Murat Erdoğan

Murat Erdoğan (born 1 August 1976 in London, England) is an English footballer of Turkish descent.[1]

Murat Erdoğan

Personal information
Full name	Murat Erdoğan
Date of birth	(1976-08-01) 1 August 1976
Place of birth	London, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Number	33
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Mersin İdman Yurdu	51	(10)
1999–2002	Istanbulspor	87	(5)
2002–2003	Gaziantepspor	29	(0)
2003–2004	Galatasaray	17	(2)
2004–2005	Malatyaspor	33	(6)
2005–2006	Ankaraspor	28	(2)
2006–2007	Sakaryaspor	32	(2)
2007–2009	MKE Ankaragücü	30	(4)
2009	Sivasspor	15	(2)
2009–2010	Kasımpaşa	24	(3)
2010–2012	Manisaspor	58	(9)
2012–2013	Mersin İdman Yurdu	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Murat is a left-footed, midfielder, who scored 48 goals during 410 professional appearances.

During his career Murat played for Mersin İdman Yurdu, İstanbulspor, Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Malatyaspor, Ankaraspor, Sakaryaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Sivasspor, Kasımpaşa, and Manisaspor.

In September 2009, Murat moved to Kasımpaşa S.K.[2] before returning to Mersin İdman Yurdu, where he ended his professional football career, playing for the team he first signed for sixteen years previously.

Professional career

From 2016 to 2018 Murat was the Chairman and co-owner of Tuzlaspor.

Murat worked as Sporting Director for Konyaspor from 2015 to 2016 alongside Aykut Kocaman. During that time he attended a leaders conference held at the Emirates Stadium with Guus Hiddink, Fatih Terim, Şenol Güneş, Aykut Kocaman and Roberto Carlos.

Prior to that Murat worked for Sivasspor as Sporting Director from June 2013 until February 2014 with the club's Manager Roberto Carlos.

Personal

Murat lives in Istanbul, Bodrum and London.

Murat regularly still plays football[3] and keeps fit.

References

1. "Murat Erdoğan". TFF (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 August 2007.
2. "Kasımpaşa'da 3 imza" (in Turkish). NTVSpor. 1 September 2009.
3. "Murat scoring for Galatasaray v Beşiktaş on 1 January 2016 in 5-a-side game". YouTube (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 January 2019.