Önder Turacı

Önder Turacı
	Turacı playing for Fenerbahçe in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Önder Turacı
Date of birth	14 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back / Right-back
Youth career
1986–1995	Club Ligue
1995–1998	Tilleur Liège
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2004	Standard Liège
2000	→ Visé (loan)
2000–2002	→ La Louvière (loan)
2004–2010	Fenerbahçe
2010–2011	Kayserispor
2012	Göztepe
2013–2014	Sarıyer
2014	Şanlıurfaspor
2014–2015	Antalyaspor
International career‡
1998–1999	Belgium U18
2000	Belgium U19
2001–2003	Belgium U21
2004–2009	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:03, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Önder Turacı (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈœndæɾ tuˈɾaːdʒɯ];^{[verification needed]} born 14 July 1981) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a defender.

International career

Turacı was a Belgian U-21s and played in the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He was included in the squad of Turkish senior team in series of friendlies in summer 2004,^[2] and made his debut on 18 August 2004, a friendly match against Belarus.^[3]

At that time the new FIFA status was in force since 1 January 2004, and had loosened the nationality transfer of players aged under 21. A provision clause of 1 year effectiveness also came in force that any player who already played for one nation youth side, but not the senior, had a chance to apply for nationality transfer, regardless of their age. Any players that already were allowed to play in official match on a senior team, means the transfer was automatically done. But in Turacı case, his transfer was uncertain, and Belgian senior team once tried to recall him in February 2006.^[4] After the rule change by FIFA, he was able to play on the Turkey national team in 2009.^[5]