Ekrem Hayyam Dağ (born 5 December 1980) is a Turkish-

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coach and a former player. He is the manager of Turkish club Göztepe.

Club career

Dağ started his career at SVL Flavia Solva but joined the youth team of

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in 1997 where he made his professional debut four years later. In the summer of 2005 he returned to the land of his birth and signed for Gaziantepspor. In the summer of 2008, after three seasons in

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

, Dağ signed in summer 2008 for

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

On 28 July Besiktas canceled his contract with permission of Dağ himself. In July 2012 Ekrem joined his former club Gaziantepspor.

Position

Dağ is an all-rounder and has played as right back, winger, right midfielder or in the left midfield.

International career

Dağ was born in Turkey but came to Austria with his family when he was 8 years old. His father was a '' Gastarbeiter''. Dağ grew up in Leibnitz and holds

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dual nationality, making him eligible for both countries. Dağ chose Austria over Turkey, and was due to make his debut on 31 May 2009; however this dream was stopped by injury. Dağ was called up to the Austrian national team again on 10 October 2009 for the game against

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, but was an unused substitute. His first cap eventually came in a friendly against

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on 3 March 2010. Austria won the match 2–1.

Honours

Beşiktaş

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 ...

: 2008–09 *

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 ...

: 2008–09,

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dag, Ekrem 1980 births Living people People from Mardin Austrian footballers Austria international footballers Turkish footballers Naturalised citizens of Austria Turkish emigrants to Austria SK Sturm Graz players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Association football midfielders Austrian football managers Göztepe S.K. managers