Colin Kazim-Richards

Colin Kazim-Richards
Kazim-Richards playing for Bursaspor in 2014
Personal information
Full name Colin Kazim-Richards[1]
Date of birth (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Leyton, London, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–1997 Interwood
1997–1998 Queens Park Rangers
1998–2001 Arsenal
2001–2004 Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Bury 30 (3)
2005–2006 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 (6)
2006–2007 Sheffield United 27 (1)
2007–2011 Fenerbahçe 66 (5)
2010Toulouse (loan) 15 (2)
2011–2013 Galatasaray 31 (5)
2012Olympiacos (loan) 9 (1)
2012–2013Blackburn Rovers (loan) 28 (3)
2013–2015 Bursaspor 16 (0)
2014–2015Feyenoord (loan) 27 (11)
2015–2016 Feyenoord 11 (1)
2016 Celtic 11 (1)
2016 Coritiba 21 (3)
2017–2018 Corinthians 15 (4)
2018Lobos BUAP (loan) 10 (3)
2019 Veracruz 23 (8)
2020 Pachuca 14 (3)
2020–2022 Derby County 61 (13)
2022–2023 Fatih Karagümrük 17 (0)
International career
2007 Turkey U21 5 (1)
2008 Turkey B 1 (0)
2007–2015 Turkey 37 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is a British-born former professional footballer who played as a forward. Internationally, he represented the Turkey national football team.

Born and raised in England, he qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's heritage.[3] An anglicised form of the Turkish given name Kâzım was intended to be a middle name, which would have rendered his full name as Colin Kazim Richards, but due to an error, he was legally registered as Colin Kazim-Richards.[3]

Having played as a junior for Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal, Kazim-Richards was handed a professional contract by Bury. He also went on to feature in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion before transferring to Premier League side Sheffield United where he remained for one season. Following his declaration to play for Turkey internationally, he went on to forge a career in Europe with Fenerbahçe, Toulouse, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, Bursaspor and Feyenoord. He had brief spells back in the United Kingdom with Blackburn Rovers, Celtic and Derby County as well as spent four years playing in Brazil and Mexico with Coritiba, Corinthians, Lobos BUAP, Veracruz and Pachuca.

In 2007, he chose to represent Turkey at international level, retiring in 2015. Kazim-Richards earned 37 caps, scoring twice. He was also capped at Turkey U21 and Turkey B level.

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 17. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Mainstream Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
  3. ^ a b "I can handle the pressure insists new striker". The Argus. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.