Salih Yildiz (born 23 November 1978) is a Dutch former
footballer
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who is last known to have played as a
defender for
Kırşehirspor
KırÅŸehirspor with club code 000212 was a sports club located in KirÅŸehir, Turkey. It was founded as KırÅŸehirspor in 1969 and later dissolved. The current KırÅŸehirspor name and club, with club code 010954, is the changed name of ''Yeni KÄ ...
.
Career
In 1999, Yildiz signed for
Denizlispor
Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship AltaÅŸ Denizlispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. ...
in the Turkish top flight after playing for the youth academy of
Ajax
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, the Netherlands' most successful club. However, he claimed that "The people at the club looked at me and said 'there you have another fake Turk there'. Only then did I notice that there was a huge mentality difference between me and the Turks. The Turkish I spoke was very outdated. That sounded very rude to the Turks. They thought I was very arrogant. Moreover, football was completely different from what I was used to in the Netherlands. You will then find out that you are actually between two cultures. You are a foreigner everywhere."
In 2003, he signed for Petkimspor in the Turkish fourth division.
References
External links
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Dutch men's footballers
Living people
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Footballers from Amsterdam
Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent
Denizlispor footballers
TFF First League players
Manisaspor footballers
Erzurumspor F.K. footballers
Akhisarspor footballers
Göztepe S.K. footballers
Kırşehirspor footballers
TFF Second League players
Süper Lig players
1978 births
Men's association football defenders
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