Eren Derdiyok

Eren Derdiyok
Derdiyok with Switzerland in 2015
Personal information
Full name Eren Derdiyok[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1994–2005 Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Old Boys 18 (10)
2006 FC Basel U-21 17 (10)
2007–2009 FC Basel 63 (17)
2009–2012 Bayer Leverkusen 90 (25)
2012–2014 1899 Hoffenheim 19 (1)
2013–2014Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 18 (1)
2014–2016 Kasımpaşa 40 (15)
2016–2019 Galatasaray 63 (20)
2019–2020 Göztepe 5 (0)
2020–2021 Pakhtakor Tashkent 29 (12)
2021–2023 Ankaragücü 32 (10)
2023–2024 Schaffhausen 4 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Switzerland U19 7 (7)
2007–2009 Switzerland U21 7 (8)
2008–2018 Switzerland 60 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eren Derdiyok (born 12 June 1988) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a former Swiss international.[3][4] A journeyman, Derdiyok has played for ten different clubs in Europe, as well as a one year stint in Uzbekistan's capital with Pakhtakor Tashkent.

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Derdiyok, Eren" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The changing face of the World Cup". sbs.com.au. 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. ^ Dzuba, Oliver (19 August 2010). "Eren Derdiyok: Still Switzerland's Great Hope". insidefutbol.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.