Erkan Zengin
![]() Zengin playing for Eskişehirspor in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erkan Zengin | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Kulu, Turkey[1] | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Hammarby TFF | 23 | (10) |
2004–2009 | Hammarby IF | 92 | (8) |
2009 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Beşiktaş | 0 | (0) |
2010 | → Eskişehirspor (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2010–2015 | Eskişehirspor | 145 | (18) |
2015–2016 | Trabzonspor | 32 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2002 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0) |
2002 | Turkey U19 | 1 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Sweden U21 | 13 | (2) |
2013– | Sweden | 20 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2016 |
Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985 in Kulu, Turkey) is a Swedish-Turkish professional footballer. Born in Turkey to Turkish parents,[2] Zengin has played for Turkey in youth competition before choosing to represent Sweden in senior competition.
Club career
He got his first contact with football playing at the playgrounds in Fittja and was not a part of a team until he was nine years old, when he came to Hammarby's youth academy. As a 17-year-old, he played some matches for the Turkish U18 national team. He has later changed his nationality and became Swedish national team player.
He made his Allsvenskan debut for Hammarby IF in 2004 when he came on as a substitute in a match against Malmö FF. The year after, he got his breakthrough as a right wing midfielder, the position he prefers to play at. However, Zengin is a very versatile player and can be used all over the midfield.
In January 2009, he signed a halfyear-loan contract with Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş had the option to buy Zengin in summer for a fee of €400,000.[3] Ultimately Zengin went on to play for Eskişehirspor for several years before moving to Trabzonspor in January 2015, after his club had failed to agree terms with Fenerbahçe, to where Zengin wanted to move in the first place.[4]
International career
Zengin made his senior international debut for Sweden on 26 March 2013, playing from start in an away match against Slovakia.[5]
International goals
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 September 2014 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
2. | 12 October 2014 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
3. | 12 October 2015 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
Club
- As of 9 November 2014
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hammarby | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 8 | |
Beşiktaş | 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Eskişehirspor | 2009–10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
2010–11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
2011–12 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
2012–13 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
2013–14 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |
2014–15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |
Total | 145 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 30 | |
Career Totals | 239 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 272 | 38 |
Honours
Club
- Beşiktaş
References
- ^ "ERKAN ZENGİN - Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Erkan Zengin: "Türkiye'de futbolcular kral gibi"" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Zengins miljonklipp." (in Swedish) Fotbollsverige. Retrieved on 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Zengin: Det är Fenerbahce som gäller (Swedish)". Aftonbladet. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Zengin debuterar." (in Swedish) DN. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
External links
- Erkan Zengin at the Turkish Football Federation
- Erkan Zengin at the Turkish Football Federation
- Erkan Zengin – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Erkan Zengin – FIFA competition record (archived)
- The Guardian Stats Centre Profile
- Worldfootball.net Profile
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Konya Province
- Turkish footballers
- Swedish footballers
- Swedish people of Turkish descent
- Hammarby Talang FF players
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Eskişehirspor footballers
- Trabzonspor footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Süper Lig players
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Turkish expatriate footballers
- Turkish expatriates in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Swedish expatriates in Turkey
- Association football midfielders
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Turkey youth international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2016 players