Eren_Dinkçi
Eren Dinkçi
German footballer (born 2001)
Eren Sami Dinkçi (born 13 December 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim, on loan from Werder Bremen.[1] He will join SC Freiburg ahead of the 2024–25 Bundesliga season.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eren Sami Dinkçi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Bremen, Germany[2] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
1. FC Heidenheim (on loan from Werder Bremen) | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2019 | SC Borgfeld | ||
| 2019–2020 | Werder Bremen | ||
| 2019 | → SC Borgfeld (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Werder Bremen II | 10 | (9) |
| 2020– | Werder Bremen | 46 | (1) |
| 2023– | → 1. FC Heidenheim (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Turkey U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC) | |||
In his youth, Dinkçi played for hometown club SC Borgfeld. In January 2019, Dinkçi signed a contract with Werder Bremen lasting until 2022, though he was loaned back to SC Borgfeld for six months before joining Werder's youth academy in July 2019.[3] Dinkçi made his professional debut for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on 19 December 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute for Romano Schmid against Mainz 05. In the 90th minute, he scored the winning goal for Bremen in a 1–0 away victory with a header via an assist from Tahith Chong.[4]
In April 2022, Dinkçi agreed a contract extension with Werder Bremen.[5]
Dinkçi joined 1. FC Heidenheim, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, on loan for the 2023–24 season.[6] During that season, he managed to record top speed of 36.41 kilometres per hour (22.62 mph) as Bundesliga's fastest player along with Alphonso Davies.[7]
In April 2024, it was announced Dinkçi would join Bundesliga club SC Freiburg for the 2024–25 season.[8]
Born in Germany, Dinkçi is of Turkish descent.[9] In 2020, he made one appearance for the Turkey U19s. That same year he switched and made three appearances for the Germany U20s.[10]
- As of match played 23 October 2023
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Werder Bremen II | 2020–21[11] | Regionalliga Nord | 8 | 7 | – | 8 | 7 | |
| 2022–23[11] | Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 10 | 9 | – | 10 | 9 | |||
| Werder Bremen | 2020–21[11] | Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2021–22[11] | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[11] | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | ||
| 1. FC Heidenheim (loan) | 2023–24[11] | Bundesliga | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Career total | 64 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 15 | ||
- Eren Dinkçi at WorldFootball.net
- Bähr, Christoph (22 June 2020). "Wechselgerüchte um U19-Torjäger Eren Dinkci" [Rumours about the transfer of U19 goalscorer Eren Dinkçi]. Weser-Kurier (in German). Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "Dinkcis tolles Debüt: Bremen jubelt in Mainz" [Dinkçi's great debut: Bremen rejoice in Mainz]. kicker (in German). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- Bürger, Malte (4 April 2022). "Werder: Vertrag mit Stürmer Eren Dinkci verlängert". Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Bürger, Malte (30 June 2023). "Werder Bremen-Transfers: Eren Dinkci-Leihe zu Bundesliga-Konkurrenten!" [Werder Bremen transfers: Eren Dinkci loan to Bundesliga rivals!]. Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- "Eren Dinkçi". Bundesliga.
- "Freiburg sign Eren Dinkçi for 2024/25 season". Bundesliga. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- Stunde!, LIGABlatt-Fußball zur (20 December 2020). "Eren(mann) Dinkçi: Ein 19-jähriger Deutsch-Türke macht Werder Bremen wieder froh". LIGABlatt - Fußball zur Stunde!.
- "Derbide gülen taraf Trabzonspor oldu! | STAR". Star.com.tr. 17 September 2023.
- "Eren Dinkçi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- Eren Dinkçi at DFB (also available in German)
- Eren Dinkçi at kicker (in German)
- Eren Dinkçi at Soccerway
- Eren Dinkçi at FootballDatabase.eu