Zidan_Sertdemir
Zidan Sertdemir
Danish footballer
Batuhan Zidan Sertdemir (born 4 February 2005) is a Danish-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Batuhan Zidan Sertdemir | ||
| Date of birth | (2005-02-04) 4 February 2005 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Ishøj,[1] Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nordsjælland | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2017 | Brøndby | ||
| 2017–2021 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Nordsjælland | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2021 | Denmark U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2021– | Denmark U17 | 5 | (5) |
| 2021– | Denmark U19 | 15 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 | |||
Sertdemir is a youth product of Brøndby and moved to the academy of Nordsjælland at the age of 12.[2] He then joined German club Bayer Leverkusen on 15 June 2021, signing a three-year contract.[2]
He made his senior debut with Bayer Leverkusen in a 1–1 Bundesliga tie with Hertha on 7 November 2021.[3] At 16 years and 276 days, Sertdemir is the youngest ever debutant for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, and the second-youngest debutant in the league after Youssoufa Moukoko.[4]
Having not managed to break through Bayer's first team on a full basis, on 31 January 2023 Sertdemir officially returned to Nordsjælland, joining the club on a permanent deal.[5][6]
Born in Ishøj, Denmark, Sertdemir is of Kurdish and Turkish descent.[7] He is a youth international for Denmark, having represented the Denmark U16s and U17s.[8]
Club
- As of match played 17 August 2023
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FC Nordsjælland | 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
- Players profile at the football magazine Kicker (German)
- "FC Nordsjælland sælger Zidan Sertdemir til Bayer Leverkusen". FC Nordsjælland. June 15, 2021. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- "Hertha Berlin vs. Bayer Leverkusen - 7 November 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- "Dansker får debut i BL - næstyngste i historien". Tipsbladet.dk.
- "Bayer 04 transferiert Sertdemir nach Dänemark". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- "Zidan Sertdemir vender hjem til FC Nordsjælland". fcn.dk (in Danish). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- "Zidan Sertdemir: Who is the Danish teenager joining Bayer Leverkusen from Nordsjaelland?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Archived from the original on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
Despite his Turkish roots, Sertdemir has opted to represent Denmark at youth international level.
- "Tyrkiet presser på: Supertalent vælger Danmark". Tipsbladet.dk. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- Zidan Sertdemir at Soccerway
- Zidan Sertdemir at BDFutbol
- Zidan Sertdemir national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)