Aldin Turkeš

Aldin Turkeš (Bosnian pronunciation: [âldiːn tǔrkeʃ]; born 22 April 1996) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Challenge League club Lausanne-Sport.

Aldin Turkeš
Personal information
Full name Aldin Turkeš
Date of birth (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996
Place of birth Zug, Switzerland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lausanne-Sport
Number 99
Youth career
Luzern
2013–2015 Grasshopper
2015–2016 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Zürich 7 (0)
2016–2018 Vaduz 40 (2)
2018 → Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 15 (8)
2018–2019 Rapperswil-Jona 34 (16)
2019– Lausanne-Sport 23 (17)
National team‡
2014 Switzerland U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U19 9 (7)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2018

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 and Grasshopper, before joining Zürich's youth academy in 2015.[1]

On 28 July 2018, Turkeš scored his first career hat-trick against Kriens.[2]

In June 2019, he moved to Lausanne-Sport.[3]

International career

Despite representing Switzerland on various youth levels, Turkeš decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina on senior level. In September 2018, his application to change sport citizenship from Swiss to Bosnian was approved by FIFA. He was first part of Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team.[4]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 June 2020[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zürich 2015–16 Swiss Super League 7000–70
Vaduz 2016–17 Swiss Super League 241310–2711
2017–18 Swiss Challenge League 1611542218
Total 402415424819
Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League 158––158
Rapperswil-Jona 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League 341633–3719
Lausanne-Sport 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League 231743–2720
Career total 1194311214213466

Honours

Zürich[5]

Vaduz[5]

References
  1. "BiH 'krade' napadača Švicarcima". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. "Erster Sieg für Absteiger Lausanne, Rappi ist Leader". blick.ch (in Bosnian). 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. "Aldin Turkeš prešao u Lausanne". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. "Aldin Turkeš može igrati za Bosnu i Hercegovinu!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 19 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. "A. Turkeš". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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