.jpg) Turan with Turkey in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arda Turan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey[2] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eyüpspor (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Altıntepsi Makelspor | ||
| 2000–2005 | Galatasaray | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Galatasaray | 130 | (29) |
| 2006 | → Manisaspor (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2011–2015 | Atlético Madrid | 127 | (13) |
| 2015–2020 | Barcelona | 36 | (5) |
| 2018–2020 | → Istanbul Başakşehir (loan) | 37 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Galatasaray | 39 | (4) |
| Total | 384 | (55) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Turkey U16 | 10 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Turkey U17 | 30 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | Turkey U18 | 11 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Turkey U19 | 17 | (6) |
| 2005 | Turkey U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Turkey U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2017 | Turkey | 100 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023– | Eyüpspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who mainly played as a winger. He is currently the manager of Eyüpspor.
During his playing career, Turan was 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.[4] 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.[5] On 25 November 2014, Turan was nominated for the UEFA Team of the Year for 2014, among 39 other players.[6][7]
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.
- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 14 de diciembre de 2014, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 14 December 2014, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Arda Turan – Player Details". Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Arda Turan". Atlético Madrid. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Who on earth is Arda Turan?". FootballingWorld.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ "The 100 best footballers in the world 2014 – interactive". The Guardian. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Vote for UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2014". UEFA. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Premier League players miss out in Uefa's team of the year shortlist". The Guardian. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.