Erkan Zengin

Erkan Zengin

Zengin playing for Eskişehirspor in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Erkan Zengin
Date of birth	5 August 1985
Place of birth	Kulu, Turkey[1]
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
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)
National team^‡
2002	Turkey U18	1	(0)
2002	Turkey U19	1	(0)
2005–2006	Sweden U21	13	(2)
2013–	Sweden	19	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2016

Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985 in Kulu, Turkey) is a Swedish professional footballer. 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.^[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
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hammarby	2004	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2005	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2007	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	92	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	8
Beşiktaş	2008–09	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2009–10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Eskişehirspor	2009–10	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
	2010–11	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
	2011–12	27	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	31	5
	2012–13	30	4	10	9	0	0	4	0	44	13
	2013–14	30	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	45	5
	2014–15	15	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	16	4
	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

• Süper Lig: 2008-09
• Turkish Cup: 2008-09

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.

External links

• Erkan Zengin at TFF
• Erkan Zengin at TFF
• Erkan Zengin – UEFA competition record
• Erkan Zengin – FIFA competition record
• The Guardian Stats Centre Profile
• Worldfootball.net Profile