Erkan Zengin


Erkan Zengin is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Adana Demirspor.

Early life

Zengin was born in Kulu, Turkey – but moved to Stockholm, Sweden, together with his Turkish parents when he was a few weeks old. He grew up 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.

Club career

In January 2009, he signed a halfyear-loan contract with Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş had the option to buy Zengin in summer for a fee of €400,000.
On 28 July 2016 Erkan Zengin joined Eskişehirspor again.

International career

He played for his birth country Turkey in youth competitions, before choosing to represent Sweden in senior competition, the country in which he grew up.
Zengin made his senior international debut for Sweden on 26 March 2013, playing from start in an away match against Slovakia. Zengin was a squad player for Sweden at Euro 2016, where he came on as a substitute in the last group game against Belgium. Zengin announced his retirement from international duty following the tournament, having represented Sweden 21 times, scoring 3 goals.

Honours

Club

Beşiktaş