Kennedy Bakircioglu
Bakircioglu in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kennedy Bakircioglu | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Södertälje, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hammarby IF | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Assyriska | 34 | (10) |
| 1999–2003 | Hammarby IF | 127 | (38) |
| 2003–2005 | Iraklis | 24 | (4) |
| 2005–2007 | Twente | 66 | (23) |
| 2007–2010 | Ajax | 35 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | Racing Santander | 39 | (6) |
| 2012– | Hammarby IF | 109 | (39) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2001 | Sweden U21 | 14 | (1) |
| 2001–2008 | Sweden | 14 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2017. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2017.
Kennedy Bakircioglu (Turkish: Bakırcıoğlu; Turkish pronunciation: [baˈkirt͡ʃoːɫʊ]; born 2 November 1980) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hammarby.
He spent most of his career with Hammarby, first joining in 1999 then returning for a second spell in 2012. He also competed professionally in Greece, the Netherlands (with both Twente and Ajax) and Spain.
Bakircioglu was a Swedish international for seven years.
Bakircioglu's family is ethnic Assyrian, followers of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The family arrived in Sweden in 1972 from Midyat, Turkey.
Born in Södertälje, Bakircioglu was named after United States president John F. Kennedy. His father, Benjamin, was one of the first to play for newly founded Assyriska Föreningen, a club established by the Assyrian diaspora.
Bakircioglu started off his professional career with Assyriska in 1996, playing three seasons with the team. During this timeframe, he had a trial with Manchester United, but did not do enough to secure a contract with the English club.
In the summer of 1999, Bakircioglu joined Hammarby IF, and remained there for the next five years. In 2001, he scored eight goals in 26 games to lead the team to its first Allsvenskan championship and, four years later, was voted the club's fourth greatest player of all time in an online poll held on its website.
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