Gökdeniz Karadeniz

Football player infobox
playername = Gökdeniz Karadeniz


fullname = Gökdeniz Karadeniz
height = Height|m=1.69
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|1|11|df=y
cityofbirth = Giresun
countryofbirth = Turkey
currentclub = Rubin Kazan
clubnumber = 61
position = Attacking Midfielder
youthyears = 1995–1998
youthclubs = Trabzonspor PAF
years = 1999–2008
2008–
clubs = Trabzonspor
Rubin Kazan
caps(goals) = 246 (63)
0015 0(6)
nationalyears = 1994-1996
1996-1998
1997-1998
2000–2001
2002-2003
2003–
nationalteam = Turkey U16
Turkey U17
Turkey U18
Turkey U21
Turkey B
Turkey
nationalcaps(goals) = 014 0(0)
014 0(1)
010 0(0)
016 0(4)
002 0(0)
049 0(6)
pcupdate = 31 May 2008
ntupdate = 31 May 2008

Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980 in Giresun) is a Turkish football player for the team Rubin Kazan. [ [http://www.rubin-kazan.ru/allnews/#news_166624047db74088864c83894677c186 Карадениз пополнил наш состав] ] He is also a member of the Turkish national team.

Career

Trabzonspor

Gökdeniz played 90 matches and scored 23 goals for Trabzonspor PAF between 1995-98. Then he played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999-00 season in senior level and making ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003-04 season when he was given a much freer rein in midfield. His lightning step and effective understanding with fellow teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the clubs scorers that season with 13 goals.

Rubin Kazan

On 13 March 2008, he signed 5 years [ [http://www.trabzonspor.org.tr/manset.asp?MainID=448&PID=589&HaberID=38419 I'm happy and saidly] ] deal with Russian club Rubin Kazan for € 8.7 million.Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him. [http://www.regnum.ru/news/971744.html] [ [http://www.ntvspor.net/pages/21125.asp Gökdeniz signed for Kazan] ] .Karadeniz also said that another factor that persuaded him is that the region the club is from has a large muslim population and Karadeniz feels comfortable living amongst people of the same religion as him [http://championat.ru/football/news-103213.html] .

National team

He played his national team debut against Czech Republic national football team on 30 April 2003. He also played 2 times for Turkey B national football team for Future Cup matches against Scotland and Germany and 16 times for Turkey U21. [ [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiID=202002 Click on Milli Maçlar] ] He has been called up for the UEFA Euro 2008 for Turkey.

Achievements

*Turkish Premier Super League:
**Runners-up (2): 2003-04, 2004-05
*Turkish Cup:
**Winners (2): 2003, 2004

* Turkey
** FIFA Confederations Cup 2003: 3rd place

External links

* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/6871/goekdenizkaradeniz/profil.html Profile on transfermarkt.de] de icon
* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=202002 Profile on TFF.org]

References