Aldin Turkeš

Aldin Turkeš (Bosnian pronunciation: [âldiːn tǔrkeʃ]; born 22 April 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Winterthur. Born in Switzerland, and a former Swiss youth international, he most recently represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at youth level.

Aldin Turkeš
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996
Place of birth Zug, Switzerland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Winterthur
Number 11
Youth career
Luzern
2013–2015 Grasshopper
2015–2016 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Zürich 7 (0)
2016–2018 Vaduz 40 (2)
2018 → Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 15 (8)
2018–2019 Rapperswil-Jona 34 (16)
2019–2023 Lausanne-Sport 61 (28)
2023– Winterthur 6 (2)
International career‡
2014 Switzerland U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U19 9 (7)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Turkeš started his professional career at Zürich, before joining Vaduz in 2016. Two years later, he was loaned to Rapperswil-Jona, with whom he signed permanently later that year. The following year, he moved to Lausanne-Sport.

Club career

Early career

Turkeš started playing football at Luzern, before joining Grasshopper's youth academy in 2013. Two years later, he moved to Zürich's youth setup.[1] He made his professional debut against Young Boys on 27 February 2016 at the age of 19.[2]

In August 2016, he switched to Vaduz.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 28 May 2017.[4]

In January 2018, Turkeš was sent on a six-month loan to Rapperswil-Jona. In July, he joined the team permanently.[5] Turkeš scored his first career hat-trick against Kriens on 28 July.[6]

On 26 June 2019, he signed with Lausanne-Sport.[7] In December 2020, he suffered a severe knee injury, which was diagnosed as anterior cruciate ligament tear and was ruled out for at least six months.[8]

International career

Despite representing Switzerland on various youth levels, Turkeš decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina on senior level.[9]

In September 2018, his application to change sports citizenship from Swiss to Bosnian was approved by FIFA. He was first part of Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team.[10]

In October 2020, he received his first senior call-up, for friendly game against Iran and 2020–21 UEFA Nations League games against Netherlands and Italy.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 December 2020[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zürich 2015–16 Swiss Super League 7000–70
Vaduz 2016–17 Swiss Super League 241310–2711
2017–18 Swiss Challenge League 1611542218
Total 402415424819
Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League 158––158
Rapperswil-Jona 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League 341633–3719
Total 492433–5227
Lausanne-Sport 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League 342243–3825
2020–21 Swiss Super League 13611–147
Total 472854–5232
Career total 1435412224215978

Honours

Zürich[12]

Vaduz[12]

Lausanne-Sport[12]

Individual

Performances

References
  1. "Aldin Turkeš napustio Grasshoppers i potpisao za Zürich". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 27 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. "YB gewinnt in Zürich wieder dank Fassnacht". blick.ch (in German). 27 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. "Aldin Turkeš novi član švicarskog superligaša Vaduza". oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. "Später Luzerner Ausgleich: Vaduz-Abstieg ist jetzt fix". blick.ch (in German). 28 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. "Aldin Turkeš pronašao novi klub". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. "Erster Sieg für Absteiger Lausanne, Rappi ist Leader". blick.ch (in German). 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. "Aldin Turkeš prešao u Lausanne". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. "Aldin Turkeš će morati na još jednu operaciju, očekuje ga veoma duga pauza". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. "BiH 'krade' napadača Švicarcima". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  10. "Turkeš: Rođen sam u Švicarskoj, ali srce je reklo BiH". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  11. "Bajević objavio spisak Zmajeva za predstojeće utakmice". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. "A. Turkeš". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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