Erkan Zengin

In January 2009, Zengin signed a half-year loan contract with Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş had the option to buy him in summer for a fee of €400,000. On 28 July 2016, Zengin joined Eskişehirspor again.

Zengin played for his birth country Turkey in youth competitions, before choosing to represent the Sweden national team in senior competition, the country in which he grew up. He made his senior international debut for Sweden on 26 March 2013, playing from start in an away match against Slovakia. He was a squad player for Sweden at Euro 2016, where he came on as a substitute in the last group game against Belgium. Zengin announced his retirement from international duty following the tournament, having represented Sweden 21 times, scoring 3 goals.

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zengin goal.

Zengin was born in Kulu, Turkey – but moved to Stockholm, Sweden, together with his Turkish parents when he was a few weeks old. He grew up in Botkyrka and started to play football at age six with the local club Norsborgs IF. In 1994, at age 9, he moved to Hammarby IF.