Engin Baytar (born 11 July 1983) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for İstanbul Siirtgücüspor.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Engin Baytar | ||
Date of birth | (1983-07-11) 11 July 1983 (age 39) | ||
Place of birth | Gütersloh, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | İstanbul Siirtgücüspor | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2000 | FC Gütersloh | ||
2000–2004 | Arminia Bielefeld II | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Maltepespor | 29 | (2) |
2006–2009 | Gençlerbirliği | 66 | (9) |
2009 | → Eskişehirspor (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2009–2011 | Trabzonspor | 38 | (3) |
2011–2015 | Galatasaray | 47 | (3) |
2014 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 4 | (2) |
2015–2016 | Karşıyaka | 9 | (2) |
2016–2017 | BB Erzurumspor | 13 | (4) |
2017 | İstanbulspor | 7 | (1) |
2017 | Malatyaspor USA | 0 | (0) |
2018 | Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyespor | 0 | (0) |
2018 | Alsancak Yeşilova SK | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Gaziosmanpaşaspor | 1 | (0) |
2019– | İstanbul Siirtgücüspor | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2010–2012 | Turkey | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2017 |
Engin Baytar was born and raised in Germany to Turkish parents. He first joined FC Gütersloh before transferring to Arminia Bielefeld in 2000. Engin Baytar spent four years with the club's reserve team before moving to Turkey-based club Maltepespor in 2004. He spent two at the club before moving to Gençlerbirliği, who loaned him out to Eskişehirspor for the second half of the 2008–2009 season. Engin Baytar wears the number 50 on his jersey because he is from the Central Anatolian Province of Nevsehir in Turkey. His father is from Trabzon and mother is from Nevsehir.
He was transferred to Trabzonspor at the beginning of the 2009–10 season and won the 2009–10 Turkish Cup, scoring in the Final against Rivals Fenerbahçe in a 3–1 win, where he became the Man of the Match as well as winning the 2010 Turkish Super Cup.
On 17 August 2011, Engin Baytar joined Galatasaray for 2 years for a fee of €1.1 million. He made his first assist at the match against Bursaspor to Johan Elmander on 26 November. He scored his first goal with Galatasaray against Sivasspor. He was however also shown a red card in the same match. He returned to the club after a loan-spell for the new season, but did not make the 18-man league squad.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gençlerbirliği | 2005–06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 33 | 9 | |||
2007–08 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 3 | |||
2008–09 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
Total | 69 | 9 | 15 | 4 | — | — | 84 | 13 | |||
Eskişehirspor (loan) | 2008–09 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
Trabzonspor | 2009–10 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4 | |
2010–11 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
Total | 38 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | ||
Galatasaray | 2011–12 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |
2012–13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 47 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 5 | |
Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 2013–14 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | |||
Total | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 169 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 26 |