Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tolgay Ali Arslan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 August 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Paderborn, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2003 | Grün-Weiß Paderborn | ||
2003–2009 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2015 | Hamburger SV | 83 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Alemannia Aachen (loan) | 31 | (6) |
2015–2018 | Beşiktaş | 89 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Fenerbahçe | 24 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Udinese | 96 | (5) |
2023–2024 | Melbourne City | 24 | (13) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Turkey U19 | 2 | (1) |
2010 | Turkey U21 | 1 | (0) |
2011 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2013 |
Tolgay Ali Arslan (Turkish pronunciation: [toɫɡaj ali aɾsɫan]; born August 16, 1990) is a German professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for A-League Men club Melbourne City.
He has represented both Germany and Turkey internationally at youth level.
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Arslan was born and raised in Germany, in Paderborn, to Turkish parents from Çorum; his father Erhan Arslan, a real estate agent, moved to Germany when he was 11 years old. He began playing football at the age of six, when his father brought him along to watch Grün-Weiß Paderborn play. Arslan began his career with the local club. Patterning his game around Zinedine Zidane and Gheorghe Hagi, Arslan earned a move to Borussia Dortmund in 2003. After several years in Dortmund's youth team, Arslan moved to Hamburger SV.[2]
Hamburger SV[edit]
Arslan moved to Hamburger SV on a free transfer in 2009. He made his debut on 23 September 2009, coming in the 70th minute as a substitute for Marcus Berg in the second round of the DFB-Pokal against Osnabrück.[3] Hamburg managed a 3–3 draw, but went on to lose 5–7 following a penalty shootout. Arslan made his league debut on 17 October 2009 in a 0–0 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.[4]
He moved on loan to Alemannia Aachen for the 2010–11 season and scored his first goal for the club in the fifth week of the 2. Bundesliga in a 3–1 win against FSV Frankfurt.[5]
Beşiktaş[edit]
On 27 January 2015, Arslan signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.[6] He came on as a substitute for José Sosa on 26 February in the 60th minute of a UEFA Europa League last 32 second leg against Liverpool, and 15 minutes later scored the only goal of the game, taking it to a penalty shootout in which he scored Beşiktaş' last attempt before Dejan Lovren missed to eliminate Liverpool.[7]
Fenerbahçe and Udinese[edit]
In January 2019 he moved to Fenerbahçe where he will play until June 2020 and then change league by going to Italy for three seasons for Udinese.
Melbourne City[edit]
On 15 June 2023, his move to Australia was announced, signing a two-year contract with Melbourne City. He made his debut in the Australia Cup against Oakleigh Cannons, in which he scored two penalties in a 3–2 win. His goalscoring run would continue for the next two rounds of the 2023 Australia Cup, with a deflection goal credited to Arslan coming from a shot from Steven Ugarkovic against Wellington Phoenix and a penalty rebound against the North Eastern MetroStars.
International career[edit]
Arslan began his career with the Turkey youth teams in 2009. He made two appearances for the U-19 team in 2009.[8] He made his first appearance for the Turkey national under-21 football team against the Republic of Ireland on 7 September 2010.[9]
In December 2010, Arslan switched to the German Football Association.[10] He was first called up to the Germany national under-21 team to face, of all teams, Turkey on 14 November 2012.[11]
Personal life[edit]
In November 2018, it was decided that Arslan would perform his military service for Turkey in June 2019.[12]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 18 September 2022
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hamburger SV | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2011–12 | Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2012–13 | Bundesliga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | Bundesliga | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Total | 83 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 2 | ||
Alemannia Aachen (loan) | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 6 | ||
Beşiktaş | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2 | |
2015–16 | Süper Lig | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Süper Lig | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Süper Lig | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Süper Lig | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
Total | 89 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 130 | 3 | ||
Fenerbahçe | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
Total | 24 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
Udinese | 2020–21 | Serie A | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | Serie A | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | Serie A | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
Total | 66 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 70 | 5 | ||||
Career total | 323 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 360 | 18 |
Honours[edit]
Beşiktaş
Individual
References[edit]
- ^ "Tolgay Ali Arslan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Özten, Nihat (1 July 2010). "10 numaranın genç adayı: Tolgay Ali Arslan" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "HSV scheitert beim Pokal-Drama in Osnabrück" (in German). kicker.de. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Torun scheitert an Castro, Kießling an Rost" (in German). kicker.de. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Franzke, Julian; Holger Richter (23 September 2010). "kicker Heft Nr.77". kicker Sportmagazin (in German). Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag.
- ^ "Beşiktaş, Tolgay Arslan'la imzaladı!".
- ^ Whalley, Mike (26 February 2015). "Besiktas 1-0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "TOLGAY ALİ ARSLAN" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "TÜRKİYE 1–0 İRLANDA" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Kampf um die Talente: Jetzt wird zurückgeklaut!" (in German). Bild.de. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "U21: Adrion beruft Neulinge Rüdiger und Arslan" (in German). Focus.de. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Burdur'da yaz kampı (!)". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 19 November 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (16 May 2024). "Wellington Phoenix dominate PFA A-League Men team of the season". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "A-League All Stars Men lock in final 21-player squad to take on Newcastle United this Friday". A-League Men. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- Tolgay Arslan at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Tolgay Arslan – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Tolgay Arslan at ESPN FC
- kicker profile