Önder Turacı

Önder Turacı (Turkish pronunciation: [œndæɾ tuɾadʒɯ], born 14 July 1981) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a defender.

Önder Turacı
Turacı playing for Fenerbahçe in 2007
Personal information
Full name Önder Turacı
Date of birth (1981-07-14) 14 July 1981
Place of birth Liège, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Right-back
Youth career
1986–1995 Club Ligue
1995–1998 Tilleur Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Standard Liège 64 (3)
2000 → Visé (loan) 18 (0)
2000–2002 → La Louvière (loan)[1] 49 (2)
2004–2010 Fenerbahçe 121 (5)
2010–2011 Kayserispor 26 (1)
2012 Göztepe 15 (0)
2013–2014 Sarıyer 10 (1)
2014 Şanlıurfaspor 10 (2)
2014–2015 Antalyaspor 0 (0)
National team‡
1998–1999 Belgium U18 16 (1)
2000 Belgium U19 1 (0)
2001–2003 Belgium U21 14 (2)
2004–2009 Turkey 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:03, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

International career

Turacı was a Belgian U-21s and played in the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He was included in the squad of Turkish senior team in series of friendlies in summer 2004,[2] and made his debut on 18 August 2004, a friendly match against Belarus.[3]

At that time the new FIFA status was in force since 1 January 2004, and had loosened the nationality transfer of players aged under 21. A provision clause of 1 year effectiveness also came in force that any player who already played for one nation youth side, but not the senior, had a chance to apply for nationality transfer, regardless of their age. Any players that already were allowed to play in official match on a senior team, means the transfer was automatically done. But in Turacı case, his transfer was uncertain, and Belgian senior team once tried to recall him in February 2006.[4] After the rule change by FIFA, he was able to play on the Turkish national team in 2009.[5]

Honours

References
  1. VI
  2. "Turaci try-out for Turkey". UEFA. 14 May 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
  3. Turkish Football Federation Match Details
  4. "Staunton surveys temporary home". UEFA. 28 February 2006.
  5. http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=202&ftxtID=7870

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