Colin Kâzım-Richards

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Kâzım Kâzım
Colin Kazim Richards Bursaspor.JPG
Colin Kâzım-Richards (2014)
Personnel
Surname Colin Kâzım-Richards
birthday August 26, 1986
place of birth LeytonstoneEngland
size 186 cm
position Sturm , midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2005 Bury FC 30 0(3)
2005-2006 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 0(6)
2006-2007 Sheffield United 27 0(1)
2007-2011 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 77 0(8)
2010 →  Toulouse FC  (loan) 15 0(2)
2011-2013 Galatasaray Istanbul 31 0(5)
2012 →  Olympiacos Piraeus  (loan) 9 0(1)
2012-2013 →  Blackburn Rovers  (loan) 28 0(3)
2013-2015 Bursaspor 16 0(0)
2014-2015 →  Feyenoord Rotterdam  (loan) 29 (12)
2015-2016 Feyenoord Rotterdam 11 0(1)
2016 Celtic Glasgow 11 0(1)
2016 Coritiba FC 21 0(3)
2017-2018 Corinthians São Paulo 48 0(5)
2018 Lobos de la BUAP 10 0(3)
2019 CD Veracruz 18 0(5)
2020– CF Pachuca 9 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2007 Turkey U-21 5 0(1)
2008 Turkey U-23 1 0(0)
2007-2016 Turkey 37 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 14, 2020

Colin Kâzım-Richards (born August 26, 1986 in Leytonstone , London , England ), mainly known as Kâzım Kâzım in Turkey , is a football player .

Life

Kâzım-Richards was born in the London borough of Leytonstone, the son of an Antiguan and a Cypriot Turk . In Waltham he then went to Greenleaf Primary School. There he became interested in football from an early age. He played for the school team at Aveling Park School in Walthamstow. He started his professional career in Bury at the age of 15. There he developed so well that larger clubs took notice of him.

Career

In the club

Brighton

At 19, he signed a three-year deal with Brighton for £ 250,000. In the 2005/06 season he scored six goals for his club and even the 5,000th in the history of the league.

Sheffield United

On August 31, 2006, Brighton sold him to Sheffield United for £ 1,500,000 . Kâzım-Richards helped his team win their first Premier League victory against Middlesbrough FC on September 30th . With his submission, Rob Hulse was able to achieve the 2-1. Kâzım-Richards scored his first Premier League goal, his first and only goal for Sheffield United against Bolton Wanderers . This led to the final score of 2: 2.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

For the 2007/2008 season he moved to Turkey to Fenerbahçe Istanbul for four years . The fee was 1.9 million euros. He played his first game for Fenerbahçe on August 5, 2007 in the Turkish Supercup game against local rivals Beşiktaş Istanbul . He scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on January 23, 2008 in the cup match against Alanyaspor . His contract with Fenerbahçe runs until June 30, 2011 and includes a fixed transfer fee of around 10 million euros.

For the 2009/2010 season Kâzım-Richards convinced at the beginning of the first half of the season scored 3 goals in the first 7 games of the season, but in the further course of the first half of the season he was more likely to have antics on and off the field than with performance. So the Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yıldırım decided to suspend him. The President gave him clearance if he got a good offer to let him go. Since there were no good offers in the episode, he was awarded to Toulouse FC. During the winter break of the 2010/11 season, his contract with Fenerbahçe was dissolved.

Toulouse FC (loan)

In January 2010 he was loaned to FC Toulouse , initially until the end of the season; in addition, Toulouse had a purchase option of 4 million euros. Since he was not convincing there, the French did not take the purchase option. So he returned to Fenerbahçe Istanbul for a second chance.

Galatasaray Istanbul

Colin Kazim Richards moved to local rivals Galatasaray Istanbul on a free transfer after terminating his contract at Fenerbahçe . His contract runs until June 2014. He wears the number 80. In his first game for Galatasaray in the cup match against Beypazari Sekerspor, he scored both an assist and a goal. Richards scored his first league goal for Galatasaray on March 18, 2011 against arch-rivals Fenerbahce Istanbul.

Olympiacos Piraeus

Richards was loaned to the Greek club Olympiacos for the remainder of the 2011/12 season. The Greeks had a purchase option that was 1.5 million euros. Bananas were thrown at his first soccer game in Greece.

Blackburn Rovers

Colin Kâzım-Richards was loaned to the English second division Blackburn Rovers for the 2012/13 season.

Bursaspor and Feyenoord Rotterdam

On September 3, 2013, Richards moved to Bursaspor . It was awarded by Bursaspor to Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 2014/15 season . In 25 games this season he scored 10 goals and was then firmly committed. In January 2016 he was suspended from Rotterdam after physically attacking a journalist.

Celtic Glasgow

On February 1, 2016, Kâzım-Richards moved to Celtic Glasgow in Scotland . With Celtic he was Scottish champion.

Brazil

In June 2016, Kâzım-Richards changed clubs and signed a contract with Coritiba FC in Brazil . Kâzım-Richards stayed with the club until the end of the season . In January 2017 he moved to Corinthians São Paulo .

Mexico

In July 2018, Kâzım-Richards moved to Lobos de la BUAP in Mexico . In 2019 Richards played for CD Veracruz and switched to CF Pachuca in 2020 .

In the national team

Because of his maternal descent, Colin was eligible to play for Turkey. In theory, he could have played for Antigua or England . Ultimately, he chose Turkey. On March 24, 2007 Colin Kâzım-Richards made his debut for the Turkish U-21 national team against Switzerland , in the game he also scored his first goal and prepared a goal.

Kâzım Kâzım was appointed to the Turkish squad by the Turkish national coach for the 2008 European Championship in Switzerland and Austria .

Kâzim Kâzim played his last international match for Turkey in a friendly against Luxembourg on March 31, 2015.

successes

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Galatasaray Istanbul

Olympiacos Piraeus

Turkish national team

Celtic Glasgow

Corinthians São Paulo

Trivia

Kâzım-Richards is married to a Brazilian woman from Guarulhos and has two children. His Turkish-Cypriot, Muslim mother was evacuated from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus after the 1974 military coup . His father is a Rastafarian from Antigua .

Web links

Commons : Colin Kâzım-Richards  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Fenerbahçe announces the signing of Colin Kâzım-Richards
  2. Colin Kâzım-Richards joins Fenerbahçe on June 15, 2007 on UEFA.com
  3. Match statistics: Colin Kâzım-Richards - Süper Lig - Season 2009/10 on Weltfussball.de
  4. scolding for Colin Kazim-Richards ( Memento of 29 August 2009 at the Internet Archive ) of 25 August 2009 to Gazetefutbol.de
  5. 4-game ban for Colin Kâzım-Richards ( memento from December 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from November 28, 2009 on Gazetefutbol.de
  6. Colin Kâzım-Richards injured in accident ( Memento from December 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from November 30, 2009 on Gazetefutbol.de
  7. Colin Kâzım-Richards should look for a club ( memento from November 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from January 8, 2010 on Gazetefutbol.de
  8. New striker for Daum: "We have needs in the storm" from January 14, 2010 on spox.com
  9. Colin Kâzım-Richards can go ( memento from January 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from December 27, 2009 on Gazetefutbol.de
  10. Colin Kâzım-Richards on Toulouse from January 20, 2010 on Transfermarkt.de
  11. Colin Kâzım-Richards moves to France ( Memento from October 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from January 21, 2010 on Gazetefutbol.de
  12. Colin Kâzım-Richards is back in Istanbul ( Memento from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from June 28, 2010 on Gazetefutbol.de
  13. galatasaray.org: Kazım Kazım Olympiacos FC'ye Kiralandı
  14. ^ Deutsch-turkish-nachrichten.de: Football fans throw bananas at Kazim Kazim
  15. Blackburn Rovers announces the loan from Colin on August 10, 2012.
  16. bursaspor.org.tr: Colin Kazım Richards Bursaspor'da (accessed on September 3, 2013)
  17. BBC Sport: Celtic sign Colin Kazim-Richards & Patrick Roberts, send Ciftci on loan (accessed on February 2, 2016, English)
  18. Colin Kazim-Richards leaves Celtic for Brazilian club Coritiba. BBC Sport, June 9, 2016, accessed June 10, 2016 .
  19. Change to Corinthians , report on gazetaesportiva.com from January 12, 2017, page in portug., Accessed on April 25, 2017
  20. Change to Lobos , report on gazetaesportiva.com of July 13, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on July 18, 2018
  21. Colin Kâzım-Richards ahead of Turkey debut on May 1, 2007 on UEFA.com
  22. ^ Family , interview on theguardian.com from March 2, 2017, page in English, accessed on April 25, 2017