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Colin Kazim-Richards
Personal information
Full name Colin Kazim-Richards
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward, Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 8
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:26, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Colin Kazim-Richards, also known as Colin Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım in Turkey, (born August 26, 1986 in Leytonstone, London) is an English-born footballer who plays for Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig and internationally for Turkey having qualified for Turkish nationality from his mother who is of Turkish Cypriot descent. His father is of Antiguan descent.[1]. An anglicised form of the Turkish forename Kâzım was intended to be a middle name, which would have rendered his full name 'Colin-Kazim Richards', but due to an error, he was registered as 'Colin Kazim-Richards'.[1]

Kazim-Richards attended Greenleaf Primary School in Walthamstow, where he developed an interest in football, which continued into his secondary school, Aveling Park, Walthamstow.[citation needed]

Club career

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In Turkey

On 15 June 2007, Kazim-Richards signed a four-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[2] He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal for Fenerbahçe in the quarter-final first leg against Chelsea, on 2 April 2008.

International career

Kazim-Richards scored and was credited with an assist in his debut for the Turkey under-21 team, in a victory against Switzerland on 24 March 2007. Turkish national coach Fatih Terim declared, on 30 April 2007, that Kazim-Richards would play for the senior team.[3]

Subsequently, Terim called him up for matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brazil.[4] He received his first senior international cap in a 0–0 friendly draw against Brazil on 5 June 2007, in which he played 38 minutes, and was also a member of Turkey's Euro 2008 squad, playing in all five matches as the side reached the semi-finals.

References

  1. ^ a b "I can handle the pressure, insists new striker". The Argus. 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
  2. ^ Fenerbahçe acquires Kazim-Richards
  3. ^ Mizrahi, Yakir (2007-05-01). "Turkey calls for Kazim-Richards". UEFA. Retrieved 2007-05-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Turkey called for Kazim-Richards". 2007-05-24. Retrieved 2007-05-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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