Eren Derdiyok was born on 12 June 1988 and is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker.
23 Facts About Eren Derdiyok
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From an early age Eren Derdiyok played his youth football for the Basel local football club BSC Old Boys Basel and advanced through the ranks.
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Eren Derdiyok immediately became regular player and scored 10 goals in just 18 appearances in the first half of the season.
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Eren Derdiyok joined Basel's U-21 team, who played in the third tier.
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Eren Derdiyok was then called up by Gross into Basel's first team.
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Eren Derdiyok scored 17 goals in the domestic league, six in the cup, two in the European games and the other 16 were scored during the test games.
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On 28 May 2009, Bayer Leverkusen secured Eren Derdiyok's signature, committing him to a four-year contract until 30 June 2013, after attracting major European clubs attention, including Galatasaray and some Serie A clubs, he finally joined his Swiss teammate Tranquillo Barnetta.
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Prior moving to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Eren Derdiyok was linked with joining English side Everton but he however rejected a move, stating he is adamant that he is eager to make a proposed summer switch to Leverkusen.
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Eren Derdiyok replaced the long-term absentee Patrick Helmes in the starting lineup.
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Eren Derdiyok's goals contributed to the fact that Bayer Leverkusen was ranked first after the first leg of this season.
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On matchday 2 of the Bundesliga, Eren Derdiyok scored in the league-match against Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Later this season Eren Derdiyok ended up in the hospital, needing seven stitches for a cut that he suffered in a freak injury when he knocked over the glass in which he keeps his toothbrush and then overlooked a shard of glass and cut his foot open on it.
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Eren Derdiyok's injury made him miss three weeks; he returned from injury when he was on the bench in a match against 1.
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Eren Derdiyok would be demoted to the reserve side because his higher wages were affecting the club's finance and he was no longer included in the first team under manager Markus Gisdol.
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Eren Derdiyok was sent to the club's reserve side by Manager Gisdol.
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However, Eren Derdiyok featured less and only appeared on the bench instead.
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Eren Derdiyok cited moving to Turkey as "target and ideal" Eren Derdiyok would spend the next three seasons at the Istanbul club.
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On 10 July 2019, Eren Derdiyok completed a free transfer with Goztepe on a two-year deal with an option to extend by an additional season.
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On 3 January 2024, Eren Derdiyok announced his retirement from professional football, after managing only four games in the six months at Schaffhausen.
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Eren Derdiyok made his international debut for Switzerland on 6 February 2008, as a second-half substitute against England at Wembley Stadium in London.
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Eren Derdiyok was named as part of the Switzerland squad to play at UEFA Euro 2008 and was the youngest player at the tournament at 19 years old.
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Eren Derdiyok made a big impact at the tournament and became better known because of it.
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Eren Derdiyok was in the Switzerland 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup where he played twice.