Gekdeniz Karadeniz: career of Turkish football player

Gekdeniz Karadeniz - Turkish professionala football player who plays as a winger and an attacking midfielder in the Russian club "Rubin Kazan". In the period from 1997 to 2008 he played in the Turkish "Trabzonspor", and from 2003 to 2008 - as part of the national football team of Turkey.

The growth of the player is - 168 centimeters, weight- 68 kilograms. He is a two-time winner of the Türkiye Cup Cup, a two-time champion of the Russian championship, the owner of the Cup and the Super Cup of Russia. As part of the team, Turkey became the bronze medalist of the IFA Confederations Cup in 2003 and the bronze medalist of the European Championships in 2008.

Biography of a football player

Gekdeniz Karadeniz was born on January 11, 1980 in thethe city of Giresun, Turkey. From early childhood he started to get involved in football and play in the section. In the system of youth clubs started playing since 1994. Until 1995, he played in the junior club of the club "Joniolspor", and from 1995 to 1997 - in "Trabzonspor."

Professional career in Trabzonspor

He made his debut as a member of the "burgundy-blue" in the season1999/2000, in which he played more than 10 matches. Initially, the football player was used for defensive purposes, but eventually he gradually gained new roles in the attacking plan. In the 2003/2004 season, Gekdeniz Karadenich was already a full-fledged attacking midfielder. Thanks to clear actions in the attack, which led to the desired result, in 2004 Gekdeniz was appointed captain of the team. Here he built an attacking duet with Fatih Tekke, with whom they were the first goalscorer in the club.

In total, in the "Trabzonspor" Gekdeniz Karadeniz played 245 matches and scored 64 goals. Here, two Turkish Cups were won (in 2003 and 2004).

Career in the Kazan "Ruby"

On March 1, 2008, I signed a five-year contract withRussian club from the Premier League - Kazan "Rubin". The amount of the transfer deal amounted to 8.7 million euros. In one of the interviews, Gekdeniz Karadeniz admitted that it was sad and difficult for him to leave the Turkish club, and also said that if he had chosen a major club in Europe, his team would not have received a large sum for him. Together with the "ruby" became the champion of the Russian championship in 2008.

In "Ruby" for the first time in his career began to be used as an attacker, but most of the games still held as a midfielder.

Debut goal for the "ruby" designed in 2011 in the second round of the Premier League in a duel against the "Terek". In the eighth round he managed to become the author of the double at the gates of "Krasnodar".

In February 2013, in the 1/16 of the European League scored the first goal in the match against Madrid "Atletico", afterwards the match ended in a victory 2-0.

In total, for the Kazan club 212 matches, inwho scored 38 goals (at the time of October 2017). October 20, 2009 Karadeniz scored the winning goal in the gates of the Catalan "Barcelona" at the Camp Nou in the Champions League, shocking football fans of both sides.

National career

Debuted for the national team on April 30, 2003 in a match against the "Czech Republic". Previously played in the youth team in the period from 2000 to 2001 (spent 16 matches and scored 1 goal).

From 2002 to 2003 he played twice in the "Turkey B" team.

For the first national team played 50 matches, which marked the 6th goal.

Gekdeniz Karadeniz: wife, children

I met my future wife in my school years. His name is Sera, the couple have two children - Demir's son and Naz's daughter.

Football player has been married for more than 15 years.