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Aldin Turkeš

Aldin Turkeš

Bosnian professional footballer (born 1996)

Aldin Turkeš (Bosnian pronunciation: [âldiːn tǔrkeʃ]; born 22 April 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Winterthur. Born in Switzerland, and a former Swiss youth international, he most recently represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at youth level.

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Turkeš started his professional career at Zürich, before joining Vaduz in 2016. Two years later, he was loaned to Rapperswil-Jona, with whom he signed permanently later that year. The following year, he moved to Lausanne-Sport.

Club career

Early career

Turkeš started playing football at Luzern, before joining Grasshopper's youth academy in 2013. Two years later, he moved to Zürich's youth setup.[1] He made his professional debut against Young Boys on 27 February 2016 at the age of 19.[2]

In August 2016, he switched to Vaduz.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 28 May 2017.[4]

In January 2018, Turkeš was sent on a six-month loan to Rapperswil-Jona. In July, he joined the team permanently.[5] Turkeš scored his first career hat-trick against Kriens on 28 July.[6]

On 26 June 2019, he signed with Lausanne-Sport.[7] In December 2020, he suffered a severe knee injury, which was diagnosed as anterior cruciate ligament tear and was ruled out for at least six months.[8]

International career

Despite representing Switzerland on various youth levels, Turkeš decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina on senior level.[9]

In September 2018, his application to change sports citizenship from Swiss to Bosnian was approved by FIFA. He was first part of Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team.[10]

In October 2020, he received his first senior call-up, for friendly game against Iran and 2020–21 UEFA Nations League games against Netherlands and Italy.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 December 2020[12]
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Honours

Zürich[12]

Vaduz[12]

Lausanne-Sport[12]

Individual

Performances

References

  1. [1]
    "Aldin Turkeš napustio Grasshoppers i potpisao za Zürich". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 27 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. [2]
    "YB gewinnt in Zürich wieder dank Fassnacht". blick.ch (in German). 27 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Aldin Turkeš novi član švicarskog superligaša Vaduza". oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Später Luzerner Ausgleich: Vaduz-Abstieg ist jetzt fix". blick.ch (in German). 28 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Aldin Turkeš pronašao novi klub". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Erster Sieg für Absteiger Lausanne, Rappi ist Leader". blick.ch (in German). 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Aldin Turkeš prešao u Lausanne". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Aldin Turkeš će morati na još jednu operaciju, očekuje ga veoma duga pauza". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. [9]
    "BiH 'krade' napadača Švicarcima". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Turkeš: Rođen sam u Švicarskoj, ali srce je reklo BiH". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Bajević objavio spisak Zmajeva za predstojeće utakmice". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. [12]
    "A. Turkeš". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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