Emrah Eren (born 13 November 1978) is a

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retired

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. Emrah has played over 250 matches at

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and was a Turkey U21 internationals.

Career

Emrah began his career at

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in his teenage years, playing on the right side of defence and midfield. He became professional in

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in 1995. He soon found himself at

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team

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, and immediately made his mark despite his youth. His talent earned him a place in the Turkish under-21 team, first at

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where he continued to impress the scouts from many teams. Displaying pace, power, technique and hard work it was obvious that he would soon join a big team. In the summer of 1999, he joined

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. His time there was brief, as he failed to earn much playing time. He was loaned out to Istanbulspor for a while but found that his experience on his return to Galatasaray would be the same as he had been through before. At the beginning of the 2002 season he joined league strugglers

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. Here he found regular playing time and refound his form and began to show signs of fulfilling his promise that he had displayed in his younger years. His efficient defending combined with runs into the opposition half made him one of the stars of the team. Kocaelispor were relegated from the Superlig. Emrah left to join the

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club Trabzonspor. At Trabzonspor, Emrah has established himself as one of the best defenders in Turkish football. He has fulfilled much of the potential that he showed in his youth. He is a fan favourite due to his modesty and hard work in the team. In July 2005 he extended his contract with the team for a further three years, to 2008. In January 2006, he joined

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. Emrah Eren is married with one child. In June 2010, Emrah Eren signed a 1 year contract with

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

Honours

Galatasaray *

: 1999–2000 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

: 1999–2000 *

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: 1999–2000 Trabzonspor *

: 2003–04 Akhisar Belediyespor *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

: 2011–12

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eren, Emrah Turkish footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers İstanbulspor footballers Kartalspor footballers Adanaspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers Trabzonspor footballers Malatyaspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Giresunspor footballers Konyaspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Akhisarspor footballers Süper Lig players Association football defenders Footballers from Istanbul 1978 births Living people Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football 20th-century Turkish people