14 Facts About Ertan Irizik

Ertan Irizik was born on 1 December 1964 and is a Swiss retired football defender.

Ertan Irizik is the elder half-brother of Murat and Hakan Yakin.

Ertan Irizik worked for both of them as advisor from the very beginning of their football careers.

Ertan Irizik played his youth football with Concordia Basel and in 1982 advanced to their first team, who at that time played in the 1.

Ertan Irizik appeared in 22 of the team's 30 league games, all but two in the starting 11.

Ertan Irizik stayed with the club only these two seasons and during this time he played a total of 86 games for Basel scoring 3 goals.

Ertan Irizik moved to the Espenmoos and signed for St Gallen.

Ertan Irizik was strong in the forward movements, relentless when defending and soon earned himself the nickname "Eisenfuss".

Ertan Irizik, who became Swiss in 1991, complained that the transfer fee that the club was demanding for him was too high and, therefore, he bought his own release.

TuS Celle had ambitions for promotion, but Ertan Irizik was not happy in Lower Saxony.

Ertan Irizik moved on to play for Gossau in the third tier of Swiss football.

Ertan Irizik was not only player, but employed as assistant trainer.

However, just one season later they suffered relegation and Ertan Irizik retired from his professional football career.

Ertan Irizik then moved on to Bruhl St Gallen as amateur player and was employed as assistant trainer.