Erkan Zengin

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Erkan Zengin
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Zengin playing for Eskişehirspor in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Kulu, Turkey
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 IFK Haninge
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Hammarby TFF 23 (10)
2004–2008 Hammarby IF 92 (8)
2009 → Beşiktaş (loan) 2 (0)
2009–2010 Beşiktaş 0 (0)
2010 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 12 (2)
2010–2015 Eskişehirspor 145 (18)
2015–2016 Trabzonspor 40 (3)
2016–2018 Eskişehirspor 44 (15)
2018 Hammarby IF 3 (0)
2018–2019 Fatih Karagümrük 43 (21)
2020–2021 Adana Demirspor 27 (12)
2021 Tuzlaspor 3 (0)
2022–2023 Segeltorps IF 26 (11)
2024– IFK Haninge 18 (7)
International career
1999–2000 Turkey U16 6 (0)
2002 Turkey U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Sweden U21 13 (2)
2013–2016 Sweden 21 (3)
Managerial career
2019 Fatih Karagümrük
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for IFK Haninge. [1] A full international between 2013 and 2016, he won 21 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016.

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Early life

Zengin was born in Kulu, Turkey – but moved to Stockholm, Sweden, together with his Turkish parents when he was a few weeks old. [2] [3] He grew up in Botkyrka and started to play football at age six with the local club Norsborgs IF. In 1994, at age 9, he moved to Hammarby IF. [4]

Club career

In January 2009, Zengin signed a half-year loan contract with Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş had the option to buy him in summer for a fee of €400,000. [5]

On 28 July 2016, Zengin joined Eskişehirspor again. [6]

International career

Zengin played for his birth country Turkey in youth competitions, before choosing to represent the Sweden national team in senior competition, the country in which he grew up. [7]

He made his senior international debut for Sweden on 26 March 2013, playing from start in an away match against Slovakia. [8] He was a squad player for Sweden at Euro 2016, where he came on as a substitute in the last group game against Belgium. [9]

Zengin announced his retirement from international duty following the tournament, having represented Sweden 21 times, scoring 3 goals. [10] [9]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201330
201482
201571
201630
Total213

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zengin goal.

List of international goals scored by Erkan Zengin
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
18 September 2014 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, AustriaFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–11–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [11]
212 October 2014 Friends Arena, Solna, SwedenFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [12]
312 October 2015Friends Arena, Solna, SwedenFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [13]

Honours

Beşiktaş

Segeltorps IF

IFK Haninge

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ "Erkan Zengin: "Türkiye'de futbolcular kral gibi"" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Zengin: "Det värsta jag har varit med om"". Expressen. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ ""Hade jag inte haft fotbollen hade det kunnat gå riktigt illa"". Expressen. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Zengins miljonklipp Archived 23 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine ." (in Swedish) Fotbollsverige. Retrieved on 14 February 2009.
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  10. ↑ "Erkan Zengin väljer att sluta i landslaget". 23 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Österrike - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Sverige - Liechtenstein - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Sverige - Moldavien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Division 3 södra Svealand". www.everysport.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Mitti".
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