Gökdeniz Karadeniz

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Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Personal information
Full name	Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Date of birth	11 January 1980 (1980-01-11) (age 28)
Place of birth	Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Rubin Kazan
Number	61
Youth clubs
1995–1998	Trabzonspor PAF
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2008 2008–	Trabzonspor Rubin Kazan	246 (63) 0041 0(19)
National team2
1994-1996 1996-1998 1997-1998 2000–2001 2002-2003 2003–	Turkey U16 Turkey U17 Turkey U18 Turkey U21 Turkey B Turkey	014 0(0) 014 0(1) 010 0(0) 016 0(4) 002 0(0) 047 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980 in Karadeniz Ereğli) is a Turkish football player for the team Rubin Kazan. ^[1] He is also a member of the Turkish national team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Trabzonspor

Gökdeniz played 90 matches and scored 23 goals for Trabzonspor PAF between 1995-98. Then he played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999-00 season in senior level and making ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003-04 season when he was given a much freer rein in midfield. His lightning step and effective understanding with fellow teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the clubs scorers that season with 13 goals.

[edit] Rubin Kazan

On 13 March 2008, he signed 5 years ^[2] deal with Russian club Rubin Kazan for € 8.7 million.Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him.[[1]]^[3].Karadeniz also said that another factor that persuaded him is that the region the club is from has a large muslim population and Karadeniz feels comfortable living amongst people of the same religion as him [[2]].

[edit] National team

He played his national team debut against Czech national football team on 30 April 2003. He also played 2 times for Turkey B national football team for Future Cup matches against Scotland and Germany and 16 times for Turkey U21.^[4] He has been called up for the UEFA Euro 2008 for Turkey.

[edit] Achievements

• Turkish Premier Super League:
  • Runners-up (2): 2003-04, 2004-05

• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2003, 2004

• Turkey
  • FIFA Confederations Cup 2003: 3rd place

[edit] External links

• Profile on transfermarkt.de (German)
• Profile on TFF.org

[edit] Referances

v • d • e Turkey squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Rüştü • 2 Servet • 3 Hakan • 4 Gökhan • 5 Emre • 6 Mehmet • 7 M. Aurélio • 8 Nihat • 9 Semih • 10 Gökdeniz • 11 Tümer • 12 Tolga • 13 Emre Güngör • 14 Arda • 15 E. Aşık • 16 Uğur • 17 Tuncay • 18 C. Kazım • 19 Ayhan • 20 Sabri • 21 Mevlüt • 22 Hamit Altıntop • 23 Volkan • Coach: Fatih Terim

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