Tolgay Arslan
 Arslan with Hamburg in 2009. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tolgay Ali Arslan | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Paderborn, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hamburger SV | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2003 | Grün-Weiß Paderborn | ||
| 2003–2009 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2011 | Hamburger SV II | 12 | (2) |
| 2009– | Hamburger SV | 37 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Alemannia Aachen (loan) | 31 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Turkey U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | Turkey U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:16, 1 September 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Tolgay Ali Arslan (Turkish pronunciation: [toɫɡaj ali aɾsɫan], born 16 August 1990) is a German-Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga.
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-Pokal 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]
On friendly pre-season game 24 July 2012 he scored in a 1–2 loss against FC Barcelona.
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]
In December 2010, Arslan switched to the German Football Association.[7] He was first called up to the Germany national under-21 team to face, of all teams, Turkey on 14 November 2012.[8]
References
- ↑ Özten, Nihat (1 July 2010). "10 numaranın genç adayı: Tolgay Ali Arslan" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ "HSV scheitert beim Pokal-Drama in Osnabrück" (in German). kicker.de. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ "Torun scheitert an Castro, Kießling an Rost" (in German). kicker.de. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ Franzke, Julian; Holger Richter (23 September 2010). "kicker Heft Nr.77". kicker Sportmagazin (in German) (Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag).
- ↑ "TOLGAY ALİ ARSLAN" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ "TÜRKİYE 1–0 İRLANDA" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ "Kampf um die Talente: Jetzt wird zurückgeklaut!" (in German). Bild.de. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ "U21: Adrion beruft Neulinge Rüdiger und Arslan" (in German). Focus.de. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
External links
- Tolgay Arslan at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Tolgay Arslan at transfermarkt.de (German)
- Tolgay Arslan – UEFA competition record
- ESPN FC profile
- Kicker profile
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