Okan Aydın
 Aydın warming up for Eskişehirspor in 2014 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Okan Aydın | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1994 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Leverkusen, Germany[1] | ||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| –2002 | SV 07 Setterich | ||||||||
| 2002–2012 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen II | 28 | (5) | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | Eskişehirspor | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014– | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 64 | (7) | ||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U16 | 5 | (2) | ||||||
| 2010–2011 | Germany U17 | 21 | (5) | ||||||
| 2012 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013 | Turkey U19 | 11 | (2) | ||||||
| 2013 | Turkey U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:36, 8 May 2016 (UTC). | |||||||||
Okan Aydın (Turkish pronunciation: [oˈkan ajˈdɯn], born 8 May 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Rot-Weiß Erfurt.[2]
Club career
He went through Bayer Leverkusen's youth ranks and eventually made his Bundesliga debut in October 2012 in a 2–2 draw with Mainz 05, as a substitute for Simon Rolfes. On 6 September 2013, he joined Eskişehirspor on a three-year contract.[3] After not being able to establish himself at the Turkish club and earning only a single cap during the 2013–14 season, he moved back to Germany and joined 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. There he signed a one-year contract including a two-year extension clause.[4]
International career
Aydın played for the Turkey national under-19 football team, which won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. He also represented Turkey at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Aydin also represented Germany at the 2011 U17 World Cup where he helped Germany obtain third place after losing a dramatic overtime game in the semifinals to the eventual champions and hosts Mexico.[5]
References
- ↑ "Okan Aydin". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Aydin, Okan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "Eskisehirspor sign Bayer 04 Leverkusen winger Okan Aydin". 6 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Rot-Weiß verpflichtet Okan Aydin" [Red-White signs Okan Aydin] (in German). Rot-Weiß Erfurt. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "Gomez the hero for mighty Mexico". FIFA.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
External links
- Turkish Football Federation profile
- Okan Aydın – UEFA competition record
- Okan Aydın – FIFA competition record
- Okan Aydın profile at Fussballdaten
- Okan Aydın profile at Soccerway