Nadir Çiftçi

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Nadir Çiftçi
Personnel
birthday February 12, 1992
place of birth Elazığ ,  Turkey
size 182 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
0000-2003 VV Haaglandia
2003-2008 ADO The Hague
2008-2010 Portsmouth FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2011 Portsmouth FC 19 0(1)
2011–2012 Kayserispor 11 0(0)
2012-2013 NAC Breda 7 0(0)
2013-2015 Dundee United 68 (25)
2015-2018 Celtic Glasgow 11 0(4)
2016 →  Eskişehirspor  (loan) 12 0(4)
2017 →  Pogoń Stettin  (loan) 8 0(0)
2017-2018 →  Plymouth Argyle  (loan) 7 0(0)
2018 →  Motherwell FC  (loan) 11 0(3)
2018– Gençlerbirliği Ankara 24 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Netherlands U-15
Netherlands U-16
Netherlands U-17
2011 Turkey U-19 7 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 1, 2019

Nadir Çiftçi (born February 12, 1992 in Elazığ , Turkey ) is a Turkish - Dutch football player .

Career

Career start in the Netherlands

Çiftçi began his active career as a football player in the Netherlands with what was then VV Haaglandia , even before it was re-established in 2005. At the club he played for several years in the youth division and in 2003 moved to the youth department of ADO Den Haag . There he was active for several years, went through various youth league classes and was called up to the various Dutch youth national teams. After his talent had already been promoted at the club from The Hague , the then 15-year-old received an offer from England in 2008 . The Portsmouth took the striker in his youth division for which he henceforth was used in the Academy. After a few years in the youth field, Çiftçi was brought into the professional squad of the recently relegated Premier League club for the first time for the 2010/11 season and trained with the professional team.

Professional debut for Portsmouth FC

Çiftçi signed his first professional contract in June 2010 and then took part in a North American tour of the professional team. He was used in various games. After returning to England, he made his competitive debut for Portsmouth FC on August 7, 2010. The 18-year-old was substituted on for Richard Hughes in the 2-0 defeat by Coventry City in the 73rd minute of the game . He scored his first competitive goal in his second competitive game, a 2-1 win over FC Stevenage in the 2010/11 League Cup , in the eighth minute of the game to 1-0 and played for the full duration of the game. In the league, he marked his first goal on August 14, 2010 in a 1-1 home game against Reading FC . Here, too, the 18-year-old was in action for the full duration of the game.

For the 2011/12 season he moved to the Turkish Süper Lig for the Central Anatolian club Kayserispor . After just one season, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. For the 2012/13 season he signed a three-year contract with NAC Breda , but only stayed there for one season before moving to the Scottish first division club Dundee United . At United , Çiftçi was very accurate and scored 25 goals in 68 games in the first two seasons. In July he was transferred to Celtic Glasgow for a transfer fee of £ 1.5m , Çiftçi signed a four-year contract. He made his competitive debut for the Bhoys in the second qualifying round of the 2015/16 Champions League season against the Icelandic representative UMF Stjarnan .

On the last day of the 2015/16 winter transfer period, Çiftçi was loaned to the Turkish first division club Eskişehirspor . This was followed by loan changes to Pogoń Stettin and Plymouth Argyle . In January 2018, Celtic loaned it to Motherwell FC .

In the summer of 2018 he moved to the Turkish second division club Gençlerbirliği Ankara .

Junior national teams

Çiftçi gained his first international experience in 2007, when he was appointed to the Dutch U-15 national team for the first time. In the following year, he was first called up to the U-16 national team of the Netherlands, followed by the inclusion in the Dutch U-17 selection, for which he also played a number of international matches.

After moving to Turkey for the first division club Kayserispor , Çiftçi decided to play for the Turkish national teams. In 2011, he completed seven international matches for the Turkish U-19 national team .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coventry City - Portsmouth FC (2-0) on soccerbase.com , accessed October 24, 2010
  2. ↑ Stevenage FC - Portsmouth FC (1: 2) on soccerbase.com , accessed October 24, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Portsmouth FC - Reading FC (1: 1) on soccerbase.com , accessed October 24, 2010
  4. ↑ Player profile ( memento of the original from August 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the NAC Breda club website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nac.nl
  5. ↑ Dundee Utd sign Nadir Çiftçi on two-year contract , BBC Sport from July 25, 2013
  6. ↑ Nadir Ciftci: Celtic sign Dundee United striker for £ 1.5m , BBC Sport, July 9, 2015
  7. ↑ Celtic 2-0 Stjarnan BBC Sport
personal data
SURNAME Çiftçi, Nadir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch football player of Turkish descent
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Elazığ , Turkey