Edin Pepić (born 13 July 1991), previously known as Edin Sancaktar until 2019, is a German footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
Personal life
Pepić was born in
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...
,
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
to Yugoslav immigrants to Germany, originally with the surname Sancaktar. When moving to Germany, his father had to change his surname from Pepić to Sancaktar. In 2019, he re-took his father's original surname "Pepić".
References
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1991 births
Living people
People from Ratingen
Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region)
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Association football goalkeepers
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
Borussia Dortmund II players
FC 08 Homburg players
Goslarer SC 08 players
SG Wattenscheid 09 players
Wuppertaler SV players
3. Liga players
German footballers
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