Eren Derdiyok

Eren Derdiyok

Personal information
Full name	Eren Derdiyok
Date of birth	(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Second striker
Team information
Current team	1899 Hoffenheim
Number	19
Youth career
1994–2004	Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Old Boys	18	(10)
2006–2007	FC Basel II	17	(10)
2006–2009	FC Basel	63	(17)
2009–2012	Bayer Leverkusen	90	(25)
2012-	1899 Hoffenheim	0	(0)
International career‡
2006–2007	Switzerland U19	7	(7)
2007–2009	Switzerland U21	7	(8)
2008–	Switzerland	36	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 29 January 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24:00, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Eren Derdiyok (born 12 June 1988) is a Swiss footballer of Kurdish descent. He plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim.

Club career

BSC Old Boys

Eren Derdiyok parents came from the (Alevi) Kurdish settlement areas in the southeast of Turkey, as well he has the Swiss have Turkish nationality. He was born in Basel, from an early age and played in Basel football club BSC Old Boys Basel. At 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Derdiyok is a powerful striker who can also fill in a centre-back if needed. He started his career with Swiss minnows Old Boys at the beginning of the 2005–06 season in which scored 10 goals in just 18 appearances. He scored a goal in the Swiss Cup 1–6 defeat against FC Basel on 22 October 2005.

FC Basel

Therefore FC Basel noticed his goal scoring instinct and snapped him up in 2006 at the age of 18. Derdiyok played his first team debut on 14 March 2007 as substitute in a cup match against FC Aarau. He gave his League debut just four days later, also against Aarau. During the 2006–07 season, Derdiyok was used mainly as a substitute, playing only one full game, and averaging a total of 220 play minutes that season. He had 17 appearances in the U-21 team that season. For Derdiyok, the 2007–08 season proved to be a lot more fruitful and he received regular playing time. In FC Basel's main squad, Derdiyok scored his first hat trick playing away against FC Thun on 2 March 2008. On 6 April 2008, he won the Swiss Cup, his first title.

On 29 June 2008, it was reported by the English media that he was in talks with Newcastle United representatives. However, the transfer window passed without any transfer taking place. On 27 August 2008, he scored the winning goal in FC Basel's 2–1 win over Vitória S.C. at St. Jakob-Park which meant that Basel qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Also, in the UEFA Champions League, Derdiyok helped give Basel its first point by scoring the only goal against FC Barcelona at Camp Nou to tie the game in the 82nd min at 1–1. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Derdiyok won the national Double with Basel.

Bayer Leverkusen

Following another solid season in the Swiss top flight and a string of performances for the national team, Bayer Leverkusen secured Derdiyok's signature on 28 May 2009 committing him to a four year contract until 30 June 2013 after his sense of purpose and good performance will attract major European clubs including Galatasaray S.K. and some Serie A clubs, he finally joined his teammate Tranquillo Barnetta. Prior moving to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Derdiyok was linked with joining English side Everton but he however rejected a move, stating he is adamant that he is eager to make a proposed summer switch to Leverkusen.

Derdiyok made his debut in the DFB-Pokal on 31 July in a match against SV Babelsberg 03, Derdiyok scored the winning goal in the 67th minute to make the score 1–0 and his first in the Rossoneri shirt. On 8 August 2009, Derdiyok scored his first goal in the league on his league debut in a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05. He could not as a representative for the long-term absentee Patrick Helmes from Theofanis Gekas put through and had good results with his ultimately decisive role in the Autumn Cup Leverkusen. As a result, he remained even after Helmes' recovery team regular. In the end, Bayer missed the Champions League places. Despite this, Derdiyok enjoys the confidence of his coach Jupp Heynckes, who is a holder for the coast of Stefan Kießling, or during the 2009-2010 season, Eren Derdiyok scored 12 goals in 33 Bundesliga games.

In his second season, Derdiyok was long again to the first team, came in the second half of the season but is increasingly used as a substitute. He played alternately with Kießling's as the club made ​​the change in tactics (4-2-3-1). With 6 goals in 32 match, he was still by far the most widely used striker of the team at the end of 2010/11 season could get the runner. On 14 August 2010, Derdiyok scored his first goal of 2010-11 season debut when scoring twice against FK Pirmasens in a 11-1 win to go through the DFB-Pokal. In matchday 2 of Bundesliga, Derdiyok scored his his goal in a league against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The team made ​​a significant contribution to the second league.

n his third and final season, Derdiyok scored his first goal of 2011-12 season in a DFB-Pokal against Dynamo Dresden but only to lose 4-3 after extra time. On 1 October 2011, Derdiyok scored in a 3-1 win over VfL Wolfsburg when he stretched to take down a long pass at the edge of the box, flipped the ball back over his head with two defenders around him and buried it in the back of the net with an overhead kick. On 23 November 2011, he scored a headed equalizing goal against Chelsea in the group stage of the Champions League, with the top of aspirin. Bayern Leverkusen went on to win this match 2–1 with Manuel Friedrich scoring the winning goal and qualified for the last 16 of this competition. Three days later, playing away in a draw 3-3 with the Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga, he scored ​​his first hat-trick with Leverkusen. Derdiyok was in the hospital and needed seven stitches in a cut after he suffered a freak injury when he knocked over the glass in which he keeps his toothbrush and then trod on a rogue shard. His injury made him out for three weeks and returned from injury when he was on the bench in a match against 1. FC Köln but was not used as he wasn't fit anough to play. Derdiyok made his return in a match against FC Bayern Munich where Derdiyok provided assist for Stefan Kießling and won 2-0 giving end a run of 14 matches without a win against Bayern Munich dating back to 2004.

TSG Hoffenheim 1899

On 2 May 2012, Derdiyok signed a contract for TSG Hoffenheim which's began for the season 2012/13 and would end June 2016. He transfered for an unknown price tag. Hoffenheim have been looking for a new striker since during the winter transfer window looking for a replacement for the injured Vedad Ibišević and later joined VfB Stuttgart in the winter transfer window.

International career

Derdiyok made his international debut for Switzerland on 6 February 2008, as a second-half substitute against England at Wembley Stadium in London. He scored with his first touch of the ball to equalise, but they eventually lost 2–1. He was named as part of the Switzerland squad to play at UEFA Euro 2008 and was the youngest player at the tournament at 19 years old. He made a big impact at the tournament and become better known because of it He was also in the Switzerland 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup where he played twice.

International goals

U-21 team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 August 2007	Kortrijk, Belgium	Belgium	0–2	1–2	Friendly
2.	8 September 2007	Wohlen, Switzerland	North Macedonia	1–0	1–1	Qualifier
3.	12 October 2007	Fredrikstad, Norway	Norway	2–1	2–1	Qualifier
4.	16 October 2007	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0–1	0–4	Qualifier
5.	16 October 2007	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0–2	0–4	Qualifier
6.	17 November 2007	Delemont, Switzerland	Estonia	1–0	5–0	Qualifier
7.	17 November 2007	Delemont, Switzerland	Estonia	4–0	5–0	Qualifier
8.	5 June 2009	Wil, Switzerland	Armenia	1–0	2–1	Qualifier

National team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 February 2008	London, England	England	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2.	9 September 2009	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	2–2	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	10 August 2011	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	0–1	1–2	Friendly
4.	11 October 2011	Basel, Switzerland	Montenegro	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Career performance

All-Time Performance

Club	Season	Total Competitions
		App	Min. Played	Ave. Min per Game	Goals	Ass't
BSC Old Boys	2005–06	18	1024'	56.9'	10	4
FC Basel U21	2006–07	17	1101'	64.8'	10	5
FC Basel	2006–07	8	220'	27.5'	1	0
	2007–08	36	1914'	53.1'	10	6
	2008–09	17	1183'	69.6'	6	5
Club Total		96	5442'	56.7'	37	20
National Teams
Switzerland U19	2006–07	7	464'	66.2'	7	2
Switzerland U21	2007–	5	433'	86.6'	7	1
Switzerland	2008–	8	337'	42.1'	1	3
National Total		20	1234'	61.7'	15	6
Career Totals		116	6676'	57.6'	52	26

Honours

Team Awards

Basel

• Swiss Cup: 2007–08
• Swiss Super League: 2007–08
• Uhren Cup: 2008

Individual Awards

Basel

• Swiss Youngster of the Year 2007–08

External links

• Eren Derdiyok Profile at Swiss Football League Website Template:De icon
• Eren Derdiyok at fussballdaten.de (in German)