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Erdal Rakip
Rakip playing for Malmö FF in 2016
Personal information
Full name Erdal Rakip[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Benfica
Number 47
Youth career
2001–2013 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Malmö FF 90 (11)
2018– Benfica 0 (0)
2018Crystal Palace (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2011–2013 Sweden U17 15 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 14 (2)
2015– Sweden U21 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2018

Erdal Rakip (born 13 February 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Benfica as midfielder.

Career

Club career

Rakip made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in an away fixture against IF Brommapojkarna at Grimsta IP on 1 June 2013.[3] On 17 June 2013, Rakip signed a two and a half year youth contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.[4] On 15 July 2014 Rakip signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club.[5] The 2014 season saw more playing time for Rakip as he made 15 appearances for the club. He also participated in play during the group stage of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

After his contract with Malmö expired at the end of the 2017 Swedish season, Rakip signed for Portuguese champions Benfica. Before playing any games for them, he was loaned out for the rest of the 2017–18 season to English club Crystal Palace.[6]

International career

Rakip entered his first international tournament at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates where Sweden won a bronze medal, he scored his first international goal against Honduras in the quarter final.[7] Rakip played six out of seven matches for Sweden during the tournament and scored one goal, he missed the first group stage match against Iraq due to a previous suspension.[8]

Career statistics

As of 5 November 2017[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Malmö FF 2013 Allsvenskan 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
2014 15 0 3 0 4 0 22 0
2015 20 1 2 0 10 0 32 1
2016 27 2 6 0 33 2
2017 27 8 1 1 2 0 30 9
Total 90 11 13 1 17 0 120 12
Crystal Palace (loan) 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 90 11 13 1 17 0 120 12

Honours

Malmö FF

Sweden U17

References

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Erdal Rakip" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Matchinformation: IF Brommapojkarna - Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Malmö FF skriver kontrakt med ung talang". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Erdal Rakip får A-lagskontrakt". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Crystal Palace complete Erdal Rakip loan signing and close in on Jaroslaw Jach transfer". Evening Standard. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 MatchCast". fifa.com. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Statistics". fifa.com. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Erdal Rakip". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2017.