Coşkun Birdal

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Coşkun Birdal
Personal information
Full name Coşkun Birdal
Date of birth 12/12/1973
Place of birth    Bayburt, Turkey
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Antalyaspor
Number 9
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-present
Erzurumspor
Denizlispor
Samsunspor
Denizlispor
Vestel Manisaspor
Antalyaspor
18 (4)
64 (19)
8 (0)
13 (2)
24 (10)
48 (21)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Coşkun Birdal (born December 12, 1973 in Bayburt) is a Turkish veteran football striker. He has never played for a giant side like Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe or Beşiktaş J.K. but he is a well known figure in Turkish football. Birdal has always been the hope of sides who are struggling against relegation from first division or who are trying to be promoted to the first division. Emrah began his career at Kartalspor in his teenage years. He became professional at Bayburtspor in 1996. He has played for Bayburtspor (1994-1997), Erzurumspor (1997-2000), Konyaspor (2000), Denizlispor (2000-2002 and 2003-2004), Samsunspor (2002-2003), Vestel Manisaspor (2004-2005) and Antalyaspor during his career. He currently plays for Antalyaspor and he has come into attention after he scored a hat-trick against Istanbul giants Beşiktaş J.K. and Kayserispor.


Antalyaspor - Current Squad

1 Córdoba | 2 Levent Y. | 4 Metin | 5 Dziewicki | 6 Levent K. | 7 Bieniuk | 8 Ercan | 9 Coşkun | 10 İlyas | 11 Taner | 12 Suazo | 13 Şenol | 17 Ali | 19 Alican | 20 İdris | 21 Erman | 22 İlker | 23 Mustafa Ö. | 25 Straka | 28 Vahap | 39 Mustafa G. | 67 Uğur | 74 Volkan | 77 Ali Cansun | Manager: Yilmaz