Tümer Metin

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Personal information
Tumer Metin
Full name	Tümer Metin
Date of birth	October 14, 1974 (1974-10-14) (age 33)
Place of birth	Zonguldak, Turkey
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder Left winger
Club information
Current club	Larissa
Number	14
Youth clubs
	Zonguldakspor
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 2001–2006 2006– 2008–	Samsunspor Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe → Larissa (loan) Total	0940(54) 1320(102) 0450(36) 0100(9) 2810(201)
National team²
2005—	Turkey	24 (7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of -. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Tümer Metin (born October 14, 1974) is a Turkish international footballer. He is an attacking midfielder. Tümer is currently playing for Fenerbahçe SK of Istanbul.

Metin was born in Zonguldak. After playing for four years at Samsunspor, he was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K., along with team-mate İlhan Mansız in 2001. He signed a contract with Fenerbahçe in June 2006 after spending five years at Beşiktaş.

Metin is known for his awesome free kicks and having a high work rate, and that he never gives up. He played a very important role in Turkey's 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, where the team lost in a play off against Switzerland (4-4 agg). He has recently been named to the Turkish National football team for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship.

Tümer Metin's star shined brightly in Europe during the UEFA Cup 2006-07 Round of 32 tie against AZ Alkmaar. In the first leg in Istanbul Metin contributed the Yellow Canaries' first goal as well as the equalizing brace which made the final score 3-3. The second brace was much more spectacular in that his run came from just within the midfield line and his shot, a cracker from the top corner of the 16 yard box, was placed precisely in the top corner of the goal. Tümer also scored the opening goal in the reverse fixture in Alkmaar, a precise curling shot into the side netting, but unfortunately for him the result of the match was 2-2, sending Fenerbahçe out of the competition via away goals. Tümer is also known for his amazing goal against Greece in Athens (Qualifying match Euro 2008) where he scored his goal from out the 36 meters in the top corner of the goal by first taking out 4 defenders, the match ended 1-4 for Turkey.

During the January 2008 transfer window, Fenerbahce sent Tümer Metin to Greek Super League side Larissa FC, with the loan period to expire in June 2008. So far Metin has found success in Greece, even scoring his first goal in his debut for the new outfit.

He is called up by Fatih Terim for Turkish EURO 2008 squad.

[edit] Honours

2003 Turkish Super League National Champions with Beşiktaş
2006 Turkish Cup Winners with Beşiktaş
2007 Turkish Super League National Champions with Fenerbahçe
2007 Turkish Super Cup Winners with Fenerbahçe

[edit] References

All statistics from Fenerbahçe's library

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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