Murat Erdoğan

Murat Erdoğan (born 1 August 1976 in London, England) is an English footballer of Turkish descent.[1] In the 1998/99 season he tested positive for methenolone and was banned for six months for doping.[2]

Murat Erdoğan
Personal information
Full name Murat Erdoğan
Date of birth (1976-08-01) 1 August 1976
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Number 33
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Mersin İdman Yurdu 51 (10)
1999–2002 Istanbulspor 87 (5)
2002–2003 Gaziantepspor 29 (0)
2003–2004 Galatasaray 17 (2)
2004–2005 Malatyaspor 33 (6)
2005–2006 Ankaraspor 28 (2)
2006–2007 Sakaryaspor 32 (2)
2007–2009 MKE Ankaragücü 30 (4)
2009 Sivasspor 15 (2)
2009–2010 Kasımpaşa 24 (3)
2010–2012 Manisaspor 58 (9)
2012–2013 Mersin İdman Yurdu 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Murat is a midfielder, who scored 48 goals during 410 professional appearances.

After being spotted playing on Hackney Marshes in London, Murat was invited to play for Mersin İdman Yurdu. After a transfer to İstanbulspor, Murat's career saw him play for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Malatyaspor, Ankaraspor, Sakaryaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Sivasspor, Kasımpaşa, and Manisaspor. In September 2009, Murat moved to Kasımpaşa S.K.[3] before returning to Mersin İdman Yurdu, where he ended his professional football career, playing for the team he first signed for sixteen years previously.

In the 1998/99 season he tested positive for methenolone and was banned for six months for doping.[2]

Professional career

Since 2018, Murat has been the director of ME10 Football, an agency for professional footballers. Murat worked as Sporting Director for Konyaspor from 2015 to 2016 . Prior to that Murat worked for Sivasspor as Sporting Director from June 2013 until February 2014.

References
  1. "Murat Erdoğan". TFF (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  2. "Hidayet Türkoğlu kimdir?". T24.
  3. "Kasımpaşa'da 3 imza" (in Turkish). NTVSpor. 1 September 2009.


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