Muzzy Izzet
| Muzzy Izzet | ||
 Muzzy Izzet on a charity (2010)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Mustafa Kemal İzzet | |
| birthday | October 31, 1974 | |
| place of birth | Mile End ( London ), England | |
| size | 177 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Senrab FC | ||
| Chelsea FC | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1993-1996 | Chelsea FC | 0 (0) |
| 1996 | → Leicester City (loan) | 9 (1) |
| 1996-2004 | Leicester City | 260 (37) |
| 2004-2006 | Birmingham City | 26 (1) |
| 2009 | Thurmaston Town | 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2000-2004 | Turkey | 9 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Mustafa Kemal İzzet (born October 31, 1974 in Mile End , London ), especially in England usually called Muzzy Izzet for short , is a former Turkish - English football player.
İzzet is the first Turkish footballer and multiple Turkish record player in English Premier League football history . In his active nine-year Premier League playing career, he played a total of 248 league games, scoring 34 goals and preparing 27 goals . Furthermore, he is a true Leicester City club icon , as İzzet is the current record holder who played the most games for Leicester City in the Premier League.
Career
- society
After Mustafa İzzet moved from Chelsea to Leicester City in 1996 , he became a big crowd favorite because of his playfulness and running ability. İzzet laid the foundation stone for his rise to the top tier of professional football when he played for the Turkish national team against the Swedes at the 2000 European Championships in Belgium and the Netherlands . İzzet won the English League Cup twice with Leicester City in 1997 and 2000 . At the beginning of the 2004/05 season, the midfielder went to Birmingham City on a free transfer . In June 2006 he temporarily ended his career due to a knee injury.
- National team
İzzet the son of a Cypriot Turk completed his national team career from 2000 to 2004 and played nine times for the Turkish national soccer team .
Achievements and Awards
- Leicester City
- Football League First Division : Playoff winner 1995/96 , runner-up 2002/03 (both successes led to promotion to the Premier League)
- English League Cup : Winner 1997 , Finalist 1999 , Winner 2000
- Premier League Player of the Month : September 1999
- Turkish national team
- Quarter-finalist at the European Football Championship 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands (1 mission)
- Third at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan (1 mission)
literature
- Muzzy Izzet: Muzzy: My Story . Reach plc, 2015, ISBN 978-1-910335-25-3 (English, 320 pages).
Web links
- Muzzy Izzet in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Muzzy Izzet in the soccerbase.com database
- Muzzy Izzet in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
- Muzzy Izzet in the mackolik.com database (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Premier League (English): Statistics - Tosun renews Turkish links with Premier League from January 6, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2019
- ↑ a b Muzzy Izzet in the database of the English Premier League (English). Retrieved October 5, 2019
- ↑ a b Leicester City (English): Former Player Remembers - Muzzy Izzet, July 8, 2019, accessed October 5, 2019
- ↑ Der Spiegel : London Football Club: These stars were formed by Senrab on March 30, 2012, accessed on October 5, 2019
- ^ The Daily Telegraph : Izzet finds delight with Turkey, June 9, 2000, accessed October 5, 2019
- ↑ Muzzy Izzet in the EU-Football.info database. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ England - League Cup Finals 1961-2001 in the RSSSF database . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Izzet, Muzzy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muzzy (nickname); Izzet Mustafa (name in England); İzzet, Mustafa Kemal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mile End , England |