Arda Turan | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Arda Turan | |
Date of birth | 30 January 1987 | |
Place of birth | Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey | |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
Playing position | Winger | |
Youth clubs | ||
1997–2000 2000–2005 |
Altıntepsi Makelspor Galatasaray | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2005–2011 2006 2011–2015 2015–2020 2018–2020 2020–2022 Total |
Galatasaray → Manisaspor (loan) Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona → İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) Galatasaray |
127 15 (2) 127 (13) 32 (5) 37 (2) 11 (3) 384 (55) | (29)
National team | ||
2002 2003–2004 2003–2005 2004–2006 2005 2006 2006–2017 |
Turkey U-16 Turkey U-17 Turkey U-18 Turkey U-19 Turkey U-20 Turkey U-21 Turkey |
30 (3) 11 (2) 18 (6) 2 (0) 2 (0) 100 (17) | 10 (2)
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
- Süper Lig (1): 2007–08
- Türkiye Kupası (1): 2004–05
- Süper Kupa (1): 2007–08
- Atlético Madrid
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2012
- UEFA Europa League (1): 2011–12
- Copa del Rey (1): 2012–13
- Barcelona
- İstanbul Başakşehir
- Süper Lig: 2019–20
- Turkey
- UEFA European Championship: Semi-finals (1): 2008
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[]
- Arda Turan profile at Soccerbase
- Arda Turan profile at Transfermarkt
Turkey |
Turkish competitions · Turkish Coaches · Turkish players · Turkish Stadiums |
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: Fatih Terim |
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: Fatih Terim |