Arda Turan

Arda Turan ( 2013)

Arda Turan called Arda ( born January 30, 1987 in Fatih in the province of Istanbul) is a Turkish football player standing since the 2011/12 season at Atletico Madrid under contract.

  • 3.1 club
  • 3.2 national team

Career

In the club

Arda Turan comes from the youth of Galatasaray. In the 2005/06 season he played in the second half on loan at Manisaspor.

For the 2006/07 season Arda Turan returned to Galatasaray. In the Champions League qualifiers, he scored two goals against Mladá Boleslav and prepared three more before. After the first leg, he was praised by football experts throughout Europe and was. Due to his goals and assists in the Turkish league team regular in the team and also the Turkish national team, in which he made ​​his debut on 16 August 2006

In the 2006/07 season he was voted the best young player of the Turkish league.

In the 2007 /08 season Arda relevant with seven goals and 14 assists share of the profits of the league title had. On 33 Matchday he scored the 5:3 against Championship rivals Sivasspor a hat-trick and thus opened the way to the championship. Then, his contract was extended by a further year. For the season 2009/2010 he was appointed captain of the team and now bears the shirt number 10 in the 2010/11 season disappointed his team and reached only the 8th Place. Arda was injured because of a groin injury over half of the season. While media and parts of the fanbase him " listlessness " accused compressed towards the end of the season transfer speculation, but remained unconfirmed. Arda himself had shown previously open to change intentions, however, confirmed or denied anything.

For the 2011/12 season Arda was transferred for a transfer fee of 12 million euros and a possible additional fee of one million euros to Atletico Madrid. In a return to Turkey, Galatasaray has a transfer privilege. Matchday 2 of the Primera División he made his debut in the home match against CA Osasuna in dress from Atletico Madrid. November 30, 2011 Arda scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Europa League match against Celtic Glasgow. He scored 22 April 2012 in a 3-1 win against Espanyol Barcelona within two minutes two goals.

Turan won the Europa League with Atletico in 2012. In the final against Athletic Bilbao, which ended 3-0, he prepared a gate in front.

End of August 2012 Arda Turan with Atlético won the UEFA Super Cup in 2012. Himself in the final against Atlético put Chelsea FC by 4-1, in which the template was prepared for intermediate to 3-0 Radamel Falcao from him.

In the National Team

Turan made ​​his debut for the Turkish national football team in a friendly against Luxembourg on 16 August 2006. During the European Football Championship 2008, he caused a stir when he was able to achieve a goal back at the last minute, and against the Czech Republic in the preliminary round against Switzerland. In the semifinal against Germany, he was missing due to suspension. He scored three goals, including a penalty. In World Cup qualifying match on September 5, 2009, compared to Estonia Arda scored the 3:2 for Turkey; this goal was the 600th goal of the Turkish national football team. Arda has since become a solid regular in the national team.

Personal

At the beginning of the season 2010/2011 he caused a stir when he criticized the new pink jersey of Galatasaray partly with swear words in front of the camera.

Arda has been criticized in the past by the media, its intense nightlife hinder his professional performance. Arda, however, denied this and stated that neither lead to an intense nightlife to drink alcohol or participate in gambling.

Achievements

Association

  • Galatasaray Istanbul (2005-2011) Turkish Cup winner: 2005
  • Turkish champions: 2008
  • Turkish Super Cup winner: 2008
  • Best player of the Turkish first division (Superliga): 2008, 2009
  • Atlético Madrid ( since 2011 ) UEFA Europa League winner: 2012
  • UEFA Super Cup winner: 2012
  • Spanish Cup winner: 2013

National

  • Turkish Mediterranean selection Mediterranean Games: Silver medal in 2005 in Almería, Spain
  • Turkish national team UEFA European Championship: semi-finalist in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland ( 3 appearances / 2 goals)
Istanbul Province Galatasaray S.K. Copa del Rey 2012–13 Copa del Rey 2005 Mediterranean Games Tiago Mendes David Villa Thibaut Courtois Diego Costa Juan Francisco Torres Diego Ribas da Cunha Diego Simeone
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