Batuhan Karadeniz

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Batuhan Karadeniz
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Karadeniz in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey [1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2001–2003 İçerenköy İdman Yurdu
2003–2007 Beşiktaş
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Beşiktaş 14 (2)
2009Eskişehirspor (loan) 14 (8)
2010–2013 Eskişehirspor 58 (15)
2012Beşiktaş (loan) 11 (0)
2013–2014 Trabzonspor 2 (0)
2014Elazığspor (loan) 11 (3)
2014–2016 Sivasspor 35 (7)
2016 FC St. Gallen 7 (0)
2016–2017 Şanlıurfaspor 23 (8)
2017–2018 Sakaryaspor 22 (12)
2018 Adana Demirspor 6 (0)
2019 Bandırmaspor 27 (20)
2020 Tuzlaspor 11 (8)
2020–2021 Hekimoğlu Trabzon 35 (26)
2021–2022 Iğdır FK 29 (16)
2022 Vanspor FK 10 (1)
International career
2006 Turkey U15 2 (0)
2006–2007 Turkey U16 26 (25)
2007 Turkey U17 28 (18)
2008 Turkey U21 1 (2)
2008–2009 Turkey 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 August 2022

Batuhan Karadeniz (born 24 April 1991) is a former Turkish professional footballer.

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Started his career at İçerenköy Spor Kulübü at the age of 10, Karadeniz rose to fame at Süper Lig club Beşiktaş, where he player in youth levels between 2003 and 2007, and made his Süper Lig debut 2007-08 Season. He was also the youngest scorer of Süper Lig, scoring at the age of 16. [2] Having disciplinary issues, Karadeniz left Beşiktaş in 2010 and player at Süper Lig level until the end of 2015–16, played at Eskişehirspor, Trabzon, Elazığspor and, Sivasspor. The following years he was rather a journey man, spending each and every season in different teams other than Bandırmaspor. A highly demanded player, he played in TFF First League and Second League play-offs between 2017 and 2022 in 4 different teams during his spells.

Being a prolific forward in youth levels, Karadeniz would represent Turkey only on two occasions, called up by Fatih Terim, between 2008 and 2009.

Club career

2003–2010: Beşiktaş J.K.

Karadeniz, at the age of 17, in 2008 while playing professional level at Besiktas Batuhan Karadeniz.JPG
Karadeniz, at the age of 17, in 2008 while playing professional level at Beşiktaş

Karadeniz was regarded as a prospect player, scoring 226 goals in 86 matches at youth levels. [3] His youth performance pulled attention of various clubs across European leagues. [4]

In 2006, he signed a professional contract with Beşiktaş J.K. [5] At his professional season, he made his Super League debut against another Istanbul team Kasımpaşa on the 2nd matchday of the Turkish Football League 2007-08 Season as he had been substituted on for Burak Yılmaz at half time, [6] making made him the youngest player ever to appear in a Süper Lig game at the tender age of just 16 years and 115 days. Just 6 days later, he scored his first goal for Beşiktaş on 25 August against Gaziantepspor in the 95th minute and made a big contribution to his team's 3 points. [7] Karadeniz became the youngest scorer ever at Süper Lig at the age of 16. [8] [9]

He made his UEFA Champions League debut against FC Zürich, making a substitute appearance in the 92nd minute, replacing Mert Nobre on 29 August 2007, where game ended 20 for Beşiktaş. [10]

On 3 November 2007, Karadeniz came on as a substitute for Koray Avci in the 83rd minute against Fenerbahçe S.K. He missed a very crucial chance for Kara Kartallar during the additional time (90+3) as he picked up a loose ball and faked the keeper Volkan Demirel, subsequently he tried to shoot despite having had two teammates unmarked by his side and in the end he could not generate enough power on his shot and Edu cleared the ball away. Beşiktas lost the game with a final score of 2–1 to Fenerbahçe overtook Beşiktaş by one point. Later, he said "You [must] be the king, you don't make someone else the king". [11] [12] Although he was criticized by the Turkish press that he should have assisted Federico Higuaín in the match, he stated that he had not seen his teammate at the time. [12] [13]

During the January 2008 transfer window Beşiktaş wanted to loan him out to F.C. Köln in order for him to get more playing time, [14] [15] however the transfer did not take place due to FIFA rules for each football federation regarding age. According to the German Football Association Karadeniz was classed as a minor and thus could not be transferred as he had a professional contract. [16]

2010– : Later career

Karadeniz was loaned out Eskişehirspor during the January 2009 transfer window. [17] He started his loan scoring four goals in three league matches. [18] [19]

At the end of the 2008–09 season Karadeniz had an operation of his left shoulder, ruling him out of football for five weeks. [20] In the summer transfer window of 2010, Karadeniz has moved to Eskişehirspor with permanent deal. [21] Then, he was loaned again to Beşiktaş. [22] At the end of his contract he signed a new deal with Trabzonspor. [23] After playing half of the season with Trabzonspor, he was loaned to Elazığspor. [24] At the end of the season Trabzonspor terminated his contract. [25] Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season he signed a new contract with Sivasspor. [26]

On 16 July 2019, Karadeniz reagreed terms to extended his contract Balıkesirspor. [27] Karadeniz scored twice at 9th week fixtures of 2018–19 TFF Second League Red Group game in which Balıkesirspor beat Niğde Belediyespor on 41 final score. [28]

He joined Vanspor FK in the TFF Second League for the 2022–23 season, on 15 October 2022 his contract with Vanspor was terminated by mutual consent. [29]

International career

Karadeniz has risen through the ranks of the Turkey national teams. At the Under-16 and Under-17 levels he scored a total of 43 goals in 53 matches. At age 17 he was called up to the Turkish Under-21 squad to play in the U-21 European Championships qualifiers, making him the youngest player in the team.[ citation needed ]

He was first called up to the senior Turkish team by Fatih Terim during Turkey's 2010 world Cup Qualifiers in October 2008. [30] He made his senior debut on 11 October 2008, winning his first cap in the Group 5 game against Bosnia & Herzegovina. [31]

When he was only 18 years old, he was named as part of the squad for Turkey's friendly matches against the Ivory Coast in February 2009 but was an unused substitute. [32] While playing at Sivasspor in August 2015, he was called-up on national team once again by Fatih Terim, up against UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A encounters against Latvia and Netherlands. [33]

Playing style

Standing at nearly two meters, Karadeniz has great aerial ability. He can play on the wings or in midfield as has scored many of his goals in this slightly more deeper position as a second striker. [34]

Statistics

Club

As of 3 August 2022 [35] [36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] Continental [b] Other [c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beşiktaş 2007–08 Süper Lig 111402000171
2008–09 31001041
2009–10 [37] 0000100010
Total142404000222
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2008–09 Süper Lig14810158
Eskişehirspor 2010–11 Süper Lig25700257
2011–12 273426 [d] 5 [d] 3710
2012–13 00001010
Total52104210656317
Beşiktaş (loan) 2012–13 [38] Süper Lig11041 [e] 151
Trabzonspor 2013–14 [40] Süper Lig20002040
Elazığspor (loan) 2013–14 Süper Lig11311124
Sivasspor 2014–15 [41] Süper Lig316843910
2015–16 [42] 411051
Total357944411
St. Gallen 2015–16 Swiss Super League 700070
Şanlıurfaspor 2016–17 TFF First League 238632911
Sakaryaspor 2017–18 TFF Second League 187004 [f] 5 [f] 2212
Adana Demirspor 2017–18 TFF First League602181
Bandırmaspor 2018–19 TFF Second League1411001411
2019–20 139111410
Total2720112821
Tuzlaspor 2019–20 TFF Second League85003 [g] 3 [g] 118
Hekimoğlu Trabzon 2020–21 TFF Second League3224233 [h] 2 [h] 3729
Iğdır F.K. 2021–22 TFF Third League2616103 [i] 0 [i] 3016
Vanspor FK 2022–23 TFF Second League00000000
Career total2861103516701915347141
  1. Includes Turkish Cup and Swiss Cup
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
  3. Includes Turkish Super Cup, TFF Second League and TFF Third League promotion play-offs.
  4. 1 2 Appearances at Süper Lig Europa League qualification group
  5. Finishing 2011–12 Süper Lig in the fourth-place, Beşiktaş have been disqualified by UEFA from competing in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, due to incompliance with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. [39]
  6. 1 2 Appearances at 2017–18 TFF Second League promotion play-offs semi-finals and final
  7. 1 2 Appearances at 2019–20 TFF Second League promotion play-offs quarter-finals, semi-finals and final
  8. 1 2 Appearances at 2020–21 TFF Second League promotion play-offs quarter-finals and semi-finals
  9. 1 2 Appearances at 2021–22 TFF Third League promotion play-offs semi-finals and final

International

As of 11 October 2021 [43]
National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Turkey
200810
200910
Total20

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