The Turkish Süper Lig’s Fenerbahçe have signed Serbian winger Filip Kostic on mortgage from Juventus, marking him because the 193rd overseas participant within the membership’s storied historical past.
This addition pushes the whole rely of overseas transfers to 193, a milestone achieved by current signings together with Youssef En-Nesyri, Allan Saint-Maximin and Sofyan Amrabat.
Kostic is Fenerbahçe’s fifth Serbian recruit.
The membership has traditionally favored Brazilian expertise with 28 signings and Yugoslavian gamers with 17, however Serbian gamers have gotten more and more outstanding.
Kostic joins a legacy that features Mateja Kezman, Milos Krasic, Lazar Markovic and Dusan Tadic.
For the primary time, Fenerbahçe will area two Serbian gamers concurrently.
Dusan Tadic and Filip Kostic will each be within the squad this season, showcasing a uncommon alignment of Serbian expertise within the group.
Kostic beforehand confronted Fenerbahçe whereas taking part in for Eintracht Frankfurt within the 2021-2022 UEFA Europa League group stage.
In their two encounters, Kostic supplied the assists for all targets scored by Frankfurt, who ultimately topped the group and received the Europa League that season.
Kostic’s profession has spanned a number of prime golf equipment. Starting with Radnicki in 1923 in Serbia, he moved to Groningen within the Netherlands, adopted by stints with Stuttgart, Hamburg and Frankfurt in Germany, the place he received the Europa League.
His Italian journey with Juventus lasted two seasons earlier than arriving at Fenerbahçe, marking his seventh membership.
Line-up
Here’s a snapshot of Fenerbahçe’s overseas expertise over time, that includes notable names from numerous nations:
- Brazil (28): Gerson Candido, Sergio Nerves, Reinaldo Simao, Cerqueria Washington, Fabio Luciano, Marco Aurelio, Marcio Nobre, Fabiano Rodriquez, Alex de Souza, Eduardo Luis Abonizi de Souza “Edu”, Deivid de Souza, Roberto Carlos, Bilica , Cristian Baroni, Andre Santos, Diego Ribas, Fabiano Ribeiro, Fernandao, Josef de Souza, Giuliano, Jailson Marques Siqueira, Luiz Gustavo, Luan Peres, Lincoln Henrique, Willian Arao, Gustavo Henrique, Rodrigo Becao, Fred Rodrigues.
- Yugoslavia (17): Asım Ferhadovic, Vasille Radovic, Lazar Lemic, Stevano Ostojovic, Radomir Antic, Radmilo Ivançevic, İbrahim Begovic, Suat Karalic, Fahruddin Zeynelovic, Srebrenko Repcic, Dusan Pesic, Zvan Lukovcan, Fadıl Vokri, Miroslav Tanjga, Nikola Lazetic, Zoran Mirkovic, Miroslav Stevic.
- Germany (8): Wilhelm Kohlhammer, Körner, Tony Schumacher, Andreas Wagenhaus, Robert Enke, Max Kruse, Mergim Berisha, Max Meyer.
- Netherlands (7): Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dirk Kuyt, Robin Van Persie, Van der Wiel, Jeremain Lens, Vincent Janssen, Jayden Oosterwolde.
- Senegal (7): Mamadou Niang, Issiar Dia, Moussa Sow, Abdoulaye Ba, Mame Thiam, Papiss Cisse, Lamine Diack.
- Portugal (7): Manuel Dimas, Raul Meireles, Bruno Alves, Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha (Nani), Luis Neto, Miguel Crespo, Bruma.
- Denmark (6): Henrik Nielsen, Brian Steen Nielsen, Frank Pingel, Jes Högh, Simon Kjaer, Mathias Jorgensen “Zanka.”
- Greece (6): Jean Boris, Constantin Boris, Tripo, Apostol Nikoliadis, Koça Negroponti, Dimitrios Pelkas.
- Nigeria (6): Uche Okechukwu, Augustine Okocha, Joseph Yobo, Emmanuel Emenike, Victor Moses, Bright Osayi-Samuel.
- Romania (5): Ion Nunweiler, Ilie Datcu, Mircea Sasu, Sabin Ilie, Viorel Moldovan.
- Ghana (5): Samuel Johnson, Yaw Preko, Stephen Appiah, Andre Ayew, Alexander Djiku.
- Serbia (5): Mateja Kezman, Milos Krasic, Lazar Markovic, Dusan Tadic, Filip Kostic.
- Switzerland (4): Gustav Haenni, Reto Ziegler, Michael Frey, Kemal Ademi.
- France (4): Nicolas Anelka, Mathieu Valbuena, Adil Rami, Allan Saint-Maximin.
- Morocco (4): Aatif Chahechouhe, Nabil Dirar, Youssef En-Nesyri, Sofyan Amrabat.
- Egypt (4): Hussein, Kamil, Faid, Fayed.
- Italy (4): Rancho, Baldini, Joao Pedro, Leonardo Bonucci.
- Argentina (3): Ariel Ortega, Jose Sosa, Diego Perotti.
- Russia (3): Ivan Viscnevski, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Roman Neustaedter.
- Bulgaria (3): Stonimir Stoilov, Emil Kostadinov, Ivailo Petkov.
- Cameroon (3): Henri Bienvenu, Pierre Webo, Carlos Kameni.
- Spain (3): Daniel Güiza, Josico, Roberto Soldado.
- Uruguay (3): Diego Lugano, Mauricio Lamos, Diego Rossi.
- Poland (3): Czeslaw Jakolcewicz, Piotr Soczynski, Sebastian Szymanski.
- England (3): Horace Armitage, Dalian Robert Atkinson, Ryan Kent.
- Croatia (3): Milan Rapaic, Stjepan Tomas, Dominik Livakovic.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (3): Demir Hotic, Edin Dzeko, Rade Krunic.
- Ukraine (2): Sergei Rebrov, Oleksandr Karavaiev.
- Albania (2): Bahri Kaya, Süleyman Vafi.
- Algeria (2): İslam Slimani, Yassine Benzia.
- Sweden (2): Kenneth Andersson, Samuel Holmen.
- Slovakia (2): Miroslav Stoch, Martin Skrtel.
- Chile (2): Claudio Maldonado, Mauricio Isla.
- Iran (2): Hossein Sadaghiani, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh.
- Slovenia (2): Dzoni Novak, Miha Zajc.
- Guinea (2): Suleiman Oulare, Simon Falette.
- Czechia(2): Michal Kadlec, Filip Novak.
- Hungary (2): Zobel, Attila Szalai.
- Macedonia (2): Eljif Elmas, Ezgjan Alioski.
- South Africa (1): John Moshoeu.
- Israel (1): Haim Revivo.
- Mexico (1): Diego Reyes.
- Kosovo (1): Vedat Muric.
- Cape Verde (1): Garry Rodrigues.
- Ecuador (1): Enner Valencia.
- Congo (1): Marcel Tisserand.
- Tanzania (1): Mbwana Samatta.
- South Korea (1): Min-jae Kim.
- Sierra Leone (1): Steven Caulker.
- Belgium (1): Michy Batshuayi.
- Norway (1): Joshua King.
Note: Transfers involving gamers who obtained Turkish citizenship after becoming a member of Fenerbahçe are usually not included on this listing, akin to Elvir Baliç and Elvir Boliç.
Brazilian Marco Aurelio is listed as he transferred earlier than buying Turkish citizenship.
Source: www.dailysabah.com