Zidan Sertdemir

Zidan Sertdemir
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 29 (0)
International career‡
2020–2021 Denmark U16 4 (1)
2021– Denmark U17 5 (5)
2021– Denmark U19 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024

Batuhan Zidan Sertdemir (born 4 February 2005) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland.

Club career

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 overtaking his teammate Iker Bravo in the same match, 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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 13 0 3 0 5[a] 0 21 0
2024–25 16 0 2 0 — 18 0
Total 29 0 5 0 5 0 39 0
Career total 32 0 5 0 5 0 42 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ^ Players profile at the football magazine Kicker (German)
  2. ^ a b "FC Nordsjælland sælger Zidan Sertdemir til Bayer Leverkusen". FC Nordsjælland. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Hertha Berlin vs. Bayer Leverkusen - 7 November 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Dansker får debut i BL - næstyngste i historien". Tipsbladet.dk.
  5. ^ "Bayer 04 transferiert Sertdemir nach Dänemark". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Zidan Sertdemir vender hjem til FC Nordsjælland". fcn.dk (in Danish). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Zidan Sertdemir: Who is the Danish teenager joining Bayer Leverkusen from Nordsjaelland?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021. Despite his Turkish roots, Sertdemir has opted to represent Denmark at youth international level.
  8. ^ "Tyrkiet presser på: Supertalent vælger Danmark". Tipsbladet.dk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.