Tolgay Arslan

Tolgay Arslan

Arslan training with Hamburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Tolgay Ali Arslan
Date of birth (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990
Place of birth Paderborn, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 18
Youth career
1996–2003 Grün-Weiß Paderborn
2003–2009 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Hamburger SV 83 (2)
2010–2011Alemannia Aachen (loan) 31 (6)
2015– Beşiktaş 21 (0)
National team
2009 Turkey U19 2 (1)
2010 Turkey U21 1 (0)
2011 Germany U20 1 (0)
2012–2013 Germany U21 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 February 2013

Tolgay Ali Arslan (Turkish pronunciation: [toɫɡaj ali aɾsɫan], born 16 August 1990) is a German-Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş.

Club career

Early career

Arslan was born in Paderborn to Turkish parents from Çorum; his father, a real estate agent, moved to Germany when he was 11 years old. He began playing football at the age of six, when his father brought him along to watch Grün-Weiß Paderborn play. Arslan began his career with the local club. Patterning his game around Zinedine Zidane and Gheorghe Hagi, Arslan earned a move to Borussia Dortmund in 2003. After several years in Dortmund's youth team, Arslan moved to Hamburger SV.[1]

Hamburger SV

Tolgay Arslan signing an autograph for a young fan.

Arslan moved to Hamburger SV on a free transfer in 2009. He made his debut on 23 September 2009, coming in the 70th minute as a substitute for Marcus Berg in the second round of the DFB-Pokal against Osnabrück.[2] Hamburg managed a 3–3 draw, but went on to lose 5–7 following a penalty shootout. Arslan made his league debut on 17 October 2009 in a 0–0 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.[3]

He moved on loan to Alemannia Aachen for the 2010–11 season and scored his first goal for the club in the fifth week of the 2. Bundesliga in a 3–1 win against FSV Frankfurt.[4]

On friendly pre-season game 24 July 2012 he scored in a 1–2 loss against FC Barcelona.

Beşiktaş

On 27 January 2015, Arslan signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.[5] He came on as a substitute for José Sosa on 26 February in the 60th minute of a UEFA Europa League last 32 second leg against Liverpool, and 15 minutes later scored the only goal of the game, taking it to a penalty shootout in which he scored Beşiktaş' last attempt before Dejan Lovren missed to eliminate Liverpool.[6]

International career

Arslan began his career with the Turkey youth teams in 2009. He made two appearances for the U-19 team in 2009.[7] He made his first appearance for the Turkey national under-21 football team against the Republic of Ireland on 7 September 2010.[8]

In December 2010, Arslan switched to the German Football Association.[9] He was first called up to the Germany national under-21 team to face, of all teams, Turkey on 14 November 2012.[10]

Club

As of 11 April 2016.
Club Season League Cup Other Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamburger SV 2009–10 50100060
2011–12 810081
2012–13 25010260
2013–14 3214010371
2014–15 13020150
Total 83 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 92 2
Alemannia Aachen (loan) 2010–11 31640356
Total 31 6 4 0 35 6
Beşiktaş 2014–15 1603131222
2015–16 50100060
Total 21 0 4 1 3 1 28 2
Career total 135 8 16 1 1 0 3 1 155 10

References

  1. Özten, Nihat (1 July 2010). "10 numaranın genç adayı: Tolgay Ali Arslan" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "HSV scheitert beim Pokal-Drama in Osnabrück" (in German). kicker.de. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. "Torun scheitert an Castro, Kießling an Rost" (in German). kicker.de. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  4. Franzke, Julian; Holger Richter (23 September 2010). "kicker Heft Nr.77". kicker Sportmagazin (in German) (Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag).
  5. http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/futbol/122078/besiktas-tolgay-arslanla-imzaladi
  6. Whalley, Mike (26 February 2015). "Besiktas 1-0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. "TOLGAY ALİ ARSLAN" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  8. "TÜRKİYE 1–0 İRLANDA" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  9. "Kampf um die Talente: Jetzt wird zurückgeklaut!" (in German). Bild.de. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  10. "U21: Adrion beruft Neulinge Rüdiger und Arslan" (in German). Focus.de. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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