Emre Can

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Emre Can
Personal information
Full nameEmre Can
Date of birth (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994
Place of birthFrankfurt, Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubBayer Leverkusen
Number10[1]
Youth career
2000–2006SV Blau-Gelb Frankfurt
2006–2009Eintracht Frankfurt
2009–2011Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–2013Bayern Munich II31(3)
2012–2013Bayern Munich4(1)
2013–Bayer Leverkusen12(1)
National team‡
2009Germany U151(0)
2009–2010Germany U168(2)
2010–2011Germany U1722(3)
2012–2013Germany U195(0)
2013–Germany U211(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:06, 20 December 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Emre Can (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈɛmrɛ ˈd͡ʒɑn], born 12 January 1994) is a German-Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.

Club career

Can had mainly played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich II in the Regionalliga Bayern. He made his debut for Bayern's first team in the 2012 DFL-Supercup and his Bundesliga debut against 1. FC Nürnberg on 13 April 2013.

On 2 August 2013, Can agreed to a four-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen which included a buy-back clause for Bayern Munich.[2] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge pointed out Bayern's past successes in loaning out young players for purposes of gaining experience.

International career

Youth football teams

Can received call-ups for the German U15, U16 and U17 youth football teams. In the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Can captained the German squad that won third place, they won six out of seven games and were beaten only by tournament winner and host Mexico by 2–3. In that semifinal match, Can scored his only goal of the tournament: he started a solo dribble in the centre of the pitch, ran past three Mexican players and netted the 2–1 for Germany. He was given the nickname "Skipper" by national youth coach Steffen Freund.[3]

Because of his Turkish ancestry Can would also be eligible to play for the Turkey national football team, but he stated he "likes playing for Germany very much, and wants to make it in the DFB".[4][5][6]

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 2013 1220
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2012–13Bayern MunichBundesliga41200061
2013–14Bayer Leverkusen1212060201
Career total 1624060272

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich

References

  1. ↑ "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Emre Can von Bayern München" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Bis auf Widerruf: Can kickt für Leverkusen" (in German). kicker.de. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ "FCB-Juwel (17): Er heißt Can und kann fast alles!" [FCB Jewel (17): His name is Can and he can do nearly everything!] (in German). tz-online.de. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Emre Can: Ich will für Deutschland spielen!" [Emre Can: I want to play for Germany!] (in German). tz-online.de. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Nach Samed Yesil bekennt sich auch Emre Can zu Deutschland" [After Samed Yesil also Emre Can declares for Germany] (in German). Deutsch-tuerkische-nachrichten.de. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 
  6. ↑ ""Platz 3 gibt mir Selbstvertrauen für Bayern"" ["Place 3 gives me self-confidence for Bayern"]. Sport1.de. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 

External links

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