Arda Turan
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Turan with Turkey in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Arda Turan | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Fatih, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Barcelona | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Altıntepsi Makelspor | ||
| 2000–2005 | Galatasaray | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | Galatasaray | 130 | (29) |
| 2006 | → Manisaspor (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2011–2015 | Atlético Madrid | 127 | (13) |
| 2015– | Barcelona | 35 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Turkey U16 | 10 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Turkey U17 | 30 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | Turkey U18 | 11 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Turkey U19 | 18 | (6) |
| 2005 | Turkey U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Turkey U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006– | Turkey | 96 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2017 |
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Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club FC Barcelona and captains the Turkey national team.
He is mostly known for his ball control, dribbling skills, and vision. At the age of 21, prior to the 2009–10 season, he was made the captain of Galatasaray. Turan is the first Turkish footballer to win the La Liga title, achieving this in the 2013–14 season.
Following a successful Euro 2008 campaign, Turan was ranked eighth in a selection of the 100 Best Young Football Players in the World piece published by Spanish magazine Don Balón in July 2008. Turan was ranked 38th in "The 100 Best Footballers in the World" by The Guardian in 2014, the only player on the list to be born in Turkey. On 25 November 2014, Turan was nominated for the UEFA Team of the Year for 2014, among 40 other players.
As of February 2017, he holds 95 senior national caps and 17 goals for Turkey national team, making him the 4th most capped player of the teams' history.
Turan is a product of the Galatasaray youth. He was promoted to first team by Gheorghe Hagi in 2004–05 season, making his official debut against Bursaspor in a Turkish Cup match on 22 January 2005. He had a spell on loan to fellow Süper Lig side Manisaspor in the second half of the 2005–06 season. In 2005–2006 season, Turan scored two goals for the team based in Manisa.
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