Erkan Zengin

Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Adana Demirspor.[1]

Erkan Zengin
Zengin playing for Eskişehirspor in 2011
Personal information
Full name Erkan Zengin
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985
Place of birth Kulu, Turkey
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Adana Demirspor
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Hammarby TFF 23 (10)
2004–2008 Hammarby IF 92 (8)
2009 → Beşiktaş (loan) 2 (0)
2009–2010 Beşiktaş 0 (0)
2010 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 12 (2)
2010–2015 Eskişehirspor 145 (18)
2015–2016 Trabzonspor 40 (3)
2016–2018 Eskişehirspor 44 (15)
2018 Hammarby IF 3 (0)
2018–2019 Fatih Karagümrük 43 (21)
2020– Adana Demirspor 18 (8)
National team
1999–2000 Turkey U16 6 (0)
2002 Turkey U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Sweden U21 13 (2)
2013–2016 Sweden 21 (3)
Teams managed
2019 Fatih Karagümrük
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2020

Early life

Zengin was born in Kulu, Turkey – but moved to Stockholm, Sweden, together with his Turkish parents when he was a few weeks old.[2][3] He grew up in Botkyrka and started to play football at age six with the local club Norsborgs IF. In 1994, at age 9, he moved to Hammarby IF.[4]

Club career

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.[5]

On 28 July 2016 Erkan Zengin joined Eskişehirspor again.[6]

International career

He played for his birth country Turkey in youth competitions, before choosing to represent Sweden in senior competition, the country in which he grew up.[7]

Zengin made his senior international debut for Sweden on 26 March 2013, playing from start in an away match against Slovakia.[8] Zengin was a squad player for Sweden at Euro 2016, where he came on as a substitute in the last group game against Belgium. Zengin announced his retirement from international duty following the tournament, having represented Sweden 21 times, scoring 3 goals.[9]

Honours

Club

Beşiktaş

References
  1. "Jansson om Zengin: "Visat stort Bajenhjärta"". Hammarby Fotboll. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. "Erkan Zengin: "Türkiye'de futbolcular kral gibi"" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. "Zengin: "Det värsta jag har varit med om"". Expressen. September 15, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  4. ""Hade jag inte haft fotbollen hade det kunnat gå riktigt illa"". Expressen. April 28, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  5. "Zengins miljonklipp." (in Swedish) Fotbollsverige. Retrieved on 14 February 2009.
  6. "Zengin: Det är Fenerbahce som gäller (Swedish)". Aftonbladet. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  7. "Sverige enkelt val för Zengin". SVT. March 18, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  8. "Zengin debuterar." (in Swedish) DN. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
  9. https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget/erkan-zengin-valjer-att-sluta-i-landslaget/
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