Erkan Zengin

Erkan Zengin
	Zengin playing for Eskişehirspor in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Erkan Zengin
Date of birth	5 August 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Kulu, Turkey
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Hammarby TFF
2004–2008	Hammarby IF
2009	→ Beşiktaş (loan)
2009–2010	Beşiktaş
2010	→ Eskişehirspor (loan)
2010–2015	Eskişehirspor
2015–2016	Trabzonspor
2016–2018	Eskişehirspor
2018	Hammarby IF
2018–2019	Fatih Karagümrük
2020–2021	Adana Demirspor
2021	Tuzlaspor
International career
1999–2000	Turkey U16
2002	Turkey U19
2005–2006	Sweden U21
2013–2016	Sweden
Managerial career
2019	Fatih Karagümrük
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:45, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985) is a former Turkish born–Swedish professional

Sweden national team and represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016

Early life

Zengin was born in

Botkyrka and started to play football at age six with the local club Norsborgs IF. In 1994, at age 9, he moved to Hammarby IF.^[4]

In January 2009, Zengin signed a half-year loan contract with Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş had the option to buy him in summer for a fee of €400,000.^[5]

On 28 July 2016, Zengin joined Eskişehirspor again.^[6]

Zengin played for his birth country

Sweden national team in senior competition, the country in which he grew up.^[7]

He made his senior international debut for Sweden on 26 March 2013, playing from start in an away match against

Euro 2016, where he came on as a substitute in the last group game against Belgium.^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2013	3	0
	2014	8	2
	2015	7	1
	2016	3	0
Total		21	3

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zengin goal.

List of international goals scored by Erkan Zengin
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8 September 2014	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[11]
2	12 October 2014	Solna , Sweden	Liechtenstein	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[12]
3	12 October 2015	Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden	Moldova	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[13]

Beşiktaş

^ "Jansson om Zengin: "Visat stort Bajenhjärta"". Hammarby Fotboll. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Erkan Zengin: "Türkiye'de futbolcular kral gibi"" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
^ "Zengin: "Det värsta jag har varit med om"". Expressen. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ ""Hade jag inte haft fotbollen hade det kunnat gå riktigt illa"". Expressen. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Zengins miljonklipp Archived 23 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine." (in Swedish) Fotbollsverige. Retrieved on 14 February 2009.
^ "Zengin: Det är Fenerbahce som gäller (Swedish)". Aftonbladet. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "Sverige enkelt val för Zengin". SVT. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Zengin debuterar." (in Swedish) DN. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Erkan Zengin - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Erkan Zengin väljer att sluta i landslaget".
^ "Österrike - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Sverige - Liechtenstein - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Sverige - Moldavien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.