Besiktas football club
Club Information | ||||||||||
| League: Super League (Tur) | ||||||||||
| Nickname: Kara Kartal | ||||||||||
| Year Founded: 1903 | ||||||||||
| Location: Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Stadium: BJK İn?n? Stadium | ||||||||||
| Capacity: 32145 | ||||||||||
| Official Website: bjk.com.tr | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Paid: £3.45m for Matias Delgado from FC Basel in 2006 | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £5.07m for John Carew from Lyon in 2005 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 31 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 12 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: Federico Giunti (7 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| - | Recber Rustu (Tur) | GK | 36 | Antalya | 186 | 76 | 06/2010 | 2007 | Fenerbahce (Tur) | £? |
| - | Volkan Unlu (Tur) | GK | 26 | Gelsenkirchen | 191 | 92 | - | 2005 | Schalke 04 (Ger) | £? |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| - | Anthony Seric (Cro) | LWB | 31 | Sydney | 184 | 77 | - | 2008 | Panathinaikos (Gre) | Bosman |
| - | Mustafa Dogan (Ger) | CD | 34 | - | 180 | 76 | - | 2005 | 1.FC Koln (Ger) | £? |
| - | Matteo Ferrari (Ita) | CD | 30 | Aflou | 181 | 77 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Genoa (Ita) | £? |
| - | Antonio Zago (Bra) | CD | 39 | Presidente Prudente | 185 | 78 | - | - | - | - |
| - | Gordon Schildenfeld (Cro) | DF | 25 | Sibenik | 192 | 87 | 06/2009 | 2008 | Dinamo (Cro) | £1.48m |
| - | Gokhan Zan (Tur) | DF | 28 | - | 190 | - | 06/2006 | 2003 | Dardanelspor (Tur) | £? |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| - | Ricardinho (Bra) | MF | 33 | Sao Paulo | 176 | 72 | - | 2006 | Corinthians (Bra) | Undisc. |
| - | Umit Aydin (Tur) | MF | 30 | - | 182 | 70 | 06/2006 | 2003 | Adanaspor (Tur) | £? |
| - | Matias Delgado (Arg) | MF | 27 | Rosario | 181 | 67 | 06/2009 | 2006 | FC Basel (Swi) | £3.45m |
| - | Fabian Ernst (Ger) | MF | 30 | Hannover | 183 | 80 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Schalke 04 (Ger) | £? |
| - | Federico Giunti (Ita) | MF | 38 | Perugia | 179 | 70 | - | 2003 | Brescia (Ita) | Loan |
| - | Tomas Sivok (Cze) | MF | 26 | Pelhrimov | 185 | 71 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Udinese (Ita) | Undisc. |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| - | Federico Higuain (Arg) | ST | 25 | Buenos Aires | - | - | - | 2007 | River Plate (Arg) | £1.01m |
| - | Nihat Kahveci (Tur) | ST | 30 | Istanbul | 175 | 71 | - | 2009 | Villarreal (Spa) | £? |
| - | Daniel Pancu (Rom) | ST | 32 | Iasi | 184 | 80 | 06/2006 | 2003 | Rapid Bucharest (Rom) | £? |