Zeki Erkilinc (born 22 January 1998) is a Dutch

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 plays as a

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for

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

club HSC '21.

Club career

A youth product of

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...

, Erkilinc joined

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

on loan on 17 August 2017. On 11 May 2018, Erkilinc signed his first professional contract with Heracles Almelo. He made his professional debut with Heracles in a 4–2

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

win over

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

on 21 October 2018. On 21 March 2022, Erkilinc signed with

club HSC '21.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Erkilinc is of Turkish descent.

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1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Hengelo Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Men's association football forwards Heracles Almelo players FC Dordrecht players VfB Lübeck players FC Gießen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Regionalliga players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Footballers from Overijssel {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub