Erkan Zengin

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[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Eskişehirspor
Number 10
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)
2016– Eskişehirspor 0 (0)
National team
2002 Turkey U18 1 (0)
2002 Turkey U19 1 (0)
2005–2006 Sweden U21 13 (2)
2013–2016 Sweden 21 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 August 2016.


Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985) is a Swedish-Turkish professional footballer who currently plays for Eskişehirspor. 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.

On 28 July 2016 Erkan Zengin joined Eskişehirspor again.[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
1. 8 September 2014 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
2. 12 October 2014 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Liechtenstein 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3. 12 October 2015 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Moldova 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Club

As of 9 November 2014
Club Season League Cup Other Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby 2004 1000000000
2005 22200000000
2006 20100000000
2007 24300000000
2008 25200000000
Total 92 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 8
Beşiktaş 2008–09 2020000040
2009–10 0000000000
Total 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Eskişehirspor 2009–10 122200000142
2010–11 311000000311
2011–12 273420000315
2012–13 30410900404413
2013–14 3051000000455
2014–15 153110000164
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

  1. ↑ "ERKAN ZENGİN - Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Erkan Zengin: "Türkiye'de futbolcular kral gibi"" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Zengins miljonklipp." (in Swedish) Fotbollsverige. Retrieved on 14 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Zengin: Det är Fenerbahce som gäller (Swedish)". Aftonbladet. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Zengin debuterar." (in Swedish) DN. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
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