The UnOfficial Emre Belezoglu Thread

[Dirt McGirt]

http://www.geocities.com/emrebelozoglu2001/belgoal.jpg
It had to happen sooner or later Emre's own thread on Big Soccer a place for news, pictures and talk about our favorite Turkish midfielder EMRE.

AGENT: MY BOY EMRE WILL SAVE UNITED

By Dylan Younger
Date: 14/9/2005

EMRE's agent has claimed the player is champing at the bit to bring the good times back to St James's. The injured Turkish international is targetting a return at home to Manchester City on September 24 . . .

And his agent, Ahmet Bulut, insists the 25-year-old will soon repay the supporters' faith in him.

Emre has already established himself as a favourite with supporters, despite starting only two Premiership games for the Magpies before the club's hamstring curse struck again.

"He is feeling good but he knows he can't rush his comeback," said Bulut.

"Emre knows he must be 100 per cent before he plays again.

"He can't be in the position where he plays for 30 minutes and then has the same problem again.
http://www.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=893&p=2&stid=8391594

[Dirt McGirt]

Emre eyeing City return

Sep 14 2005

By Paul Gilder, The Journal


Emre has stepped up his efforts to solve Newcastle's midfield crisis and is expected to make his return to action in a black-and-white shirt against Manchester City on September 24.

But, although Graeme Souness will be without several pivotal performers at Blackburn this weekend, the United boss will not expedite the Turk's top-flight comeback after accepting that the risks involved would far outweigh any potential rewards.

With Albert Luque and Kieron Dyer ruled out of the trip to Blackburn, Nolberto Solano struggling for fitness and Scott Parker suspended, Souness could well use the services of his astute signing from Inter Milan. But given what happened the last time his return from injury was rushed - the 25-year-old suffered a recurrence of a hamstring problem and managed just 23 minutes against Manchester United last month - Emre will wait until the visit of Stuart Pearce's side to Tyneside before reacquainting himself with the top flight.Souness please don't rush him back. We need him for the long haul

[roxbury]

actualy i was thinking to open Emre Thread :cool:

Anyway;
Thanks for Wonderfull Emre Thread ;) .


_Emre_di_piccolo_grande_Maradona_

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Edit:

sory by the way,

Emre Belozoglu ?


--> Emre Belezoglu.

[Toon³]

sory by the way,

Emre Belozoglu ?


--> Emre Belezoglu.

Fixed

[roxbury]

Fixed

Thanks Bro :cool:

[Dirt McGirt]

actualy i was thinking to open Emre Thread :cool:

Anyway;
Thanks for Wonderfull Emre Thread ;) .


_Emre_di_piccolo_grande_Maradona_

_5_


Edit:

sory by the way,

Emre Belozoglu ?


--> Emre Belezoglu.
Sorry :o I blame those damn public schools ;)

[roxbury]

Sorry :o I blame those damn public schools ;)
No Problem my friend :) .


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[Dirt McGirt]

Biography
Emre Belözoglu (born 7 September 1980 in Istanbul) is one of the greatest and most highly talented Turkish football players of all time, instrumental in Galatasaray's unbeaten run to a historic UEFA Cup victory in 2000, and Turkey's impressive third-place finish in the 2002 World Cup. He is currently one of the best attacking midfielders at Italian powerhouse Internazionale and the foremost stallion of the Turkish national team.

Belözoglu was discovered and developed by legendary Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim and Turkish giants Galatasaray, making his first appearance for the club's senior squad as a 16-year-old in the 1996-97 season. The following year, he became a regular, and continued with the club through the 2000-01 season, influential in their historic UEFA Cup victory in the year 2000. In 2001, Emre signed for Inter, where he has become a fan favourite, wooing and fascinating the San Siro squad with his passion, charisma, and skill. He was one of the foremost bearers of the Light that transcended a talented Turkish team which finished a surprising third at the 2002 World Cup.

Emre’s fascinating story dawned on the 8th of September 1980, in Apartment #29, at Zeytinburnu, situated within the Bahcekapi estate in Istanbul. His father was a professional football player known as the “Pilich Mehmet” (The Young One), whose career ranged from Yedikulespor, to Edirnespor and Ankara Demirspor. The greatest dream of “Pilich Mehmet” was to wear the famous Galatasaray shirt, but serious injury problems forbade him to achieve such an aspiration.

The Belözoglu family's only hope was little Emre, who at the tender age of 7, shined for his village team, Gunesspor, attracting the eye of many an interested onlooker. Emre's inspiration came from his ever-supportive father, who walked hand-in-hand with him and introduced him to football at the Zeytinburnuspor training ground. Dreams and smiles fill the eager face of the tender boy.

Fatma Belözoglu, Emre’s mother, had seen the problems that her husband had faced over his football career, and thus did not want little Emre to become a professional football player. But his father, ever inspirational and influential, supported Emre and urged him to try. Growing up, Emre started developing into a footballing connoisseur, an ardent fan of Spanish giants F.C. Barcelona, whose games he watched on the TV. He eagerly announced to his little friends at the village that he will one-day wear a Barcelona shirt.

The 29 March 1990 quickly approached, a big day for little Emre, for on this day he became a licensed footballer for Zeytinburnuspor, starting out as an amateur. The fans of Zeytinburnuspor quickly took an interest in Emre, stating his wonderful control with his left foot.

Emre was quickly spotted by the legendary Galatasaray trainer Salih Bulgurlu and noticing his amazing talent, started giving him special training. Bulgurlu, who trained the likes of Galatasaray legends Bulent Under, Mufit Erkasap, Cuneyt Tanman, Korkmaz Bulent, and Buruk Okan, looked after Emre for 4 years, teaching him all the basic techniques, improving and harnessing his fitness and stamina dramatically. When Emre turned 12, every football fan in Istanbul now know him perfectly, as one of the most exciting and startingly fresh players they had ever laid eyes on.

Emre was quickly discovered by the Galatasaray legend Bulent Under, a close friend of legendary Galatasaray manager, Fatih Terim. Under announced, “Wait and see, Salih Bulgurlu, in two years, this teenager will be playing proudly within the battlegrounds of Europe” and pleaded that Emre join Galatasaray.

Emre officially became a Galatasaray player during the 1995 season, fulfilling his and his father's dream. Salih Bulgurlu would now pick him up from school, run on a train to the Florya training grounds, and after the session was over, Bulgurlu would bring him back home.

Even in those early days, Emre dreamed of playing in Europe. He would always ask Bulent about the necessary arrangements one would need to develop for a future career in Europe. Bulent was however unenthusiastic on the matter of Europe, and wanted Emre to first graduate from school, but nevertheless got Emre's aunt to teach him English. During one point, Emre shared an English course with Buruk Okan and Arif. Their relationship was influential for Galatasaray's buildup to the Champions League, and later the Turkish club's historic UEFA Cup victory.

Emre gained much popularity and fame at Galatasaray, earning the reputation of one of the greatest player they had ever seen. During the early days, he would get the train from Zeytinburnu to Florya, but now, he would just skip lessons and take a quick taxi. During the 1998 season, when Emre turned 18, he got his driving license and bought his first ever car, a Mercedes A-140. The level-headed Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim approached Emre, and advised him not to live such a life at such an early stage.

At the end of the 1996-97 season, Galatasaray played against Besiktas. The score was dead-locked at 2-2 with the game nearly over, but Emre scored a screamer at the 83rd minute, winning Galatasaray the game, making them proud champions of the Turkish Championship. After the match, father-figure Terim met Emre, and after seeing a £4,000 Rolex watch on his wrist, shouted, “You haven’t even bought a house for your family, yet you’re going around wearing expensive watches, aren’t you at all ashamed of yourself?”. Emre’s eyes reportedly filled up with tears, saying shakily, “The watch is Arif’s, he gifted it to me after I scored the goal against Besiktas". Terim is extremely sorry and replies “Well done to Arif! We should have thought of that.”

Emre, after the two encounters with mentor Fatih Terim, became a changed and much more responsible man, buying a house for his family in 1999, moving to Florya.

Emre performs brilliantly for Galatasaray, combining with Buruk Okan and Hakan Sukur to guide and inspire a highly-talented Galatasaray squad towards a historic and un-beaten run to win the 2000 UEFA Cup, beating Arsenal on penalties to become the only squad in history to win the UEFA Cup un-beaten through-out the entire campaign. 19-year old Emre had by now gained a worldwide reputation as one of the most skillful and talented young players in the entire world, attracting the likes of Internazionale and Arsenal.

As Emre began to feel success, the most devastating moment of his life arrived on the 24th of October 2000. At 5.30 in the morning, Emre was driving from a Belgrad Woods training session with his friends to the Eyüp Cami, a renowned mosque in Istanbul, when he swerved to avoid a car which incorrectly crossed the motorway instead of going over the pedestrian bridge. He attempts to swerve away, but to no avail; he hit the car. Inside was a man that worked as a cleaner for the Gunes Hotel, who later dies. Emre was absolutely devastated, in deep and un-nerving pain. Immediately after the accident, he promised to help the workers family, granting them money, food, and aid, staying in-touch with them, keeping dear to a steadfast promise.

In 2001, Internazionale signed Belözoglu Emre alongside Buruk Okan and Hakan Sukur, forming a great bond between the three. Emre performed admirably, and quickly gained a great fanbase at the San Siro, proving himself as one of the most popular players at the San Siro.

Fatih Terim on Emre: "One morning we had a training session in Florya. In those days, Buruk Okan was a soldier in the army, and he was Emre’s adopted big brother. Whatever Okan said, Emre would do it, and he would never do any thing else. They are both late for training one day, Emre coming in 2 minutes earlier. I ask him where he'd been, and Emre replies that he is very sorry but he cannot tell me. Then Okan comes and says the same thing. But they hide the fact that they were together. I found out later that day that Okan had got permission to leave the army grounds and Emre had left to pick him up, but for some reason when they didn't leave Okan out early, Emre had waited for him the whole time. Of course, he didn’t tell that to me, since he knew I would tell Okan off. I loved this great bond between the two, but I still left out Emre of the lineup for the next game.

Emre had a large role in our UEFA Cup victory. I cannot forget the red card he got in the match against Leeds. We were ahead, and Leeds were lagging behind with 10 men. Then Emre conducted a slightly reckless challenge at a Leeds player, getting a red-card and sent off. When he walked towards the dugout, I pushed him on the back of his neck. For this action of mine, I received much criticism from the media, but I told Emre that I just wanted to bring into light the fact that the referee was right, the audience was right and he was just wrong. We can't all be always right. He was upset, but he accepted the criticism graciously later-on."

Emre was named by Brazilian legend Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Belözoglu is a devout Muslim, and good friends with Buruk Okan, Hakan Sukur, and mentor Fatih Terim.http://www.123football.com/players/b/emre-belozoglu/index.htm

A little dated but interesting.

[roxbury]

Jaypro myfriend,

Thansk for Bio of piccolo grande maradona ;) .



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Emre was named by Brazilian legend Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.''


what players Emre likes as a idol -> Maradona,Zidane.



sincerely the bull.

[Mel Bee]

actualy i was thinking to open Emre Thread :cool:

Anyway;
Thanks for Wonderfull Emre Thread ;) .


_Emre_di_piccolo_grande_Maradona_

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Edit:

sory by the way,

Emre Belozoglu ?


--> Emre Belezoglu.

Emre looks great to everyone at St James' Park sunshine.
Ps. Haway Mick Owen.

[Dirt McGirt]

50/50: Emre EMRE: IT'S LOOKING DOUBTFUL

By Dylan Younger
Date: 23/9/2005

EMRE is fighting a race against time to be fit for the crucial home clash with Manchester City. The summer signing is battling with a hamstring injury- along with Kieron Dyer - and insists he is desperate to take the field at St James's Park.

However, the former Inter Milan star - mindful of his and Dyer's abortive early comeback against Manchester United, when neither player lasted until half-time - is adamant he must be 100 per cent if he is to start the game.

"I really want to play but I must be careful," he said.

"I feel OK at the moment - I will see how things go and then I will speak to the gaffer.

"But I am worried that if I try to play when I am not ready, then I will get injured again.

"Maybe I will wait another week just to make sure I am totally recovered."

Souness may be reluctant to risk Emre for the full 90 minutes - but the Newcastle boss insists he has every faith in midfield stand-in Lee Clark - one of the most impressive players in last week's 3-0 win at Blackburn - to put in a repeat performance.

"When I offered Lee the opportunity to join us, I said 'Look, you know how crazy this game is, you could find yourself in the team' and it has happened sooner rather than later and sooner than we would have wanted," said Souness.

"But we can rely on Lee. We know about his passion for this club."

Good I'm glad that his recovery will be slowed down a bit. I just hope Turkey doesn't call him up next month.

[Toon³]

Good I'm glad that his recovery will be slowed down a bit. I just hope Turkey doesn't call him up next month.

They can suck my balls if they think they are calling him up.

[roxbury]

Good I'm glad that his recovery will be slowed down a bit. I just hope Turkey doesn't call him up next month.


Thanks for news my friend.

I hope Turkey NT coach Fatih Terim ''will let Emre Belezoglu for a rest while''

Turkey NT upcoming match is next month : versus Germany , at Istanbul Turkey.

There is a rumour that ,
Turkish upcoming 16 year_old genius star ''midfielder'' Nuri SAHIN will invited by Fatih Terim..
I think Nuri will play Emres position in this match versus Germany.

Guys, I wish Newcastle go for Nuri SAHIN aswell ;) :cool:

Actualy Arsenal coach Wenger ,was try to get Nuri..but Dortmund coach dont let Nuri to go..



anyway.
ps:

Nice to know that; Souness not gonna Rush on piccolo grande maradona .

[Dirt McGirt]

They can suck my balls if they think they are calling him up.
I wouldn't be surprised if he comes down with a "mysterious" injury during the international break.

[tigerdave]

I wouldn't be surprised if he comes down with a "mysterious" injury during the international break.

I, for one, wouldn't be surprised to see the old 'club vs. country row' flare up over Emre, given the position NUFC and Turkey each find themselves in, both needing him to bolster their chances of reaching goals.

[roxbury]

Actualy,

if it was Group elemination match..than definatly Emre will go Turkey ;) .


but, this upcoming_match versus Germany it just ''friendly match'..so i gues ..Fatih Terim will not gonna call him.. :rolleyes: or he will call.. who knows..


Emre di piccolo grande maradona.

sincerley the bull.

[roxbury]

I Wish Best To Our Genius Emre.

[Dirt McGirt]

I, for one, wouldn't be surprised to see the old 'club vs. country row' flare up over Emre, given the position NUFC and Turkey each find themselves in, both needing him to bolster their chances of reaching goals.
The Germany match next month should be a friendly. So he won't be missed.

[tigerdave]

The Germany match next month should be a friendly. So he won't be missed.

It is indeed a friendly, but there is another matchday four days past that. A lot will hinge upon what happens with Denmark and Greece, who play qualifying matches on that first matchday. Turkey could come away from that friendly knowing they only need an away draw against Albania to secure their spot in the play-in, in which case Emre might skip it. If they're in a position where a draw could conceivably not be enough, I have a feeling Turkey will do everything humanly possible to convince him to play despite any NUFC wishes to the contrary.

[roxbury]

Imo,

Upcoming match versus Albania will gonna be very very importand game for Turkey.. ;)


ps:

if Denmark versus Greece match result -> ''draw''.

than Turkey NT definatly %100 -> will call Emre Belezoglu. :cool:
_He is the ''Heart'' of Turkey NT since many years_..

Anyway;




I myself, likes to see Emre, fullfit comeback to football.

next month for friendly match versus Germany ''if Emre necassary'',,
->
Fatih Terim coach will make desicion with Emre; about whether he can/he will play or not.

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I wanna see Emre ''healty and powerfull'' for action! for Turkey for NUFC.

My Best Luck to you piccolo grande maradona.

We realy miss you bro.

sincerely the bull.