Ferdi Elmas (born 13 February 1985) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in

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, Netherlands, Elmas played for

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for over nine years in his youth, having come through the ranks of the club's elite Youth Team. He continued his career in Dutch

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after transferring to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

. In 2004, he moved to

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

, before completing a loan switch to

Ankaraspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bele ...

. During the summer transfer window of 2008, the

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club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

signed the player on a three-year deal, expiring in June 2011. The transfer was a player-swap, with Uğur Akdemir being the player who left the team. He was released by Galatasaray S.K. after a season after signing and signed a new deal with Turkish First Division team Karabükspor. In 2013, he was playing for

FK Baku FC Baku ( az, "Bakı" Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that has been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and earning the Na ...

in the

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Personal life

He qualifies for both Dutch and Turkish citizenship as his mother is Dutch and his father is Turkish.

Honours

Galatasaray *

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References

MANİSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR’DEN İKİ TAKVİYE DAHA
45haber.com, 7 January 2016

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elmas, Ferdi 1985 births Living people Dutch people of Turkish descent Association football wingers Association football midfielders Turkish footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Footballers from Amsterdam Eredivisie players Süper Lig players Çaykur Rizespor footballers Ankaraspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers RKC Waalwijk players Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers FC Baku players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Manisa FK footballers Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan TFF First League players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players Azerbaijan Premier League players