Emre Belözoğlu

Emre
Emre Belözoğlu with captain's armband (2014)
Personnel
Surname	Emre Belözoğlu
birthday	September 7, 1980
place of birth	Zeytinburnu ( Istanbul ),  Turkey
size	171 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	Güneşspor
1990-1995	Zeytinburnuspor
1995-1997	Galatasaray Istanbul
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1997-2001	Galatasaray Istanbul	102 (14)
2001-2005	Inter Milan	79 0(3)
2005-2008	Newcastle United	58 0(5)
2008–2012	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	103 (12)
2012-2013	Atlético Madrid	7 0(0)
2013-2015	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	56 (14)
2015-2019	Istanbul Başakşehir FK	97 (11)
2019–	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	19 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
1994-1995	Turkey U-15	11 0(7)
1995-1997	Turkey U-16	35 (19)
1996-1997	Turkey U17	7 0(2)
1997	Turkey U18	7 0(1)
1998-1999	Turkey U-21	12 0(4)
2000–	Turkey	101 0(9)
1 Only league games are given. As of March 14, 2020 2 As of October 11, 2019

Emre Belözoğlu , or Emre for short , (born September 7, 1980 in Zeytinburnu ) is a Turkish football player who has been under contract with Fenerbahçe Istanbul since July 2019 .

Career

Emre began his football career at the age of seven with his hometown club Güneşspor. In 1990 he switched to the traditional Istanbul club Zeytinburnuspor . As a ten-year-old, he drew the attention of the Turkish Süper Lig talent scouts. In 1995 the change to the youth of Galatasaray Istanbul followed .

He has since played for the Turkish U-16 team, followed by U-18 and U-21 teams. In 1997 he became Turkish champion for the first time with Galatasaray Istanbul. He also played in the UEFA Champions League that same year and, at the age of 17, became the youngest player to ever play a European Cup for Galatasaray. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 further Turkish championship titles followed with Galatasaray and in 1999 and 2000 the Turkish Cup. In 2000 he won the UEFA Cup , but a dismissal that Emre got in the semifinals against Leeds United , he was suspended in the final.

The 2000/01 season began for Galatasaray Istanbul and Emre with the victory of the European Supercup against Real Madrid . In addition, they made the quarter-finals in the Champions League, in which they were eliminated by Real Madrid, although the first game was won 3-2 despite being 2-0 deficit.

After the end of the 2000/01 season , he and his teammate Okan Buruk moved to Inter Milan on a free transfer abroad . With Inter Milan he was Italian runner-up in 2003 and Italian cup winner in 2005.

As a national player, Emre reached third place with Turkey at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea . There he was used in six games and scored a goal in the 1-1 draw against Costa Rica .

In 2004 he was selected by Pelé for the FIFA 100 list, which includes the 125 best football players.

Since the beginning of the 2005/06 season Emre played at Newcastle United . The reason to move away from Inter Milan was that he was rarely used towards the end of the 2004/05 season. Although he got a better offer from Fenerbahçe Istanbul than from Newcastle United, he made a conscious move there because he wanted to gain experience in England .

Because of riots following the World Cup qualifier against Switzerland in Istanbul , Emre was punished with a suspension of six competitive games for the Turkish national team, which was then reduced to four. On April 15, 2012 he was accused and admitted to having racially insulted his opponent Didier Zokora in the derby against Trabzonspor , he is said to have repeatedly said the words pis zenci ( dirty negro ) to him.

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Reason for clearance for the transfer, the racist incident occurred in the middle of the 2006/2007 season, but Emre received clearance after the 2007/08 season

On June 1, 2008, Newcastle United gave Emre the clearance for a transfer to Fenerbahçe Istanbul, because he had made racist comments about his opponents. After both clubs were able to agree on a transfer fee of around 4.5 million euros, Emre signed a four-year contract with an annual salary of around 3.5 million euros.

Emre played his first competitive game for Fenerbahçe against MTK Budapest in Istanbul on July 30, 2008, where he came on in the 75th minute. In the second leg of the CL qualifier in Budapest, he scored his first goal in a competitive game for Fenerbahçe by converting a penalty in the 67th minute. In his first season at Fenerbahçe, Emre made 37 competitive appearances.

For the 2012/13 season Emre moved to Atlético Madrid for two years . He scored his first competitive goal on October 25, 2012 with a free kick to 2-0 against Académica de Coimbra in the UEFA Europa League encounter. After half a year, Emre returned to Fenerbahçe on January 31, 2013; he signed a contract until June 30, 2015.

After Belözoğlu did not receive a follow-up contract from the management of Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2015, he moved to local and league rivals Istanbul Başakşehir on a free transfer .

On July 1, 2019, Emre returned to his heart club Fenerbahçe Istanbul at the age of 38 and received a one-year contract. He himself described his return on the official Instagram profile of Fenerbahçe Istanbul as follows: "As a canary, I have now returned to my nest."

On September 7, 2019, he played his 100th international match as part of the qualification for the EM 2020 .

Achievements and Awards

society

• Galatasaray Istanbul (1997-2001)
  • Turkish champion : 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000
  • President's Cup Winner : 1997 (without commitment)
  • Turkish Cup Winner : 1999 , 2000
  • UEFA Cup Winner : 2000
  • UEFA Super Cup winner : 2000
• Inter Milan (2001-2005)
  • Italian Cup Winner : 2005
• Newcastle United (2005-2008)
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup : 2006
• Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2008–2012 and 2013–2015)
  • Turkish champion : 2011 , 2014
  • Turkish Cup Winner : 2012 , 2013
  • Turkish Super Cup winner : 2009 , 2014
• Atlético Madrid (2012-2013)
  • UEFA Super Cup winner : 2012
  • Spanish Cup Winner : 2013 ^1st

National team

• FIFA World Cup :
  • Third in 2002 in Japan and South Korea
• UEFA European Championship :
  • 2008 semi-finalist in Austria and Switzerland

Personal honors

• Inter Milan (2001-2005)
  • Pirata d'Oro (Inter Player of the Year) : 2003
  • Elected to FIFA 100

¹ Emre Belözoğlu left Atlético Madrid in January 2013 during the season

statistics

Mission data in the club

Professional career			league		trophies				UEFA				total
season	society	league	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
Turkey			Lig		Türkiye Kupası		Cumhurbaşk. Kupası		qualification		competition		total
1996/97	Galatasaray	Süper Lig (formerly 1st Lig)	1	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	0
1997/98			23	2	8th	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	34	2
1998/99			27	2	6th	2	-	-	1	0	2	0	36	4th
1999/00			24	5	4th	0	-	-	2	0	11	1	41	6th
2000/01			27	5	3	4th	-	-	2	0	9	0	41	9
total			102	14th	21st	6th	1	0	5	0	24	1	153	21st
Italy			series		Coppa Italia		Supercoppa italiana		qualification		competition		total
2001/02	Inter Milan	Series A	14th	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	6th	0	21st	0
2002/03			25th	3	0	0	-	-	0	0	12	1	37	4th
2003/04			21st	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	6th	0	30th	0
2004/05			19th	0	2	1	-	-	1	0	5	0	27	1
total			79	3	6th	1	-	-	1	0	29	1	115	5
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		qualification		competition		total
2005/06	Newcastle United	Premier League	20th	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	25th	2
2006/07			24	2	0	0	2	0	4th	1	8th	0	38	3
2007/08			14th	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	17th	1
total			58	5	4th	0	5	0	5	1	8th	0	80	6th
Turkey			Lig		Türkiye Kupası		TFF Süper Kupa		qualification		competition		total
2008/09	Fenerbahçe	Super Lig	25th	1	6th	0	-	-	3	1	3	0	37	2
2009/10			25th	1	7th	0	1	0	3	0	6th	1	42	2
2010/11			27	4th	1	0	-	-	3	2	-	-	31	6th
2011/12			22nd	5	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	5
2012		Super final	4th	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
total			103	12	16	0	1	0	9	3	9	1	138	16
Spain			Division		Copa del Rey		Supercopa de España		qualification		competition		total
2012/13	Club Atlético	Primera División	7th	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	7th	1	17th	1
total			7th	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	7th	1	17th	1
Turkey			Lig		Türkiye Kupası		TFF Süper Kupa		qualification		competition		total
2012/13	Fenerbahçe	Super Lig	10	2	2	0	-	-	-	-		-	12	2
2013/14			20th	6th	0	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	23	6th
2014/15			26th	6th	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	6th
total			56	14th	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	59	14th
2015/16	Başakşehir FK	Super Lig	26th	3	2	0	-	-	2	0	-	-	30th	3
2016/17			27	4th	5	1	-	-	4th	1	-	-	36	6th
2017/18			27	3	1	0	-	-	4th	0	3	2	35	5
2018/19			17th	1	1	0	-	-	2	0	-	-	20th	1
total			97	11	9	1	-	-	12	1	3	2	121	15th
Fenerbahçe Overall			159	26th	19th	0	2	0	11	3	9	1	197	30th
Turkey overall			358	51	49	7th	3	0	28	4th	36	4th	474	66
Overall career			502	59	62	8th	8th	0	34	5	80	6th	686	78
Status: 17th Mar. 2019, 26th matchday of the 2018/19 season			Remarks: ↑ In the database of the Turkish Football Federation , goals in the penalty shoot- out are counted as goals, but have not been taken into account in this table. ↑ a b c All UEFA competition games in the final tournaments such as the Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup) , Champions League and Supercup have been combined. ↑ a b c All UEFA Intertoto Cup and qualifying games for the final tournaments have been combined. ↑ Süper Final are the play-off games to determine the Turkish league champions. ↑ Emre Belözoğlu was not eligible to play for Fenerbahçe in the current UEFA competition (2012/13) because he was already playing for Atlético Madrid this season. Swell: ↑ a b c d e f g h i Source: Emre Belözoğlu in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English). Retrieved March 25, 2019. ↑ a b c d e f g h Source: RSSSF.com - Status: January 15, 2010 (accessed on Mar. 25, 2019) ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Source: Weltfussball.de (accessed on May 18, 2014) ↑ a b c d Source: Inter.it - ​​Archive (accessed on March 25, 2019) ↑ Source: LegaSerieA.it (accessed on March 25, 2019) ↑ Source: Premier League (accessed on March 25, 2019) ↑ a b c d e Source: AS.com (accessed on 25 Mar 2019)

Mission dates in the national team

A international appearances

Year (s)	competition	Games	Gates	0Victories0	0draw0	Defeats	Opponent / source link
2000	Friendly match	3	0	0	0	3	NOR BIH FRA
	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification	1	1	1	0	0	MDA *
2001	Friendly match	2	0	0	1	1	ALB NOR
	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification	3	0	1	1	1	AZE MKD SWE
2002	Friendly match	4th	1	2	2	0	KOR CHI GEO ITA *
	FIFA World Cup 2002	6th	1	3	1	2	BRA CRC * CHN SEN BRA KOR
	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	3	0	3	0	0	SVK MKD LIE
2003	Friendly match	1	0	0	1	0	IRL
	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	6th	0	2	2	2	ENG SVK MKD ENG LVA LVA
2004	Friendly match	3	0	2	0	1	BEL OFF BLR
	FIFA World Cup 2006 qualification	4th	0	0	3	1	GEO GRE DEN UKR
2005	Friendly match	1	0	0	0	1	BUL
	FIFA World Cup 2006 qualification	6th	0	5	1	0	ALB GEO GRE KAZ ALB SUI
2006	Friendly match	1	0	0	1	0	ITA
2007	Friendly match	1	0	0	0	1	ROU
	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	7th	1	3	3	1	NOR MLT HUN MDA GRE NOR * BIH
2008	Friendly match	4th	0	2	1	1	SWE SVK URU FIN
	UEFA Euro 2008	1	0	0	0	1	POR
	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification	2	1	1	1	0	ARM BEL *
2009	Friendly match	1	0	0	1	0	CIV
	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification	5	1	2	1	2	ESP ESP EST BIH * ARM
2010	Friendly match	5	1	4th	0	1	HON CZE NIR USA ROU *
	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification	4th	0	2	0	2	KAZ BEL GER AZE
2011	Friendly match	2	1	1	1	0	KOR EST *
	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification	4th	0	2	1	1	BEL KAZ AZE CRO
2012	Friendly match	5	0	3	0	2	FIN BUL POR UKR AUT
	FIFA World Cup 2014 qualification	4th	1	1	0	3	NED EST * ROU HUN
2013	Friendly match	2	0	0	1	1	CZE GHA
2014	Friendly match	1	0	1	0	0	THE
	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	1	0	0	0	1	ISL
2017	FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification	2	0	0	0	2	UKR ISL
2019	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification	4th	0	4th	0	0	ALB (2), MDA, AND
	Friendly match	2	0	2	0	0	GRC, UZB
Friendlies total:		38	3	17th	9	12	TFF.org database , RSSSF.com database
UEFA Euro Qualifying Overall:		29	1	16	6th	7th	TFF.org database , RSSSF.com database
UEFA Euro total:		1	0	0	0	1	TFF.org database , RSSSF.com database
FIFA World Cup Qualifying Overall:		27	4th	11	7th	9	TFF.org database , RSSSF.com database
FIFA World Cup Total:		6th	1	3	1	2	TFF.org database , RSSSF.com database
17th	All in all:	101	9	47	23	31	As of October 11, 2019

Comment:

1. ↑ An asterisk (*) is behind the FIFA country code if Emre Belözoğlu scored a goal in this game.

Web links

Commons : Emre Belözoğlu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Emre Belözoğlu in the database of weltfussball.de
• Emre Belözoğlu in the database of kicker.de
• Emre Belözoğlu in the database of EU-Football.info (English)
• Emre Belözoğlu in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Emre Belözoğlu in the mackolik.com database (Turkish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WorldSoccer.com: Emre Belözoğlu, September 2, 2003
2. ↑ Statistics on transfermarkt.de, accessed on September 5, 2019.
3. ↑ transfermarkt.de ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Transfermarkt.de: Zokora accuses Emre of racism 
4. ↑ transfermarkt.de: Emre zu Fenerbahçe Published: June 1, 2008 - 01:07 a.m., accessed on June 7, 2008.
5. ↑ clubatleticodemadrid.com: Emre llega a Madrid este jueves
6. ↑ Emre Belözoğlu is back in team
7. ↑ Medipol Başakşehir FK announces the commitment of Emre Belözoğlu from July 8, 2015