Emre Çolak

Emre Çolak
Emre playing for Galatasaray in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Winger
Youth career
2002–2004 Atışalanıspor
2004–2009 Galatasaray A2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Galatasaray 132 (10)
2016–2018 Deportivo La Coruña 59 (4)
2018–2019 Al-Wehda 15 (1)
2020–2021 Deportivo La Coruña 16 (2)
2021 Fatih Karagümrük 9 (0)
2021 Hatayspor 8 (0)
2022 İstanbul Başakşehir 7 (0)
2022–2023 Göztepe 8 (0)
2023 Intercity 1 (0)
Total 254 (17)
International career‡
2006 Turkey U15 2 (0)
2006–2008 Turkey U16 21 (3)
2007–2009 Turkey U17 30 (5)
2008–2009 Turkey U18 11 (3)
2009–2010 Turkey U19 10 (4)
2010–2012 Turkey U21 15 (2)
2012–2023 Turkey A2 10 (3)
2012–2017 Turkey 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:16, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Emre Çolak (Turkish pronunciation: [emɾe tʃoɫak], born 20 May 1991) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a winger.

Emre has represented Turkey at every youth international level, before making his senior debut in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Romania in 2012 under coach Abdullah Avcı.

Club career

Galatasaray

He began his football career playing for amateur side Atışalanıspor, before being invited to train with Beşiktaş for several months, but he eventually chose to return to his first club. After continuing his impressive performance at Atışalanıspor, he was finally scouted by Galatasaray, where he eventually joined the Youth Academy at the age of 13.

Emre rose through the ranks of the Galatasaray youth and academy team, and was promoted to the first team during the 2009–10 season. He scored two goals on his first team debut, in a cup match against Denizli Belediyespor on 17 January 2010.[1] He made his league debut for Gala in a home match against Gaziantepspor coming on as a substitute in the second half for Arda Turan.[2] He scored his first league goal on the final day of the 2009–10 season, in a 2–1 away loss to Gençlerbirliği.[3]

Emre started to play mainly in the 2011-2012 season and scored his first goals of the season against İstanbul Başakşehir as Galatasaray won 4–1. On 25 January 2012, Emre scored another goal against Ankaragücü in a 4–0 win.

On 16 February 2012, his contract was extended for 2 years until 2016.[4]

On 19 September 2012, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a Group match against Manchester United, impressing as a second-half substitute in a game with Galatasaray narrowly lost 1–0. He scored his first goal for the season against rivals Beşiktaş as Galatasaray won 2–1.[5]

Deportivo de La Coruña

On 27 May 2016, his switch to the La Liga side Deportivo de La Coruña on a three-year contract was announced.

Fatih Karagümrük

On 16 December 2020, Emre signed for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük.[6]

Intercity

In January 2023, Çolak returned to Spain to join Intercity on a deal until the end of the season.[7]

On 13 February 2023, Çolak announced his retirement from football.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 2018.[9]
Club Season League Cup Super Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Galatasaray 2009–10 8 1 3 3 — — 11 4
2010–11 13 0 3 0 — 1 0 17 0
2011–12 29 3 1 0 — — 30 3
2012–13 24 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 33 2
2013–14 15 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 23 1
2014–15 25 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 36 6
2015–16 18 1 9 2 1 0 2 0 30 3
Total 132 10 34 9 3 0 11 0 180 19
Deportivo La Coruña 2016–17 33 3 3 0 — — 36 3
2017–18 26 1 1 1 — — 27 2
Total 59 4 4 1 — — 63 5
Career total 165 13 37 9 3 0 11 0 216 22

International

Turkey national team
Year Apps Goals
2012 2 0
2017 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. ^ "Galatasaray - Denizli Belediyespor". Turkish Football Federation. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Galatasaray - Gaziantepspor". Turkish Football Federation. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Gençlerbirliği - Galatasaray". Turkish Football Federation. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Emre Çolak'ın Sözleşmesi Uzatıldı". Galatasaray.org. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Galatasaray 2-1 Beşiktaş". Webaslan. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Karagümrük'ten bir hamle daha: Emre Çolak". Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Emre Çolak, nuevo jugador del CF Intercity" [Emre Çolak, new CF Intercity player]. cfintercity.com (in Spanish). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Emre Çolak, "Ölüm var" diyerek futbolu bıraktı: "Bugünden sonra ailemin mutluluğu için yaşayacağım"" [Emre Çolak left football by saying "There is death": "After today, I will live for the happiness of my family"] (in Turkish). Goal. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Emre Çolak". Turkish Football Federation. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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