Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980 in Giresun) is a Turkish football player for the team Rubin Kazan. He is also a member of the Turkish national team.On 13 March 2008, he signed 5 years deal with Russian club Rubin Kazan for € 8.7 million.Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in Europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him.Karadeniz also said that another factor that persuaded him is that the region the club is from has a large Muslim population and Karadeniz feels comfortable living amongst people of the same religion as him. With the team he won the Russian Premier League 2008.
On the 20th October 2009, Gokdeniz scored the winning goal to shock the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou to win the match for Rubin Kazan.
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