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Caner Erkin
Personal information
Full name	Caner Erkin
Date of birth	4 October 1988 (age 21)
Place of birth	Balıkesir, Turkey
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left winger, wingback
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray
Number	88
Youth career
2001–2002	Edremit Özcan Kolejispor
2002–2004	Manisaspor
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 September 2009

Caner Erkin (born 4 October 1988) is a Turkish footballer currently on loan at Turkish Süper Lig side Galatasaray, having spent the previous two seasons at Russian side CSKA Moscow. Galatasaray have the option of purchasing him at the end of the season. He plays as a left winger/wingback.

He began his professional career at the start of the 2004-2005 season with Manisaspor who were playing in the Turkish second teir. That season they won the league and got promoted to the Turkish Süper Lig. During his 1.5 year stay at Manisaspor in, he scored 5 goals in 39 games. In the January 2007 transfer window, he moved to CSKA Moscow. He has played 40 games and won the Russian Super Cup on two occasions with the team.

He made his debut with the Turkish National Team in a friendly match against Ghana in 2006 and currently has 9 caps.^[1]

[edit] Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manisaspor	2004-05	4	0	0	0	-		-		4	0
	2005-06	24	2	0	0	-		-		24	2
	2006-07	15	2	2	0	-		-		17	2
	Total	43	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	45	4
CSKA Moscow	2007	8	0	-	-	-	-	2	0	10	0
	2008	18	1	-	-	-	-	5	0	23	1
	2009	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	0
	Total	33	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	40	1
Galatasaray	2009-10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Galatasaray	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Career total		79	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	89	5

As of 23 October 2009.

[edit] References

^ "TFF Stats". Turkish Football Federation. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=433728. Retrieved 2009-10-08.

[edit] External links

Statistics at TFF.org (Turkish)
Profile at Transfermarkt.de (German)
Caner Erkin FIFA competition record
Caner Erkin statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com
Caner Erkin at National-Football-Teams.com

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[TFF_Stats-0] "TFF Stats". Turkish Football Federation. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=433728. Retrieved 2009-10-08.

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