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Eren Derdiyok (born 12 June 1988) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a former Swiss international. Derdiyok has played for ten different clubs in Europe, as well as a one year stint in Uzbekistan's capital with Pakhtakor FC.
He scored his first league goal for his new club on 14 April in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park as Basel played a 3–3 draw with St. Gallen. At the end of the 2006–07 Super League season Basel were runners-up, one point behind championship winners Zürich. During the second half of the season Derdiyok was used mainly as a substitute, playing only one full game, and averaging a total of 220 play minutes. In the Swiss Cup Basel advanced to the final, where they played FC Luzern. Derdiyok was in the starting eleven, substituted out after 58 minutes, but the game was won 1–0 thanks to a penalty goal in the third minute of added time.
For Derdiyok, the 2007–08 season proved to be a lot more fruitful and he received more regular playing time. Basel played in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. Winning both matches in the qualification round and both matches in the play-off round, they advanced to the group stage, which they ended undefeated in second position, to continue the knockout stage. But then they were eliminated here by Sporting CP. Derdiyok had seven appearances in the ten games. In his first league match of the season, an away game at the Espenmoos Derdiyok scored a brace as Basel won 3–0 against St. Gallen. He scored his first hat-trick in the away match on 2 March 2008 as Basel won 3–1 against FC Thun. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he won the Double with the club. They won the League Championship title with four points advantage over second placed Young Boys. Derdiyok had 27 league appearances, scoring seven times. In the Swiss Cup via FC Léchelles, SC Binningen, Grasshopper Club, Stade Nyonnais and in the semi-final FC Thun, Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 4–1 against AC Bellinzona they won the competition. In the final, on 6 April 2008, Derdiyok was in the starting eleven and he netted the first goal of the game.
To the beginning of the 2008–09 season, he was member of the Basel team that won the Uhrencup. They beat Legia Warsaw 6–1 and played a 2–2 draw with Borussia Dortmund to end the table on top slot above Dortmund and Luzern. Basel joined the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round and with an aggregate score of 5–3 they eliminated IFK Göteborg. In the next round they played against Vitória de Guimarães, but the first leg ended in a goalless draw. In the second leg in the St. Jakob-Park on 27 August 2008, despite an early Basel lead, Vitória equalised in the 14th minute. After half time, Derdiyok scored the winning goal, and with a 2–1 win they eliminated Vitória, and advanced to the group stage. Here Basel were matched with FC Barcelona, Sporting CP and Shakhtar Donetsk, but ended the group in last position winning just one point after a 1–1 draw in Camp Nou. Derdiyok scored the Basel equaliser. At the end of the 2008–09 Super League season Basel were third in the table, seven points behind new champions Zürich and one adrift of runners-up Young Boys. In the 2008–09 Swiss Cup, Basel advanced via Schötz, FC Bulle, Thun and Zurich to the semi-finals. But here they were stopped by YB. After a goalless 90 minutes and extra time, YB decided the penalty shoot-out 3–2 and advanced to the final to become runners-up, as FC Sion became cup winners.
Derdiyok left the club at the end of the season. During his two and a half years with the team, Derdiyok played a total of 119 games for Basel scoring a total of 43 goals. 63 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 11 in the Swiss Cup, 16 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 29 were friendly games. He scored 17 goals in the domestic league, six in the cup, two in the European games and the other 16 were scored during the test games.
In the first half of his second season, Derdiyok again was a regular in the starting lineup, but was increasingly used as a substitute in the second leg of this season. He played alternately with Stefan Kießling. On 14 August 2010, Derdiyok scored his first goal of 2010–11 season debut when scoring twice against FK Pirmasens for an 11–1 win in the DFB-Pokal. On matchday 2 of the Bundesliga, Derdiyok scored in the league-match against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Derdiyok scored six goals in 32 Bundesliga matches. In his third and final season, Derdiyok scored his first goal of 2011–12 season in a DFB-Pokal against Dynamo Dresden but only to lose 4–3 after extra time. On 1 October 2011, Derdiyok scored in a 3–1 win over VfL Wolfsburg when he stretched to take down a long pass at the edge of the box, flipped the ball back over his head with two defenders around him and buried it in the back of the net with an overhead kick. On 23 November 2011, he scored a headed equalizing goal against Chelsea in the group stage of the Champions League. Bayer Leverkusen went on to win this match 2–1 as Manuel Friedrich scored the winning goal. Bayer Leverkusen qualified for the last 16 of this competition. Three days later, playing away in a draw 3–3 with the Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga, Derdiyok scored his first hat-trick with Leverkusen. Later this season Derdiyok ended up in the hospital, needing seven stitches for a cut that he suffered in a freak injury when he knocked over the glass in which he keeps his toothbrush and then overlooked a shard of glass and cut his foot open on it. His injury made him miss three weeks; he returned from injury when he was on the bench in a match against 1. FC Köln but he wasn't fit enough to play. Derdiyok made his return in a match against FC Bayern Munich where Derdiyok provided an assist for Stefan Kießling. The 2–0 win ended a spate of 14 matches of Bayer Leverkusen without a win against Bayern Munich. In the 2011–12 Bundesliga, Derdiyok scored seven goals.
After one season with Hoffenheim, Derdiyok was among nine players to be left out for the club's training camp ahead of the 2013–14 season. Derdiyok told Sport1 in an interview, quoting: "We have all disappointed. It can not be that I'm the bogeyman. Things were promised to him, "have not been complied with at the end. There has been much done wrong." After being told by Switzerland's manager Ottmar Hitzfeld to leave as soon as possible. Derdiyok found himself being linked with Hamburger SV. Derdiyok was sent to the club's reserve side by Manager Gisdol.
However, Derdiyok featured less and only appeared on the bench instead. Manager Sami Hyypiä quoted on Derdiyok about his recent attitude: "Eren must focus even more, then he is a very good player. He has quality. We all need to help him get this quality." After the end of the 2013–14 season, Derdiyok's loan spell with the club came to an end and he returned to Hoffenheim.
As a result of his performance in his club career, Derdiyok was not included in the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup by manager Ottmar Hitzfeld.
His performances improved for Kasımpaşa, which resulted in him being included in the squad for Euro 2016.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| FC Basel | 2006–07 | Swiss Super League | 1 |
| 2007–08 | Swiss Super League | 10 | |
| 2008–09 | Swiss Super League | 14 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 13 |
| 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 11 | |
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 10 | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 1 |
| Kasımpaşa | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 14 | |
| Galatasaray | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 12 |
| 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 4 | |
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 10 | |
| Göztepe | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 3 |
| Pakhtakor | 2020 | Uzbekistan Super League | 14 |
| 2021 | Uzbekistan Super League | 4 | |
| Ankaragücü | 2021–22 | TFF First League | 10 |
| 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 0 | |
| + List of international goals scored by Eren Derdiyok |
| Friendly |
| 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Friendly |
| UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| Friendly |
| 2–0 |
| 3–1 |
| Friendly |
| UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| Friendly |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Friendly |
| 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification |
| 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification |
| 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification |
| 2–0 |
| 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification |
| 4–0 |
| 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification |
Galatasaray
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Ankaragücü
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