Monday, February 15, 2010

Turkey and England Player Connection





This is a list of the many players that have been with clubs in both Turkey and England at some point in their careers.

Julius Aghahowa - Wigan Ahtletic -- Kayserispor

Bülent Akın - Bolton Wanderers -- Denizlispor, Galatasaray, Gençlerbirliği, Malatyaspor, İstanbulspor

Daniel Amokachi - Everton -- Besiktas

Nicolas Anelka - Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea -- Fenerbahçe

Radomir Antić - Luton Town -- Fenerbahçe

Dalian Atkinson - Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa -- Fenerbahçe

Milan Baroš - Liverpool, Aston Villa -- Galatasaray

Emre Belözoğlu - Newcastle United -- Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe

Kevin Campbell - Arsenal, Leyton Orient, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City -- Trabzonspor

John Carew - Aston Villa -- Beşiktaş JK

Nick Carle - Bristol City, Crystal Palace -- Gençlerbirliği SK

Edouard Cisse - West Ham United -- Beşiktaş JK

Kaba Diawara - Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers -- Gaziantepspor, Ankaragücü

Lamine Diatta - Newcastle United -- Beşiktaş J.K.

Giovani Dos Santos - Tottenham, Ipswich Town -- Galatasaray

Les Ferdinand - Hayes, QPR, Brentford, Newcastle United, Tottenham, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, Reading, Watford -- Beşiktaş

Matteo Ferrari - Everton - Beşiktaş JK

Geremi - Chelsea, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough -- Gençlerbirliği, Ankaragücü

Jes Høgh - Chelsea -- Fenerbahçe

Dom Iorfa - QPR, Peterborough United, Southend -- Galatasaray

- Manchester City, Everton -- Galatasaray

Ronny Johnsen - Manchester United, Aston Villa, Newcastle United -- Beşiktaş JK

Colin Kazim-Richards - Bury, Brighton & Hove Albion, Sheffield United -- Fenerbahçe

Tugay Kerimoğlu - Blackburn Rovers -- Galatasaray

Harry Kewell - Leeds United, Liverpool -- Galatasaray

Mateja Kežman
- Chelsea -- Fenerbahçe

Richard Kingson - Wigan Athletic, Birmingham City -- Sakaryaspor, Göztepe A.Ş., Antalyaspor, Elazığspor, Ankaraspor, Galatasaray S.K.

Kléberson - Manchester United -- Beşiktaş

Rune Lange - Hartlepool United -- Trabzonspor

Tobias Linderoth - Everton -- Galatasaray

Mike Marsh - Liverpool, West Ham United, Coventry City, Southend United, Southport, Barrow, Kidderminster, Boston United, Accrington Stanley -- Galatasaray

Collins Mbesuma - Portsmouth -- Bursaspor

Viorel Moldovan - Coventry City -- Fenerbahçe

Thomas Myhre - Birmingham City, Tranmere Rovers, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic -- Beşiktaş JK

Lucas Neill - Millwall, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Everton -- Galatasaray

Shabani Nonda - Blackburn Rovers -- Galatasaray

Jay-Jay Okocha - Bolton Wanderers, Hull City -- Fenerbahçe

Souleymane Oulare - Stoke City -- Fenerbahçe SK

Alpay Özalan - Aston Villa -- Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe

Sébastien Pérez - Blackburn Rovers -- Galatasaray

Frank Pingel - Newcastle United -- Fenerbahçe, Bursaspor

Gica Popescu - Tottenham -- Galatasaray

Serhiy Rebrov - Tottenham, West Ham United -- Fenerbahçe

Tuncay Şanlı - Middlesbrough, Stoke City -- Sakaryaspor, Fenerbahçe

Dean Saunders - Swansea City, Cardiff City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Bradford City -- Galatasaray

Didier Six - Aston Villa -- Galatasaray

Josip Skoko - Wigan Athletic, Stoke City -- Gençlerbirliği

Rigobert Song - Liverpool, West Ham United -- Galatasaray, Trabzonspor

Hakan Şükür - Blackburn Rovers -- Sakaryaspor, Bursaspor, Galatasaray

Gabriel Tamaş - West Bromwich Albion -- Galatasaray

James Troisi - Newcastle United -- Gençlerbirliği, Kayserispor

Hakan Ünsal - Blackburn Rovers -- Karabükspor, Galatasaray, Çaykur Rizespor

Ulrich van Gobbel - Southampton -- Galatasaray

Pierre van Hooijdonk - Nottingham Forest -- Fenerbahçe

Darius Vassell - Aston Villa, Manchester City -- Ankaragücü

*Check out Darius Vassell's blog about his life in Ankara. It's an interesting inside look at the club, the league, and the country.*

Barry Venison - Sunderland, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Southampton -- Galatasaray

Alan Walsh - Middlesbrough, Darlington, Bristol City, Walsall, Huddersfield Town, Shrewsbury Town, Cardiff City, Backwell United, Hartlepool United, Bath City -- Beşiktaş

Ian Wilson - Leicester City, Everton, Derby County, Bury, Wigan -- Beşiktaş JK

Abel Xavier - Everton, Liverpool, Middlesbrough -- Galatasaray

Ugur Yildirim - Blackburn Rovers -- Gaziantepspor, Kasımpaşa S.K.

5 comments:

  1. Giovani Dos Santos - Tottenham -- Galatasaray (currently)

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  2. For some reason, I had a feeling that I missed a recent move, but I couldn't think of who at the time.

    Thanks, Dos Santos is now in the list.

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  3. Jo and Lucas Neill too for Galatasaray...

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  4. Darn it! Alright, Jo and Lucas Neill are listed now. Thanks for the heads up.

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  5. You missed one...Brad Friedel played at Galatasaray, before MLS and then on to England with Liverpool, Blackburn, and Aston Villa.

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