Turkey vs North Macedonia Player Ratings

Turkey 4-0 North Macedonia Player Ratings: Can Uzun 9.0/10 Goal and Assist Fires Turkey to Dominant 4-0 Pre-World Cup Friendly Rout of North Macedonia

Mohit Tomar

Published - Jun 01, 2026, 07:35 PM

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Turkey vs North Macedonia Player Ratings

Summary

Turkey delivered a dominant 4-0 pre-World Cup friendly victory over North Macedonia, Kokcu's early opener, Can Uzun's goal and assist, Gul's composed header, and Yilmaz's late finish, completing a commanding and thoroughly professional performance that sent an emphatic statement about their tournament ambitions.
North Macedonia were overwhelmed from the first whistle, unable to cope with Turkey's relentless pressing, direct attacking play, and clinical finishing throughout an evening that confirmed their significant quality deficit against genuinely competitive international opposition at this level.
Can Uzun was the undisputed star at 9.0/10; his clinical finish, crucial assist, crossbar strike, and complete attacking performance were the defining contributions of a Turkey display that delivered maximum pre-World Cup confidence and confirmed their readiness to compete at the highest level of international football.

Turkey wasted absolutely no time establishing their authority. Orkun Kokcu's composed left-footed finish in the second minute from Aydin's precise cross gave the home side the perfect platform before North Macedonia could even settle into their defensive shape. Can Uzun had already struck the crossbar in the opening minute, and Turkey national football team's relentless pressing and direct attacking play made it immediately clear that this was a side fully focused on making the most emphatic possible pre-World Cup statement.
The second goal arrived in the 16th minute, Can Uzun delivered the assist for what was the decisive blow that ended North Macedonia's belief, before both sides made wholesale half-time substitutions that gave the second half a more rotational character. Gul's composed header from Can Uzun's corner delivery in the 53rd minute extended the advantage further before Yilmaz's composed second-half finish completed the rout in the 70th minute.
North Macedonia national football team showed occasional moments of threat, Elezi and Omeragikj creating brief second-half openings, but Turkey's defensive organisation, midfield authority, and clinical finishing throughout an evening of dominant, purposeful football gave their management and supporters exactly the confidence-boosting performance they needed heading into a 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign where expectations are genuinely high. Here are Sportsdunia's Turkey vs North Macedonia player ratings.

Turkey National Football Team Player Ratings vs North Macedonia

Here are the Turkey national football team player ratings vs North Macedonia.

Player Name	Ratings
Altay Bayındır	6.2
Çağlar Söyüncü	7.3
Ozan Kabak	6.3
Eren Elmalı	7.3
Mert Müldür	7.5
Can Uzun	9.0
Orkun Kökçü	7.8
Salih Özcan	7.2
Deniz Gül	7.5
Oğuz Aydın	7.6
Yunus Akgün	6.3

North Macedonia National Football Team Player Ratings vs Turkey

Check out the North Macedonia national football team player ratings vs Turkey.

Player Name	Ratings
Stole Dimitrievski	5.5
Gjoko Zajkov	5.7
Darko Velkovski	6.1
Imran Fetai	6.4
Eljif Elmas	6.0
Stefan Despotovski	5.7
Jani Atanasov	6.4
Agon Elezi	6.5
Ezgjan Alioski	6.9
Bojan Miovski	5.6
Azer Omeragić	6.0

Man of the Match

Can Uzun was the man of the match.