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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Eren Derdiyok
- Position: Striker
- Squad number: 19
- Date of birth: 12 June, 1988 (22 years old)
- Height: 6'3" (190cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 3 Eren Derdiyok | 2|3 Eren Derdiyok |
| 1 As substitute | 10|15 Total Switzerland |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 3 Total Switzerland | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Eren Derdiyok | 0 Eren Derdiyok |
| 1 Total Switzerland | 0 Total Switzerland |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 0|1 Eren Derdiyok | 0|0 Eren Derdiyok |
| 52|38 Total Switzerland | 8|1 Total Switzerland |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
Switzerland games played
- Spain 0-1 Switzerland
Wednesday, 16 June Match report - Chile 1-0 Switzerland
Monday, 21 June Match report - Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
Friday, 25 June Match report
Player Profile
The youngest player at Euro 2008 is maturing into an accomplished centre-forward.
The 6ft 3in Derdiyok scored on his debut for Bayer Leverkusen last summer and ended the season with 12 league goals as his club finished fourth in the German Bundesliga.
Nonetheless, he is not expected to break up the Swiss strike partnership of Alexander Frei and Blaise Nkufo at the World Cup.
Derdiyok scored 12 minutes into his international debut at Wembley in February 2008 against an England side being led by Fabio Capello for the first time. Two years beforehand he had been playing amateur football for Basel-based Old Boys.
He was given his breakthrough by then-Basel coach Christian Gross, who bought Derdiyok shortly after he scored against Basel in a Swiss Cup game. The youngster went on to score 17 goals in 63 top-flight games over three seasons.
He is one of three Swiss players, alongside Hakan Yakin and Gokhan Inler, to have joint Swiss-Turkish nationality. The Basel-born player says: “I grew up in Switzerland and played football here since I was a child, so why would I want to play for Turkey?”
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