Deniz Naki
Naki in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 July 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Düren, Germany | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Amed S.K. | ||
Number | 62 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2003 | FC Düren 77 | ||
2003–2005 | FC Düren-Niederau | ||
2005–2007 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 36 | (7) |
2009 | → Rot Weiss Ahlen (loan) | 11 | (4) |
2009–2012 | FC St. Pauli | 71 | (12) |
2012–2013 | SC Paderborn 07 | 23 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Gençlerbirliği | 21 | (0) |
2015– | Amed S.K. | 23 | (6) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2008 | Germany U19 | 15 | (9) |
2008–2009 | Germany U20 | 6 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2014. |
Deniz Naki (born 9 July 1989) is a German footballer who is currently playing for Amed SK.[1][2]
Club career
Naki began his football career at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but could never make it past its reserves.
On 2 February 2009, he was loaned to Rot Weiss Ahlen, playing eleven games and scoring four goals in his short spell. On 8 February, he made his professional debut in the second division, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Marco Reus in a match against FC Augsburg.[3]
On 25 June 2009, Naki left Bayer Leverkusen and signed a three-year contract with FC St. Pauli at the Millerntor-Stadion. He caused controversy on 2 November when, after scoring his team's second goal away at rivals FC Hansa Rostock (2–0 win), he celebrated with a 'cut-throat' gesture towards the opposing fans.[4] He helped with seven league goals as St. Pauli returned to the top level.
Following an unsuccessful trial at Nottingham Forest, Naki completed a move to SC Paderborn 07, signing a two-year contract with the 2. Bundesliga side in the summer of 2012.
On November 5, Naki decided to leave Gençlerbirliği after an alleged racist attack.[5][6] Naki said he was attacked on the street in the Turkish capital by three men shouting racist abuse and challenging him over his support for the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane, which is battling a siege by Islamic State (ISIS).[7] [8] [9] [10]
In February 2016 Naki was suspended for 12 games and received a large fine after expressing his support to the PKK fighters in the Kurdish-Turkish conflict.[11]
International career
As a member of the Germany U-19 team, Naki represented the nation at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, played in the Czech Republic.
Club
- As of 30 May 2015.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gençlerbirliği | 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
Amedspor | 2015–16 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
Total | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
Career total | 33 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 |
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-eu-29924670
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler/2014/11/141105_deniz_naki_rop
- ↑ "Tolles Solo von Großkreutz" [Nice solo by Großkreutz] (in German). kicker. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- ↑ "Cut-Throat: Deniz Naki (St. Pauli) provokes Rostock fans with an unsavoury gesture". 101 Great Goals. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/05/deniz-naki-turkey-genclerbirligi-racist-attack
- ↑ http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/deniz-naki/ist-froh-wieder-in-deutschland-zu-sein-38431746.bild.html
- ↑ http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/06112014
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/05/deniz-naki-turkey-genclerbirligi-racist-attack
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-eu-29924670
- ↑ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/alevi-german-turkish-footballer-decides-to-leave-turkey-after-attack.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73890&NewsCatID=361
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/05/turkish-player-12-match-ban-ideological-propaganda
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deniz Naki. |
- Deniz Naki – UEFA competition record
- Deniz Naki profile at Fussballdaten