Emre Belözoğlu

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Emre Belözoğlu
Personal information
Date of birth September 7, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth    Istanbul, Turkey
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m)
Nickname Maradona of the Bosphorus
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Newcastle United
Number 5
Youth clubs
1994–1996 Galatasaray
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996–2001
2001–2005
2005–		 Galatasaray
Internazionale
Newcastle United		 102 (13)
078 0(3)
038 0(3)   
National team2
2000– Turkey 044 0(3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:19, 14 January 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Emre Belözoğlu, also known as Emre (born 7 September 1980) is a Turkish footballer. He is a midfielder for FA Premier League club Newcastle United and Turkey.

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[edit] Galatasaray

Belözoğlu was born in İstanbul. He was developed by Turkish club Galatasaray, and made his first appearance for the club's senior squad as a sixteen-year-old in the 1996-97 season. The following year, he became a regular, and continued with the club through the 2000-01 season, picking up a UEFA Cup winners' medal in 2000. At the beginning of a 2000-2001 season, he also picked up a UEFA Super Cup winners' medal after Galatasaray defeated Champions League winners Real Madrid 2–1. Belözoğlu also played in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Galatasaray that season.

[edit] Inter Milan

In 2001, he transferred to Internazionale where he played in the semi-finals of the Champions League. In 2002 he was a member of the Turkish team that finished third at the 2002 World Cup. Belözoğlu became out of favour at Inter and after making just nineteen appearances during the 2004-2005 season, he became available for transfer. There was interest from numerous clubs, particularly Everton and Newcastle United.[1]

[edit] Newcastle United

On 14 July 2005, Belözoğlu moved to Newcastle United for a £3.8m transfer fee.[2] He scored his first goal for Newcastle in a 5-0 friendly win against Yeading and scored his first Premier League goal with a free-kick against fierce rivals Sunderland in October 2005.

Belözoğlu has proved a popular player amongst the Newcastle fans as well as showing his ability to win matches. He has twice scored the final and decisive goal for Newcastle in separate 3–2 wins. Once with a well-placed free kick against Sunderland and the latest, on 6 December 2006 with a spectacular individual goal against Reading. He also scored the only goal to secure a win against Birmingham City.

[edit] Controversy

After a post-match brawl in a 2006 World Cup qualification playoff match with Switzerland, Belözoğlu was banned for Turkey's next six matches and fined CHF 15,000 (£6,622) plus costs of CHF 1,000 (£440) for his alleged part in the brawl. The FIFA Appeal Committee later reduced the ban to four matches.[3]

On 12 January 2007, Belözoğlu was charged by The Football Association with using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words[4] in an incident in a 3-0 loss to Everton on 30 December. Newcastle were unable to comment until Belözoğlu himself replied to the charge.[5] He later stated he was angered by claims that he was racist, citing his friendship with room-mate Obafemi Martins as evidence he was not.[6]

On 16 February 2007, the FA announced another investigation into alleged racist remarks from Emre, this time aimed against Bolton Wanderers striker El Hadji Diouf. The incident allegedly took place during Bolton's 2-1 win at St James' Park on 15 October 2006. Belözoğlu's agent has denied the accusation.[7] Diouf subsequently decided not to press charges.[8]

[edit] Trivia

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Moyes & Souness battle for Emre", BBC Sport, 2005-06-14. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  2. ^ "Newcastle finalise Emre transfer", BBC Sport, 2005-07-19. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  3. ^ "Sanctions for incidents during Turkey v. Switzerland pronounced final - reduced penalties for Turkish football association, Huggel and Emre", FIFA, 2006-06-24. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  4. ^ "Emre charged", evertonfc.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  5. ^ "FA Emre Charge - Newcastle Statement", nufc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  6. ^ "Emre: I may quit over racism charge", talkofthetyne.com, 2007-02-05. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  7. ^ "FA to probe new Emre race claims", BBC Sport, 2007-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ Emre Belozoglu. 123football.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  10. ^ Profile - Belozoglu Emre. nufc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.

[edit] External links


Newcastle United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Given | 2 Carr | 4 Solano | 5 Emre | 7 Luque | 8 Dyer | 9 Martins | 10 Owen | 11 Duff | 12 Harper | 14 N'Zogbia | 15 Onyewu | 16 Milner | 17 Parker | 18 Moore | 19 Bramble | 20 Sibierski | 21 Clark | 22 Butt | 23 Ameobi | 24 Srníček | 26 Ramage | 27 Taylor | 30 Edgar | 32 Huntington | 33 Babayaro | 34 Bernard | 35 Pattison | 36 Gate | 37 O'Brien | 39 Carroll | 40 Krul | 42 Troisi | 43 LuaLua | 49 Forster | Manager: Roeder


Flag of Turkey Turkey squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place Flag of Turkey

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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