Kerim Frei
Kerim Frei, 2014
Kerim Frei Koyunlu ( born November 19, 1993 Feldkirch ) is a Swiss- Turkish football player, who is in Beşiktaş Istanbul under contract.
Career
Association
At the age of 16 years, at that time with the juniors of Grasshopper Club Zurich, be free decided to move abroad. However, burst until the last second, a transfer to AS Roma, which he was without a club since. Instead of returning to his old club, he trained with his father with a single workout. A few weeks later signed him Fulham for their own offspring. He first went through the U-18 FC Fulham and was brought into the reserve team later. His debut for the first team of FC Fulham he gave on July 7, 2011 at the UEFA Europa League qualifier against NSÍ Runavík when he came on in the 72nd minute for Andy Johnson. His league debut, he completed Round 15 of the Premier League in the 0-2 defeat against Swansea City. He came off the bench at the registry of 0:1 in the 77th minute for Moussa Dembele. End of October 2012 he was loaned to early December 2012 the Welsh club Cardiff City in the Football League Championship.
In September 2013 moved to free the Turkish Süper Lig Beşiktaş Istanbul.
National
He played for the Swiss U-18 national team seven games ( four goals) and was a captain for the U- 19 of the Swiss national team. 29 February 2012 Free made his debut in the Swiss U -21 national team. He appeared as a substitute in the 1-2 defeat against Austria for the second half for Steven Zuber.
At the age of 18 years, Free decided to continue to play for the Turkish selection. On 9 August 2012, he was appointed for the first time in the squad of the Turkish national team for a friendly match, but did not play. He announced on November 14, 2012 his debut for Turkey against Denmark.
Family and private life
Kerim Frei has, besides the Swiss also the Turkish passport. His mother is from Morocco, his father from Turkey.
Achievements
- Eighth finalist in the U-20 World Cup: 2013