Murat Erdoğan (born 1 August 1976) is an English-born Turkish former professional footballer and a businessperson.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 51 | (10) |
1999–2002 | Istanbulspor | 87 | (5) |
2002–2003 | Gaziantepspor | 29 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Galatasaray | 17 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Malatyaspor | 33 | (6) |
2005–2006 | Ankaraspor | 28 | (2) |
2006–2007 | Sakaryaspor | 32 | (2) |
2007–2009 | MKE Ankaragücü | 30 | (4) |
2009 | Sivasspor | 15 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Kasımpaşa | 24 | (3) |
2010–2012 | Manisaspor | 58 | (9) |
2012–2013 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Playing career
editErdoğan was born in London, England. He played as a left-footed midfielder, scoring 48 goals in 410 professional appearances.[citation needed] After being spotted playing during a Sunday league game on Hackney Marshes in London, he was invited to play for Mersin İdman Yurdu. After a transfer to İstanbulspor, Erdoğan's career saw him play for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Malatyaspor, Ankaraspor, Sakaryaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Sivasspor, Kasımpaşa, and Manisaspor in the Turkish league.[citation needed] In September 2009, he moved to Kasımpaşa S.K.[2] before returning to Mersin İdman Yurdu, where he ended his professional football career, playing for the team he first signed for sixteen years previously.[citation needed]
Later career
editSince 2018, Erdoğan has been the director of ME10 Football, an agency for professional footballers.[citation needed] He worked as sporting director for Konyaspor from 2015 to 2016 .[citation needed] Prior to that Erdoğan worked for Sivasspor as sporting director from June 2013 until February 2014.
Personal
editErdoğan lives in Istanbul, Bodrum and London.
He still regularly plays football.[3] and keeps fit.
References
edit- ^ Murat Erdoğan at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Kasımpaşa'da 3 imza" (in Turkish). NTVSpor. 1 September 2009.
- ^ "Murat Erdoğan'ın Golü - Beşiktaş 5 v Galatasaray 5".