Ersan Gülüm
 Gülüm playing for Beşiktaş in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ersan Adem Gülüm | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back / Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Green Gully | |||
| 2001–2004 | Hume City | ||
| 2004 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2005 | Hume City | 22 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Manisaspor | 2 | (0) |
| 2007-2008 | Elazığspor | 13 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Adanaspor | 59 | (2) |
| 2010-2011 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011– | Beşiktaş | 37 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2010 | Australia U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013– | Turkey | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ersan Adem Gülüm (Turkish pronunciation: [æɾˈsan ˈaːdem ˈɟylym], born 17 May 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Beşiktaş in the Süper Lig. Born in Australia, Gülüm played for the Australia under-23 level before electing to represent Turkey in senior competition.
Early life
Gülüm grew up in Meadow Heights, Victoria.[1]
Career
Gülüm progressed up the ranks after playing exceptional football for Hume City as 17 year old. He was originally transferred to Turkish Super League team Manisaspor, after being spotted by Leading Teams Operations Manager Ezel Hikmet and referred to experienced Turkish coach Ersun Yanal whilst playing for and captaining the Australian School Boys team touring the United Kingdom. Impressed with the raw talent of the young defender, Gülüm was a part of the senior squad for the entire season as a backup defender, but only managed 2 Super League and 2 Turkish Cup matches.[2] Gülüm was transferred to Elazigspor in the mid season break where he managed to play in every match, gaining a reputation as a strong left footed defender.[3] After a solid second half of the season, Gülüm was transferred to Adanaspor for the 2008–2009 signing a lucrative 3 year deal,[4] where he played 30 League matches and was rewarded for his great form by being selected in the team of the year as the best central defender in the competition.[5]
On 17 July 2010, despite being heavily linked with Galatasaray, Gülüm transferred to rival Turkish club Beşiktaş with Adanaspor acquiring an option to loan Gülüm back for one season.[6]
After he had a productive season with Beşiktaş, they acquired Gülüm's full rights for a fee of €4 million.[7]
International career
With solid recent club form there has been speculation that he was to be selected for Australia's friendly against Egypt. Despite Holger Osieck suggesting that he was a player for the future, one time Socceroos Manager, Guus Hiddink swooped and added Ersan Gülüm to the Turkish squad to play the Netherlands, although he did not make his international debut for the Crescent Stars in that match.[8] Gülüm made his international debut for the Australian under 23's national team as an 84th minute substitute for Ruben Zadkovich on 6 June 2007 away to Jordan.[9]
Osieck had met with Gülüm while the Australian men's team was touring Europe and stated that Gülüm was "very positive" about representing Australia.[10][11] Gülüm was not selected in the final 23-man squad and is still eligible to play for either the Turkey or Australia national team. One source indicated that it was Gülüm’s father who put pressure on the player to play for the Turkish side.[12][13]
Gulum had not ruled out playing for Australia at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup in December 2010.[14] Gülüm was again called up to the Turkish national team in November 2012, this time by Abdullah Avcı. He said he was proud to be a part of the national team.[15] He was left off the team on the roster when the team played Romania on 12 October 2012.[16] He was an unused sub in Turkey's 6 September 2013 match against Andorra[17] and made his first appearance for Turkey as a 90th minute substitute on 10 September 2013 against Romania.[18]
Beşiktaş J.K. Career statistics
- As of 25 January 2014
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2010–11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2013–14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 2 | |
Honours
- Beşiktaş
References
- ↑ Young, Richie (4 September 2007). "Who Is Ersan Gulum?". Au.fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "Recent Ersan Gulum Articles: Dual nationality can be a double-edged sword". Theroar.com.au. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Recep Özcan (6 October 2009). "Ersan Yuvaya Döndü". Austurkiye.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "Ersan Adem Best of Bank Asya’da". Ekspresgazete.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Bank Asya ödülleri verildi
- ↑ "Young Aussie Seals Besiktas Move - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate football Website". Au.fourfourtwo.com. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ "Ersan Gülüm Beşiktaş'ta". Ntvspor.net. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Hand, Guy (18 September 2010). "Turkey pinches would-be Socceroo | Football - Soccer". Fox Sports. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/2198.pdf[]
- ↑ "Holger Osieck says Ersan Gülüm could still play for Socceroos over Turkey". Courier Mail. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ↑ Paraskevas, Chris (16 December 2010). "Socceroo Boss Holger Osieck Names Ersan Gulum In Preliminary Asian Cup Squad". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ "Osieck forced to cut reluctant Gülüm". The World Game. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ersan Gulum turns his back on the Socceroos". The Roar. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ "Gulum Tug Of War Not Over - Australia News - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate Football Website". Au.fourfourtwo.com. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Milliyet - Beşiktaşlı Ersan Gülüm: A Milli Takıma çağrıldığım için gururluyum" [Milliyet - Besiktas Ersan Gülüm: A National Team was proud to being called] (in Turkish). Skorer.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Preliminaries: Europe - Matches: Turkey 0:1 (0:1) Romania - FIFA.com". FIFA. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2014 - Turkey-Andorra –". Uefa.com. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2014 - Romania-Turkey –". Uefa.com. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
External links
| |||||