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
Jô - 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.
Giovani Dos Santos - Tottenham -- Galatasaray (currently)
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, I had a feeling that I missed a recent move, but I couldn't think of who at the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dos Santos is now in the list.
Jo and Lucas Neill too for Galatasaray...
ReplyDeleteDarn it! Alright, Jo and Lucas Neill are listed now. Thanks for the heads up.
ReplyDeleteYou missed one...Brad Friedel played at Galatasaray, before MLS and then on to England with Liverpool, Blackburn, and Aston Villa.
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