Arif Erdem

Arif Erdem
Arif Erdem (2013)
Personnel
birthday	2nd January 1972
place of birth	Istanbul ,  Turkey
size	180 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
	Zeytinburnuspor
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1991-2000	Galatasaray Istanbul	245 (64)
2000-2001	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	2 0(1)
2001-2005	Galatasaray Istanbul	103 (41)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1994-2003	Turkey	60 (11)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2006-2011	Istanbul BB (Assistant Trainer)
2011–2012	Istanbul BB
1 Only league games are given.

Arif Erdem (born January 2, 1972 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish national soccer player of Albanian descent .

Player career

society

The striker played 348 league games for Galatasaray Istanbul , scoring 105 goals. He played 86 games in European competitions with 16 goals. He also appeared for the Turkish national team 60 times and scored eleven times.

He became famous when he scored an important goal in the 1993 Champions League qualifier against Manchester United in the memorable 3: 3 at Old Trafford Stadium , with which Galatasaray qualified for the main round. Otherwise he was known for his free kicks and sprints.

In the league game against Altay Izmir on April 11, 2003 Erdem scored his 100th first division goal and made it into the 100th club of the highest Turkish division.

Besides half a season in Spain, he played for Galatasaray for 14 years. He was one of the most important players in the first Turkish UEFA Cup victory in 2000. In the 2001/02 season he was with 21 goals together with İlhan Mansız top scorer of the Turkish league.

National team

With the squad of the Turkish national team , he reached third place at the 2002 World Cup in Japan / South Korea . Erdem ended his career in 2005.

Coaching career

From 2006 to November 2011 he worked as an assistant trainer at Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor . On November 17, 2011, he took over the team as head coach and left the club at the end of the season.

successes

As a national player

• Third place in the World Cup with Turkey at the 2002 World Cup in Japan & South Korea

With his club

• UEFA Cup Winner: 2000
• Turkish champion (7): 1993 , 1994 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2002
• Turkish Cup Winner (5): 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005

Individually

• 100 club member of the Süper Lig

Award

• Top scorer together with İlhan Mansız of the 2001/2002 Süper Lig season

Web links

• Arif Erdem in the database of weltfussball.de
• Arif Erdem (Player Profile) in the database of the Turkish Football Federation (English)
• Arif Erdem (trainer profile) in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
• Arif Erdem in the database of kicker.de
• Arif Erdem in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography at milliyet.com.tr , last accessed on November 20, 2015
2. ↑ Milliyet: "Arif muradına erdi", April 12, 2003, page 28 (accessed November 12, 2013)