Aldin Turkeš (; born 22 April 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

. Born in Switzerland, and a former Swiss youth international, he most recently represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at youth level. Turkeš started his professional career at

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

, before joining

Vaduz Vaduz ( or , High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' Hrsg. ...

in 2016. Two years later, he was loaned to

Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, B ...

, with whom he signed permanently later that year. The following year, he moved to Lausanne-Sport.

Club career

Early career

Turkeš started playing football at Luzern, before joining Grasshopper's youth academy in 2013. Two years later, he moved to

's youth setup. He made his professional debut against Young Boys on 27 February 2016 at the age of 19. In August 2016, he switched to

. He scored his first professional goal on 28 May 2017. In January 2018, Turkeš was sent on a six-month loan to

. In July, he joined the team permanently. Turkeš scored his first career

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against

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on 28 July. On 26 June 2019, he signed with Lausanne-Sport. In December 2020, he suffered a severe knee injury, which was diagnosed as anterior cruciate ligament tear and was ruled out for at least six months.

International career

Despite representing Switzerland on various youth levels, Turkeš decided to play for

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

on senior level. In September 2018, his application to change sports citizenship from Swiss to Bosnian was approved by FIFA. He was first part of Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team. In October 2020, he received his first senior call-up, for friendly game against

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and

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games against

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and

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Zürich * Swiss Cup: 2015–16 Vaduz * Liechtenstein Cup: 2016–17 Lausanne-Sport * Swiss Challenge League: 2019–20 Individual Performances * Swiss Challenge League Top Goalscorer: 2019–20

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkes, Aldin 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Zug Swiss people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Zürich players FC Vaduz players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein FC Rapperswil-Jona players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Winterthur players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland