Tayfun Pektürk (born 13 May 1988) is a German-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Mittelrheinliga club Borussia Freialdenhoven.

Tayfun Pektürk
Pektürk in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-13) 13 May 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Wermelskirchen, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
Borussia Freialdenhoven
Number 7
Youth career
1994–2001 SV Wermelskirchen
2001–2002 Bayer Leverkusen
2002–2004 SV Wermelskirchen
2004–2005 Wuppertaler SV Borussia
2005–2007 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 TuS Koblenz 29 (2)
2009–2010 Eintracht Trier 10 (2)
2010–2012 Greuther Fürth 39 (1)
2013–2015 İstanbul Başakşehir 40 (5)
2015–2018 Karşıyaka 73 (7)
2018–2019 Utaş Uşakspor 27 (3)
2019–2020 İnegölspor 21 (4)
2020–2023 SV Eintracht Hohkeppel 39 (10)
2023– Borussia Freialdenhoven 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023

Career edit

Born in Wermelskirchen, Pektürk began his career in 1994 with SV Wermelskirchen. In 2004, he signed for third division side Wuppertaler SV Borussia.[1] He played one year for Wuppertal, before signing for FC Schalke 04 in July 2005.[2]

Pektürk made his debut at the professional level in the 2. Bundesliga for TuS Koblenz on 23 September 2007, when he started the game against 1. FC Köln. On 17 September 2009, he signed for Eintracht Trier, but was demoted into the reserve team in February 2010.[3] On 6 April 2010, Pektürk announced he would leave Eintracht Trier at the end of the season and join SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 1 July 2010.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tayfun Pektürk (TRK)" (in German). FD21. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ Tayfun Pektürk at kicker (in German)
  3. ^ "Breu räumt bei der Eintracht auf" (in German). kicker.de. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Pektürk wird ein Franke" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

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