Arda Turan Football player

Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Madrid as an attacking midfielder and is the captain of the Turkish 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. He is the first Turk to win the La Liga title, doing it in the 2013–14 season with Atlético Madrid.Arda was ranked 38th in The 100 best footballers in the world by The Guardian in 2014. Onn 25 November 2014, Turan was nominated for the UEFA Team of the Year for 2014, among 40 other players.As of December 2014, Arda has 79 senior national caps and 13 goals for Turkey and following a successful UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, he 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.

Personal facts

Arda Turan
Birth dateJanuary 30, 1987
Birth place
Turkey national football team , Fatih , Istanbul
Height (meters)1.77

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Football player

position
Midfielder
teams
Manisaspor
Atlético Madrid
Turkey national under-17 football team
Turkey national youth football team
Galatasaray S.K. (football)

Arda Turan on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://en.clubatleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/arda-turan-2
  2. http://www.footballtop.com/players/arda-turan