Turacı playing for Fenerbahçe in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Önder Turacı | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-07-14) 14 July 1981 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back / Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1995 | Club Ligue | ||
| 1995–1998 | Tilleur Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Standard Liège | 64 | (3) |
| 2000 | → Visé (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | → La Louvière (loan)[1] | 49 | (2) |
| 2004–2010 | Fenerbahçe | 121 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Kayserispor | 26 | (1) |
| 2012 | Göztepe | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Sarıyer | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | Şanlıurfaspor | 10 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Antalyaspor | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Belgium U18 | 16 | (1) |
| 2000 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Belgium U21 | 14 | (2) |
| 2004–2009 | Turkey | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:03, 16 April 2015 (UTC) | |||
Önder Turacı (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈœndæɾ tuˈɾaːdʒɯ];[verification needed] born 14 July 1981) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a defender.
Turacı was a Belgian U-21s and played in the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He was included in the squad of Turkish senior team in series of friendlies in summer 2004,[2] and made his debut on 18 August 2004, a friendly match against Belarus.[3]
At that time the new FIFA status was in force since 1 January 2004, and had loosened the nationality transfer of players aged under 21. A provision clause of 1 year effectiveness also came in force that any player who already played for one nation youth side, but not the senior, had a chance to apply for nationality transfer, regardless of their age. Any players that already were allowed to play in official match on a senior team, means the transfer was automatically done. But in Turacı case, his transfer was uncertain, and Belgian senior team once tried to recall him in February 2006.[4] After the rule change by FIFA, he was able to play on the Turkey national team in 2009.[5]
