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Arda Turan
Atlético Madrid A. Turan 001
Personal information
Full name Arda Turan
Date of birth 30 January 1987 (1987-01-30) (age 37)
Place of birth    Fatih, İstanbul, Flag of Turkey Turkey
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Youth clubs
1997–2000
2000–2005
Flag of Turkey Altıntepsi Makelspor
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2005–2011
2006
2011–2015
2015–2020
2018–2020
2020–2022
Total
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
Flag of TurkeyManisaspor (loan)
Flag of Spain Atlético Madrid
Flag of Spain FC Barcelona
Flag of Turkeyİstanbul Başakşehir (loan)
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
127 0(29)
015 00(2)
127 0(13)
032 00(5)
037 00(2)
011 00(3)
384 0(55)   
National team
2002
2003–2004
2003–2005
2004–2006
2005
2006
2006–2017
Flag of Turkey Turkey U-16
Flag of Turkey Turkey U-17
Flag of Turkey Turkey U-18
Flag of Turkey Turkey U-19
Flag of Turkey Turkey U-20
Flag of Turkey Turkey U-21
Flag of Turkey Turkey
010 00(2)
030 00(3)
011 00(2)
018 00(6)
0000(0)
0000(0)
100 0(17)

Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played most notably as a winger.

Turan is mostly known for his ball control, dribbling skills and vision. At age 21, prior to the 2009–10 season, he was named captain of Galatasaray.

Following a successful UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, Turan was ranked eighth in a selection of the 100 Best Young Football Players in the World piece published by Spanish magazine Don Balón in July 2008. Turan was ranked 38th in "The 100 Best Footballers in the World" by The Guardian in 2014, the only player on the list to be born in Turkey. On 25 November 2014, Turan was nominated for the UEFA Team of the Year for 2014, among 39 other players.

Turan holds 100 senior national caps and 17 goals for the Turkey national team, making him Turkey's fifth-most capped player of all-time.

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Galatasaray
Atlético Madrid
Barcelona
İstanbul Başakşehir
Turkey

Individual[]

  • Süper Lig Player of the Year (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Super Lig Top Assister (2): 2008–09 (9 Assists), 2009–10 (14 Assists)
  • Best Turkish Player in Europe (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
  • IFFHS most popular European footballer of 2009

External links[]

Turkey
Flag of Turkey Turkey

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Turkey – UEFA Euro 2008 – Semi-finalists

1. Rüştü 2. Servet 3. Hakan 4. Gökhan Zan 5. Emre (c) 6. M. Topal 7. M. Aurélio 8. Nihat 9. Semih 10. Gökdeniz 11. Tümer 12. Tolga 13. E. Güngör 14. Arda 15. E. Aşık 16. U. Boral 17. Tuncay 18. C. Kâzım 19. Ayhan 20. Sabri 21. Erdinç 22. Altıntop 23. Volkan Manager:  Flag of Turkey Fatih Terim

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Turkey – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage

1. Volkan Babacan 2. Semih 3. Hakan Balta 4. Ahmet 5. Nuri 6. Hakan Çalhanoğlu 7. Gökhan 8. Selçuk 9. Cenk 10. Arda (c) 11. Olcay 12. Onur 13. İsmail 14. Oğuzhan 15. Mehmet 16. Ozan 17. Burak 18. Caner 19. Yunus 20. Volkan Şen 21. Emre 22. Şener 23. Harun Manager:  Flag of Turkey Fatih Terim

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