Yıldıray Baştürk
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| Yıldıray Baştürk | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Yıldıray Baştürk | |
| Date of birth | December 24, 1978 (age 28) | |
| Place of birth | Herne, Germany | |
| Height | 1.68m | |
| Playing position | Central attacking midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hertha Berlin | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–1997 1997–2001 2001–2004 2004–present |
SG Wattenscheid 09 VfL Bochum Bayer Leverkusen Hertha Berlin |
0 (0) 104 (13) 73 (8) 53 (13) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998–present | Turkey | 45 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Yıldıray Baştürk (born December 24, 1978 in Herne, Germany) is a German-born Turkish footballer.
The son of a miner, Baştürk began his football career at Sportfreunden Wanne-Eickel. As a teenager Baştürk played for SG Wattenscheid 09, and his breakthrough in the Bundesliga came with city rivals VfL Bochum, for whom he even played in the UEFA Cup. After the 2001 transfer to Bayer 04 Leverkusen more success was coming his way. Baştürk and Leverkusen finished second in the German league, the German Cup and the 2002 Champions League Final. In 2002 he also played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where the Turkish team won the bronze medal. Baştürk currently has 45 caps and 2 goals for Turkey.
In July 2004 he was transferred to Hertha BSC Berlin.
[edit] Playing career
- 1996/97 - SG Wattenscheid 09 (0/0)
- 1997/98 - VfL Bochum (17/1)
- 1998/99 - VfL Bochum (28/1)
- 1999/00 - VfL Bochum (30/7)
- 2000/01 - VfL Bochum (29/4)
- 2001/02 - Bayer Leverkusen (30/3)
- 2002/03 - Bayer Leverkusen (26/3)
- 2003/04 - Bayer Leverkusen (17/2)
- 2004/05 - Hertha BSC Berlin (25/7)
- 2005/06 - Hertha BSC Berlin
- 2006/07 - Hertha BSC Berlin
[edit] Name
- Although it is customary for Turkish footballers to be known by their first name (ie EMRE Belözoĝlu, ÜMIT Davala, HASAN Şaş, HAKAN Şükür, RÜŞTÜ Reçber), Baştürk is usually known by his surname due to his German upbringing and his rise to prominence coming in German football.
- "Baştürk" means "Chief Turk" in Turkish. "Baş" means head, or chief and "Türk" unsurprisingly means Turk.
[edit] External links
- Club bio
- (Dutch) Voetbal international
- (German) Leverkusen who's who
- Official Website
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Turkey squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place | |
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1 Rüştü | 2 Emre Aşık | 3 Bülent | 4 Fatih | 5 Alpay | 6 Arif | 7 Okan | 8 Tugay | 9 Hakan Şükür | 10 Baştürk | 11 Hasan Şaş | 12 Ömer | 13 İzzet | 14 Tayfur | 15 Nihat | 16 Ümit Özat | 17 İlhan Mansız | 18 Ergün | 19 Abdullah | 20 Hakan Ünsal | 21 Emre Belözoğlu | 22 Ümit Davala | 23 Zafer | Coach: Güneş |
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| Hertha BSC Berlin - Current Squad |
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3 Friedrich | 4 van Burik | 5 Chahed | 6 Gilberto | 7 Baştürk | 8 Dárdai | 9 Pantelić | 11 Cairo | 12 Fiedler | 13 Giménez | 14 Šimunić | 15 Mineiro | 16 Dejagah | 17 Boateng | 18 Lakić | 20 Zecke | 21 Okoronkwo | 23 Cagara | 27 Wallschläger | 29 Fathi | 32 R. Müller | 33 Stuhr-Ellegaard | 37 C. Müller | 38 Ebert | 39 Ede | Manager: Götz |
