğlu made 7 appearances during the remainder of the 2019–20 season, which ended with defeat in the 2020 Championship play-off final.

2020–21 season and loans to Twente and Galatasaray

After making just one EFL Cup substitute appearance during the first month of the 2020–21 season and well behind Marcus Forss…

Born in the Netherlands of Turkish descent, Dervişoğlu was eligible to represent the Netherlands or Turkey at international level. Capped by Turkey at U19 and U21 level, Dervişoğlu was named in the senior team's Euro 2020 squad and made his senior international debut in a pre-tournament friendly versus Azerbaijan on 27 May 2021. He started the match and scored the opening goal in the 2–1 victory. Dervişoğlu made two substitute appearances at Euro 2020, prior to Turkey's group stage exit.

Club

As of match played 15 August 2026

International

As of match played 8 September 2023

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dervişoğlu goal.

Dervişoğlu's cousin Mutlu is a former footballer and current coach.