Emrah Eren

Emrah Eren (born November 13, 1978) is a football player for Turkish team Çaykur Rizespor.

Emrah began his career at Gaziosmanpaşa in his teenage years, playing on the right side of defence and midfield. He became professional in İstanbulspor in 1995. He soon found himself at Superlig team Adanaspor, and immediately made his mark despite his youth. His talent earned him a place in the Turkish under-21 team, where he continued to impress the scouts from many teams. Displaying pace, power, technique and hard work it was obvious that he would soon join a big team.

In the summer of 1999, he joined Galatasaray. His time there was brief, as he failed to earn much playing time. He was loaned out to Istanbulspor for a while but found that his experience on his return to Galatasaray would be the same as he had been through before. At the beginning of the 2001 season he joined league strugglers Kocaelispor. Here he found regular playing time and refound his form and began to show signs of fulfilling his promise that he had displayed in his younger years. His efficient defending combined with runs into the opposition half made him one of the stars of the team. Unfotunately, Kocaelispor were relegated from the Superlig. Emrah left to join the Black Sea club Trabzonspor.

At Trabzonspor, Emrah has established himself as one of the best defenders in Turkish football. He has fulfilled much of the potential that he showed in his youth. He is a fan favourite due to his modesty and hard work in the team. In August 2006 he extended his contract with the team for a further three years, to 2008.

Emrah Eren is married with one child.

He played Gaziosmanpaşaspor (1990-1993), İstanbulspor (1993-1995 and 2000-2001), Kartalspor (1995-1996 as loaned), Adanaspor (1996-1998), Galatasaray (1998-2000), Gaziantepspor (2001-2002), Kocaelispor (2002-2003), Trabzonspor (2003-2006) and Malatyaspor (2006)

References

* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=26710 Profile at TFF.org]