Erkan Zengin
Erkan Zengin (2014)
Erkan Zengin (* August 5, 1985 in Kulu ) is a Swedish footballer of Turkish descent. The midfielder, who aground for youth national teams of both football associations, won in 2009 with the Turkish Cup Beşiktaş JK and the national cup.
Career
Breakthrough in Sweden
Zengin began in the early 1990s with the football matches Norsborgs IF. The age of nine he moved to the youth department of Hammarby IF, where he held various youth teams until 2002. In 2002, he joined Hammarby Talang FF, the farm team Hammarby IF. For An incoming in the fourth division Division 2 team, he scored ten goals in his first season. Overall, he played two seasons in the team and was appointed in parallel in the Turkish U-18 selection.
2004 Zengin returned to Hammarby IF in order in the same year for the first time for the club in Allsvenskan used. In the following season the midfield all-rounder could get caught in the squad Erstligamannschaft and was used regularly - but mostly as a substitute. After he had chosen the Swedish junior national team he came on 6 June 2005 in a 2-1 win over the Norwegian junior national team in the Swedish U-21 team to its debut, which he was able to crown with a score. As a result, he established himself in the selection. In the season of 2007, he fought for the right of midfield at Hammarby finally a regular place and stood in 23 Erstligapartien in the starting lineup.
Move abroad
In January 2009, Zengin left on loan Sweden and moved to Beşiktaş JK. The Turkish club agreed with HIF a purchase option at the end of the six -month loan period. Under coach Mustafa Denizli he came up to the summer break to two inserts in the Süper Lig and the Türkiye Kupası and contributed to winning the Turkish doubles. First, the club had the option unused, but decided after running off to another commitment Zengins. After negotiations between the two clubs agreed to allow players to transfer for a fee in the amount of 3 million Swedish crowns in Turkey. However, he did not play in the first half of the season the season 2009/10. Therefore, he moved on loan until end of season for Premier League rivals Eskişehirspor.
After good performances of the club decided to exercise the purchase option, and took Zengin to Eskisehir, where he initially signed a two -year contract. With good services he established himself as a regular player on the side of Volkan Yaman, Sezer Öztürk and Safet Nadarević he finished with the club in the season 2010/11 the seventh place in the table. In the following season he was temporarily slowed by injuries before in the Turkish championship during the season 2012/13 he moved into the focus of the Swedish national team coach Erik Hamrén for good performance. This nominated him in March 2013 for the upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Ireland for the first time in the national team. In this he had no game time but a few days later he made his debut on 26 March during a friendly match against Slovakia in the starting lineup for the national team.
National
Zengin was discovered during his time with Hammarby IF for Turkish youth national teams and played 2002 times for the Turkish U-18 and U-19 national team. He says that he received a total of twelve nominations and was used eight times. However, he played according to the instructions of the Turkish Football Federation Turkish twice for the Turkish U -18 and U- once for the 19th Since that time he was suffering from fear of flying and his parents did not want him to send the usually two week long camps in the Turkish youth national teams, he did not play for the Turkish youth Nationalmannschafte in the following.
Later he was nominated in the squad of the Swedish U- 21 team and then decided to play from now on for the Swedish U -21. He made his debut on 6 June 2005 in a 2-1 win over the Norwegian U- 21 team that he was able to crown with a score. As a result, he was a first for the regular players of the Swedish U- 21st
After he was impersonated in Turkey and developed here in the first division Eskişehirspor one of the best players at his position, he was nominated by the trade press as a candidate for the Turkish national team. He himself has repeatedly stated that he would in the case of nomination opt for the Turkish national team. In the season 2012/13 were demonstrated by the collaboration with his club coach Ersun Yanal a significant increase in performance and was presented by the press as one of the two players with the most development.
Despite these developments, Zengin was a long time from Turkey coach Abdullah Avcı with the national team nominations not considered. In the meantime, the Swedish coach Erik Hamrén became aware of Zengin and nominated him as part of the World Cup 2014 qualifiers against the Irish national team in the squad of the Swedish national team. After his nomination in the Swedish national team, he revised his earlier statements regarding his national team selection and stated that he had previously opted for Sweden. This he justified with the fact that his family live in Sweden and he grew up there.
Achievements
- Turkish champions: 2008/ 09
- Turkish Cup winner: 2008/ 09