Arif Erdem
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| Arif Erdem | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Arif Erdem | |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1972 (age 34) | |
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Height | 180cm | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1990-1991 1991-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 |
Zeytinburnuspor Galatasaray Real Sociedad Galatasaray |
2 (0) 189 (61) 2 (1) 103 (40) |
| National team** | ||
| 1994-2003 | Turkey | 60 (11) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Arif Erdem (born 1972) is a Turkish striker. He played 349 league matches for Galatasaray and scored 105 goals. He played 86 in european cups and scored 16 goals. He also played 60 times for national team and scored 11 goals.
Arif is famous for having scored the fastest international hat-trick against Northern Ireland during the 2000 European Championships campaign.
Except playing half a season in Spain, he played for 14 years at Galatasaray. He was one of the most important players in the squad which won UEFA cup in 2000.
Arif Erdem has announced his retirement at 2005.
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Turkey squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place | |
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1 Rüştü | 2 Emre Aşık | 3 Bülent | 4 Fatih | 5 Alpay | 6 Arif | 7 Okan | 8 Tugay | 9 Hakan Şükür | 10 Baştürk | 11 Hasan Şaş | 12 Ömer | 13 İzzet | 14 Tayfur | 15 Nihat | 16 Ümit Özat | 17 İlhan Mansız | 18 Ergün | 19 Abdullah | 20 Hakan Ünsal | 21 Emre Belözoğlu | 22 Ümit Davala | 23 Zafer | Coach: Güneş |
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