Tolgay Arslan

Tolgay Arslan
Personal information
Full name Tolgay Ali Arslan
Date of birth August 16, 1990 (1990-08-16) (age 21)
Place of birth Paderborn, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current club Hamburger SV
Number 28
Youth career
Grün-Weiß Paderborn
2003 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2009 Borussia Dortmund II
2009 Hamburger SV II 12 (2)
2009– Hamburger SV 5 (0)
2010–2011 → Alemannia Aachen (loan) 31 (6)
National team‡
2009 Turkey U-19 2 (0)
2010– Turkey U-21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:39, 19 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 February 2011

Tolgay Ali Arslan (born 16 August 1990) is a German-Turkish professional footballer. He currently plays for Hamburger SV.

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Early life and club career

Arslan was born in Paderborn to Turkish parents from Çorum; his father, a real estate agent, moved to Germany when he was 11 years old. He began playing football at the age of four, when his father brought him along to watch Grün-Weiß Paderborn play. Arslan began his career with the local club. Patterning his game around Zinedine Zidane and Gheorghe Hagi, Arslan earned a move to Borussia Dortmund in 2003. After several years in Dortmund's youth team, Arslan moved to Hamburger SV.[1]

Hamburger SV

Arslan moved to Hamburger SV on a free transfer in 2009. He made his debut on 23 September 2009, coming in the 70th minute as a substitute for Marcus Berg in the second round of the DFB Cup against Osnabrück.[2] Hamburg managed a 3–3 draw, but went on to lose 5–7 following a penalty shootout. Arslan made his league debut on 17 October 2009 in a 0–0 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.[3]

He moved on loan to Alemannia Aachen for the 2010–11 season and scored his first goal for the club in the fifth week of the 2. Bundesliga in a 3-1 win against FSV Frankfurt.[4]

International career

Arslan began his career with the Turkey youth teams in 2009. He made two appearances for the U-19 team in 2009.[5] He made his first appearance for the Turkey national under-21 football team against the Republic of Ireland on 7 September 2010.[6]

References

  1. ^ Özten, Nihat (1 July 2010). "10 numaranın genç adayı: Tolgay Ali Arslan" (in Turkish). tff.org. http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=286&ftxtID=10294. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "HSV scheitert beim Pokal-Drama in Osnabrück" (in German). kicker.de. 23 September 2009. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/dfb-pokal/2009-10/1/974816/spielschema_vfl-osnabrueck-45_hamburger-sv-12.html. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 
  3. ^ "Torun scheitert an Castro, Kießling an Rost" (in German). kicker.de. 17 October 2009. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/1-bundesliga/2009-10/9/938104/spielanalyse_hamburger-sv-12_bayer-leverkusen-9.html. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 
  4. ^ Franzke, Julian; Holger Richter (23 September 2010). "kicker Heft Nr.77" (in German). kicker Sportmagazin (Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag). 
  5. ^ "TOLGAY ALİ ARSLAN" (in Turkish). tff.org. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1248408. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 
  6. ^ "TÜRKİYE 1-0 İRLANDA" (in Turkish). tff.org. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=29&macId=94041. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 

External links

Hamburger SV – current squad