Eren Derdiyok
Personal information
Full name	Eren Derdiyok
Date of birth	June 12, 1988 (1988-06-12) (age 19)
Place of birth	Switzerland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC Basel
Number	31
Youth clubs
1994-2005	BSC Old Boys
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2006 2006–	BSC Old Boys FC Basel	18 (10) 39 (8)
National team2
2006–2007 2007– 2008–	Switzerland U19 Switzerland U21 Switzerland	07 0(7) 05 0(7) 02 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Eren Derdiyok (born June 12, 1988) is a Swiss football player who currently plays as striker in the Swiss Super League for FC Basel. He is of kurdish origin.

Club career

At 6' 2" Derdiyok is a powerful striker who can also fill in a centre-back if needed. He is of Turkish descent so if he ever played in Turkey he would wear the name "Eren" on the back of his shirt instead of his surname. He started his career with Swiss minnows BSC Old Boys at the beginning of the 2005/06 season in which scored 10 goals in just 18 appearances. FC Basel noticed his goal scoring instinct and snapped him up in 2006 at the age of 18. In the 2006/07 season, Derdiyok was used mainly as a substitute, playing only one full game, and averaging a total of 220 play minutes that season. For Derdiyok, the 2007/08 season proved to be a lot more profitable and he received regular playing time. In FC Basel's main squad, Derdiyok scored his first hat trick playing away against FC Thun on 2 March 2008. On 6 April 2008 he won the Swisscom Cup, his first title.

It has been speculated that Eren Derdiyok has been linked to a transfer to Turkish Giants Beşiktaş J.K..

International career

Derdiyok has been a regular in the Swiss youth sides for the past few years, scoring seven goals in seven games for the Switzerland Under 19s and an even more impressive seven goals in five games for the Switzerland Under 21s. After impressing in the Swiss Super League for FC Basel and with the Switzerland Under 21 team, Derdiyok was called up and received his first cap for the Switzerland full team against England, in a game at Wembley, on February 6, 2008, at the age of 19. Having come on as a substitute at half time, it only took 12 minutes for Derdiyok to take an excellent early shot (his first), with which he scored. He was included in Switzerland's squad to play at Euro 2008. He is the youngest player involved in the tournament[1]

International Goals

U21 Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 August 2007	Courtrai, Belgium	Belgium	0-2	1-2	Friendly
2.	8 September 2007	Wohlen, Switzerland	FYR Macedonia	1-0	1-1	Qualifier
3.	12 October 2007	Fredrikstad, Norway	Norway	2-1	2-1	Qualifier
4.	16 October 2007	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0-1	0-4	Qualifier
5.	16 October 2007	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0-2	0-4	Qualifier
6.	17 November 2007	Delemont, Switzerland	Estonia	1-0	5-0	Qualifier
7.	17 November 2007	Delemont, Switzerland	Estonia	4-0	5-0	Qualifier

National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 February 2008	London, England	England	1-1	2-1	Friendly

Honours

Team Awards

Basel

• Swiss Cup: 2008
• Swiss Super League: 2008

Individual Awards

Basel

• Swiss Youngster of the Year 2007/08

References

• http://www.football.ch