Colin Kazim-Richards
Colin Kazim-Richards (2014)
Colin Kazim-Richards ( born August 26, 1986 in Leytonstone, London, England), especially in Turkey, also known as Kâzım Kâzım, is a football player who is under contract at Bursaspor.
Life
Kâzım -Richards was born in the London borough of Leytonstone son of a Turkish Cypriot and a Antiguaners. In Waltham, he then went to the Greenleaf Primary School. There he became interested in early for football. At the Aveling Park School in Walthamstow, he played for the school team. He began his professional career in Bury 15 years. There he developed so well that bigger clubs were aware of him.
Career
In the club
Brighton
At age 19 he signed a three-year contract at Brighton for £ 250,000. In the 2005/06 season he scored six goals for his club and even the 5000th in the history of the league.
Sheffield United
On 31 August 2006, Brighton sold it for £ 1.5 million to Sheffield United. Kâzım -Richards helped his team against FC Middlesbrough on 30 September for the first win in the Premier League. Through his presentation, Rob Hulse was able to achieve it 2-1. Kâzım -Richards scored his first Premier League goal, his first and only goal for Sheffield United against Bolton Wanderers. This led to the final score of 2:2.
Fenerbahce
For the 2007/2008 season, he spent four years in Turkey for Fenerbahce. The release was 1.9 million euros. His first game for Fenerbahçe, he played on August 5, 2007, in the Turkish Super Cup game against local rivals Beşiktaş Istanbul. His first goal for Fenerbahçe he achieved on 23 January 2008 in the Cup game against Alanyaspor. His contract with Fenerbahçe runs until 30 June 2011 and includes an uncommitted transfer fee of 10 million euros.
For the 2009/2010 season convinced Kâzım -Richards at the beginning of the season so far achieved in the first seven games of the season 3 goals, but later in the first round, he fell rather with antics on the field as well as off-side of the pitch, rather than performance. Thus, the Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yıldırım, decided to suspend him. The President gave him let him pull the release with a good offer. Since so far have found no good deals, he was loaned to FC Toulouse. During the winter break of the 2010/11 season his contract with Fenerbahçe was dissolved.
Toulouse FC (loan )
In January 2010 he was loaned to FC Toulouse, initially until the end of season; In addition, Toulouse had an option to purchase in the amount of 4 million euros. Since he has there not convinced that the French have not taken the option to buy. Thus he returned to Fenerbahce to get a second chance.
Galatasaray
Colin Kazim Richards moved to its rescission for Fenerbahçe free transfer to local rivals Galatasaray. His contract runs until June 2014. He wears the number 80 on his first game for Galatasaray in the cup game against Beypazari Sekerspor him get both an assist and a goal. His first league goal for Galatasaray scored Richards on 18 March 2011 against arch-rivals Fenerbahce Istanbul.
Olympiakos Piraeus
Richards was awarded for the remainder of the season 2011/12 at the Greek club Olympiakos Piraeus. The Greeks had an option to purchase, which amounted to 1.5 million euros. In his first game of football in Greece, he was pelted with bananas.
Blackburn Rovers
Colin Kazim-Richards was loaned for the season 2012/13 to the English second division club Blackburn Rovers.
Bursaspor
On September 3, 2013 Richards moved to Bursaspor.
In the National Team
Through his maternal ancestry Colin was eligible to play for Turkey. Thus he was spoiled for choice, theoretically he could have played for Antigua or England. He finally decided to Turkey. On March 24, 2007 Colin Kazim-Richards made his debut for the Turkish U-21 national team against Switzerland, in the game he also scored his first goal and prepared by one goal.
Kâzım Kâzım was appointed by the Turkish national team for the European Championship 2008 in Switzerland and Austria in the Turkish squad.
Achievements
Fenerbahce
- 2 × Turkish Super Cup Winner: 2007 & 2009
- Reaching the quarter- finals of the UEFA Champions League: 2007/ 08
Galatasaray
- Turkish champions: 2012
- Turkish Super Cup Winner: 2013
Olympiakos Piraeus
- Greek champions: 2011/12
- Greek Cup Winners: 2011/12
Turkish national team
- Reaching the semi-finals of the European Championship 2008 in Switzerland and Austria