Erkan Martin (born 13 April 1984) is a German retired professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. He had a short stint as a professional with Altay in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

, but spent most of his career as an amateur in Turkey and Germany. Martin Martin made his professional debut with Altay in a 1-0

loss to

Orduspor Orduspor was a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club was located in Ordu, Turkey and played their home games at 19 Eylül Stadium. The team managed to qualify for the Turkish Super League again in 2011. But, the last spell in top level ...

on 29 October 2006.

Personal life

Martin is the younger brother of the Turkish international footballer

Ersen Martin Ersen Martin (born 23 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He amassed Süper Lig totals of 256 games and 73 goals over the course of 12 seasons, in representation of ten clubs. Club career Born in Mark ...

. After his footballing career, Martin got his license to become a professional football scout and manager.

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1984 births Living people People from Marktredwitz Sportspeople from Upper Franconia German footballers German people of Turkish descent Altay S.K. footballers İzmirspor footballers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers Giresunspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF Second League players Association football forwards Footballers from Bavaria {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub