Background
Ünal was born in Osmangazi in Bursa, and was promoted from the Bursaspor youth team
Ünal was born in Osmangazi in Bursa, and was promoted from the Bursaspor youth team
He scored on his Süper Lig debut on 25 August 2013 for Bursaspor against Galatasaray, making him the youngest player to Netto in Turkey"s top division. An international at several youth levels, he earned his first senior cap on 31 March 2015 in a friendly against Luxembourg. Bursaspor
He made his professional debut against FK Vojvodina in the first leg of third qualifying round of 2013-2014 Union of European Football Associations Europa League on 1 August 2013, replacing Sebastián Pinto for the last five minutes of a 2–2 draw at Karađorđest
On 25 August 2013, Ünal came off the bench for Ferhat Kiraz in the 71st mintute to make his debut against Galatasaray, and scored his first league goal three minutes later with the assist by Pablo Batalla.
This goal made him the youngest player to score in the Süper Lig. On 21 October, Ünal scored his second league goal against Kayserispor with the assist by Şener Özbayraklı.
On 19 December 2013, Ünal came off the bench for Musa Çağıran in the 80th minute in the Turkish Cup game against İnegölspor, and scored Bursaspor"s second goal via a free kick two minutes later, netting the third in the 86th minute. On 12 February 2014, Ünal scored the third goal for Bursaspor against Akhisar Belediyespor in the cup group stages.
They finished first in the group stage with 13 points and advanced to the semi-finals to face Galatasaray.
Manchester City
On 7 July 2015, English Premier League club Manchester City announced his signing for a reported fee of £2 million, their first purchase of the summer. = Loan to Genk On 31 July 2015, Manchester City announced that Ünal would be going out on loan to Belgian Pro League side Genk for two seasons. On 29 January 2016, Ünal"s agreement was cancelled, and he returned to Manchester City.
= Loan to NAC Breda On 1 February 2016, Ünal was loaned to Dutch club NAC Breda until end of the season.
30 June 2016. On 19 February 2016, he scored his first goal against Fortuna Sittard. In that match, Ünal also made his debut for Breda club
After scoring 25 goals in 24 games for the Turkey U16 side, he was quickly promoted to the U17s, and after scoring his first professional goal in 2013 was invited to join the Turkey U21 side, despite being just 16 years old. Ünal earned his first international cap at senior level on 31 March 2015, replacing Olcay Şahan in the 57th minute of at a 2–1 friendly victory against Luxembourg at the Stade Josy Barthel.
Ünal is from a family of Manchester City fans.
His father went to Manchester to watch Manchester City games on several occasions.