Turgay Bahadır (born 15 January 1984 in

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) is a Turkish-Austrian

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Career

Bahadir began his career with First Vienna FC and won the youth championship in 1999. He was then scouted from

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

in the summer of 2000. He then left

and joined

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in the summer of 2003. After sixty games, he scored five goals for

and moved on to join the league rival

SC Schwanenstadt SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria. The club was founded on 16 March 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga (IV) in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won t ...

from the land of his ancestral estate

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in the summer of 2007. He then signed with

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits. The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fin ...

for two years, playing forty-seven games and scoring four goals. Bahadir then joined

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

in July 2009.

Bursaspor

With Bursaspor, Bahadır advanced as a football player and fit well with the tactical gameplay of manager Ertuğrul Sağlam. During the entire 2009–2010 Turkish Super League season he usually played as a pivotal striker for

, but due to his high technical abilities he was also used as a right winger (MCR) in the absence of Volkan Sen where he performed flawlessly. Bursaspor became the champions in the Turkish Super League 2009–2010 season for the first time in the club's history, whilst Bahadır scored 7 league goals and 3 Ziraat Turkish Cup goals. His most vital goals for

in this season were against Trabzonspor in

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(a high header from penalty area) in a league game and against Denizlispor in Ziraat Turkish Cup; both matches ended with 1–1 draw results.

National team

He played for Austria U21 and on 15 May 2010, Turkey National Football Team manager Guus Hiddink enlisted Bahadır in the Turkey squad in addition to his fellow

teammates

Sercan Yıldırım Sercan Yıldırım (, born 5 April 1990) is a Turkish former football player who played as a forward. Club career Bursaspor Yıldırım started his career at Bursaspor. He broke into the first team in the 2007–2008 season, making his leagu ...

Volkan Şen Volkan Şen (born 7 July 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger. He is under contract with Adana Demirspor. He is mostly known for his long shots, his dribbling and speed. Club career He was born in Bursa and started ...

and Ozan İpek.

Personal

Bahadır is a cousin of

Cem Tosun Cem Tosun (born 30 June 1990) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Darıca Gençlerbirliği Darıca Gençlerbirliği is a sports club located in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhu ...

and Cemil Tosun and holds a Turkish passport.Doppelpass ins rot-weiß-rote Abseits
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Honours

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 ...

(1):

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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 ...

(1): 2009-10

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