{"id":1127807,"date":"2026-01-10T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1127807"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:45:00","slug":"guendouzi-scores-on-fenerbahce-debut-2-days-after-leaving-lazio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/guendouzi-scores-on-fenerbahce-debut-2-days-after-leaving-lazio\/","title":{"rendered":"Guendouzi scores on Fenerbahce debut 2 days after leaving Lazio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guendouzi scores on Fenerbahce debut 2 days after leaving Lazio<\/p>\n<p>Matteo Guendouzi has scored on his debut for Fenerbahce, just <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/guendouzi-wave-emotional-goodbye-to-lazio-fans\">hours after completing the transfer from Lazio,<\/a> and had a very special celebration against Galatasaray.<\/p>\n<p>He made the move for a reported fee of \u20ac28m plus a further \u20ac2m in performance-related bonuses, signing the contract in Istanbul on Thursday January 8.<\/p>\n<h2>Guendouzi makes immediate impact at Fenerbahce<\/h2>\n<p>ROME, ITALY \u2013 JANUARY 07: Matteo Guendouzi of SS Lazio greets his fans after the Serie A match between SS Lazio and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico on January 07, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi \u2013 SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The France international wasn\u2019t exactly known for his goal-scoring prowess, finding the net six times in 111 competitive appearances for Lazio, and 10 in 103 games for Olympique Marseille.<\/p>\n<p>However, he took just 28 minutes to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fenerbahce\/status\/2010024777025761776\">break his duck in the Fenerbahce jersey<\/a>, having been thrown straight into the starting XI for the giant Turkish derby with Galatasaray.<\/p>\n<p>Guendouzi gathered from the edge of the area and drilled into the near bottom corner with the right boot to open the scoring in this massive match.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder then celebrated using the \u2018Cold Palmer\u2019 gesture made famous by Cole Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/guendouzi-scores-fenerbahce-debut-2-164500245.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/guendouzi-scores-fenerbahce-debut-2-164500245.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guendouzi scores on Fenerbahce debut 2 days after leaving Lazio Matteo Guendouzi has scored on his debut for Fenerbahce, just hours after completing the transfer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1127808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1127808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}