Ersen Martin (born 23 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a

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. He amassed

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totals of 256 games and 73 goals over the course of 12 seasons, in representation of ten clubs.

Club career

Born in

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, Ersen started playing for 1. FC Nürnberg, his

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input consisting in 20 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against

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in 1998–99. After that sole season he switched to Turkey, going on to represent

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Siirtspor Siirt S.K. is a sports club located in Siirt, Turkey. The football club plays in the Iddaa League B. It was founded as Siirt YSE (Road Water Electricity) in 1969. It was renamed as Siirt Köy Hizmetleri in 1989, as Siirt Jetpa S.K. in 1999 and as ...

, Göztepe AS,

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and

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. In the 2006–07 campaign, Ersen represented

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, finishing the season as the league's eighth best-scorer and helping his team finish fourth, good enough for

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to the

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. Subsequently, he had everything arranged with

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club

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in August 2007, but the deal eventually collapsed and he stayed at Trabzonspor; in October,

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stepped in and declared Ersen a player of the Spanish side– he had dual citizenship, but that status changed with 2007 changes in German laws and so, he eventually played his first season for the

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ns as a foreign player. On 3 February 2008, Ersen finally made his Recreativo debut, on a sour note as

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won 2–1 away and he was

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for a reckless challenge after just eight minutes as a substitute. On 27 April he got his first start and scored his first goal for ''Recre'', also assisting Javier Camuñas in a 2–0 home win that sent

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to the

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. On 1 July 2009, Ersen signed a two-year deal with

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, ending speculation he would be joining Scotland's Heart of Midlothian. On 4 August he netted his first competitive goal for the club, in the

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of the

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: on the 12th minute of the second leg against

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he scored the team's first ever in the competition, in a 3–1 home victory (6–3 loss on aggregate). After a poor first half of 2009–10, Ersen switched to

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for the Turkey national team on 18 August 2004, in a 2–1 friendly home loss to

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. He appeared in a further two internationals two years later, also in exhibition games.

Personal life

Martin's younger brother, Erkan, was also a footballer.

References

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Ersen 1979 births Living people People from Marktredwitz Sportspeople from Upper Franconia German people of Turkish descent German footballers Footballers from Bavaria Turkish footballers Association football forwards Bundesliga players 1. FC Nürnberg players Süper Lig players TFF First League players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Denizlispor footballers Ankaraspor footballers Trabzonspor footballers Sivasspor footballers Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Eyüpspor footballers La Liga players Recreativo de Huelva players Turkey under-21 international footballers Turkey B international footballers Turkey international footballers German expatriate footballers Turkish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain German expatriate sportspeople in Spain Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Spain