Murat Erdoğan (born 1 August 1976) is an English-born Turkish former professional footballer and a businessperson.

Murat Erdoğan
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-08-01) 1 August 1976 (age 48)
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

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Erdoğan 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

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Since 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

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Erdoğan lives in Istanbul, Bodrum and London.

He still regularly plays football.[3] and keeps fit.

References

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  1. ^ Murat Erdoğan at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Kasımpaşa'da 3 imza" (in Turkish). NTVSpor. 1 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Murat Erdoğan'ın Golü - Beşiktaş 5 v Galatasaray 5".