Zidan Sertdemir
Personal information
Full name Batuhan Zidan Sertdemir
Date of birth (2005-02-04) 4 February 2005
Place of birth Ishøj,[1] Denmark
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nordsjælland
Number 21
Youth career
2012–2017 Brøndby
2017–2021 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Bayer Leverkusen 3 (0)
2023– Nordsjælland 5 (0)
International career‡
2020–2021 Denmark U16 4 (1)
2021– Denmark U17 5 (5)
2021– Denmark U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:09, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Batuhan Zidan Sertdemir (born 4 February 2005) is a Danish-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland.

Club career

Sertdemir is a youth product of Brøndby and moved to the academy of Nordsjælland at the age of 12.[2] He then joined German club Bayer Leverkusen on 15 June 2021, signing a three-year contract.[2]

He made his senior debut with Bayer Leverkusen in a 1–1 Bundesliga tie with Hertha on 7 November 2021.[3] At 16 years and 276 days, Sertdemir is the youngest ever debutant for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, and the second-youngest debutant in the league after Youssoufa Moukoko.[4]

Having not managed to break through Bayer's first team on a full basis, on 31 January 2023 Sertdemir officially returned to Nordsjælland, joining the club on a permanent deal.[5][6]

International career

Born in Ishøj, Denmark, Sertdemir is of Kurdish and Turkish descent.[7] He is a youth international for Denmark, having represented the Denmark U16s and U17s.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayer Leverkusen 2021–22 Bundesliga 30000030
2022–23 00000000
FC Nordsjælland 2023–24 Danish Superliga 20001030
Career total 50001060

References

  1. ↑ Players profile at the football magazine Kicker (German)
  2. 1 2 "FC Nordsjælland sælger Zidan Sertdemir til Bayer Leverkusen". FC Nordsjælland. June 15, 2021. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hertha Berlin vs. Bayer Leverkusen - 7 November 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "Dansker får debut i BL - næstyngste i historien". Tipsbladet.dk.
  5. ↑ "Bayer 04 transferiert Sertdemir nach Dänemark". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Zidan Sertdemir vender hjem til FC Nordsjælland". fcn.dk (in Danish). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Zidan Sertdemir: Who is the Danish teenager joining Bayer Leverkusen from Nordsjaelland?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Archived from the original on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-11-07. Despite his Turkish roots, Sertdemir has opted to represent Denmark at youth international level.
  8. ↑ "Tyrkiet presser på: Supertalent vælger Danmark". Tipsbladet.dk. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
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