Martin Turk
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Koper, Slovenia[1] | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ruch Chorzów | ||
Number | 88 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2016 | Jadran Dekani | ||
2016–2019 | Koper | ||
2019–2021 | Parma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Parma | 10 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Reggiana (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2023 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2024– | Ruch Chorzów | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Slovenia U15 | 6 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Slovenia U16 | 6 | (0) |
2019 | Slovenia U17 | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Slovenia U21 | 22 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024 |
Martin Turk (born 21 August 2003) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for I liga club Ruch Chorzów as a goalkeeper.[3]
Club career
Born in Koper,[4] Turk played in the youth sectors of Jadran Dekani and Koper, before joining Italian side Parma in 2019, aged 15.[5][6][7] He made his professional debut for the club on 22 February 2022, in a goalless Serie B draw against Pisa.[8][9][10] On 19 July 2022, Turk was loaned to Serie C side Reggiana.[11][12] He made eight league appearances for Reggiana in the first half of the 2022–23 season.[13] On 13 January 2023, Turk was re-called by Parma and subsequently loaned out to Serie A side Sampdoria for the rest of the season.[14] He made his debut for the blucerchiati on 12 March in a 4–2 away loss against Juventus,[15] becoming the first 2003-born goalkeeper to play in Serie A.[15] On 16 July 2024, Turk joined Polish second division club Ruch Chorzów on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.[2][16]
International career
Turk played for various Slovenian national youth selections, such as the under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-21 teams.[17] With the under-16 team, he was instrumental in keeping a clean sheet during a draw against Italy in 2019, saving a penalty from Sebastiano Esposito.[5][6] He was first called to the Slovenian senior team in June 2021, for a friendly game against Gibraltar, just after he played his first game with the under-21s.[5][18] During the following months, he became a regular starter with the under-21s during the Euro 2023 qualifiers, playing games such as a 2–2 draw against England[19] and a 3–0 win against Albania.[20]
Personal life
During his childhood, Turk practiced dance before switching to football permanently.[4] He is fluent in Slovene and Italian.[4] Both his father and his older brother played football at amateur level.[4]
References
- ↑ Martin Turk at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Martin Turk nowym bramkarzem Niebieskich!" (in polski). Ruch Chorzów. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ↑ Martin Turk at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pietrella, Francesco (22 April 2022). ""Io da ballerino a portiere, ora sono Iceman. A Buffon ricordo la mia Slovenia"". Cronache di spogliatoio (in italiano). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Trupo, Guglielmo (21 February 2022). "L'idolo Buffon, la scuola di Oblak: in piazza dei Miracoli tocca a Turk". ParmaToday (in italiano). Citynews. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fonsato, Stefano (23 February 2022). "Parma, Turk nel solco di Buffon; deludono Lecce e Cremonese. In vetta ora c'è il Brescia con doppio Palacio". Eurosport (in italiano). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ Ottaviano, Luca (22 February 2022). "Parma, Turk titolare a Pisa: chi è il classe 2003 della Primavera". MondoPrimavera (in italiano). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Parma, Turk blinda la porta all'esordio a 18 anni: 'È stato bellissimo, indimenticabile'". la Repubblica (in italiano). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ↑ "Martin Turk after Pisa vs. Parma: 'An unforgettable and beautiful debut, thank you to all my teammates'". Parma Calcio 1913. Pisa. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "V ITALIJI se rojeva NOVI OBLAK: Mladenič DEBITIRAL v dresu padlega VELIKANA! In to kako! (video)". Ekipa24 (in slovenščina). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ↑ "AC Reggiana ingaggia il portiere Martin Turk". reggianacalcio.it (in italiano). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Serie C, Reggiana: Ufficiale l'arrivo di un nuovo portiere nella rosa della Prima squadra. Ecco di chi si tratta". tuttocampo.it (in italiano). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Martin Turk » Serie C Girone B 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ↑ "Turk è blucerchiato: dalla Reggiana a titolo temporaneo" (Press release) (in italiano). U.C. Sampdoria. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Serie A, Juventus-Sampdoria 4–2: decide una doppietta di Rabiot". sportmediaset.mediaset.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ↑ Del Lungo, Alessio (16 July 2024). "Parma, Turk ceduto in Polonia: il portiere ha firmato fino al 2027 con il Ruch Chorzow". Tuttomercatoweb.com (in italiano). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ↑ "Martin Turk – Nogometna zveza Slovenije" (in slovenščina). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "Prima convocazione per il crociato Martin Turk con la nazionale maggiore slovena per la gara con Gibilterra". Parma Calcio 1913 (in italiano). Collecchio. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "Mladi Slovenci po preobratu do točke proti veliki Angliji" (in slovenščina). Siol. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ↑ "Slovenci so se Albancem oddolžili z obrestmi" (in slovenščina). RTV Slovenija. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
External links
- Martin Turk at Soccerway
- Martin Turk at NZS (in Slovene)
- WorldFootball.net template with ID not in Wikidata
- CS1 polski-language sources (pl)
- CS1 slovenščina-language sources (sl)
- Use dmy dates from September 2024
- Articles without Wikidata item
- Articles with Slovene-language sources (sl)
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Koper
- Slovenian men's footballers
- Slovenia men's youth international footballers
- Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- AC Reggiana 1919 players
- UC Sampdoria players
- Ruch Chorzów players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Serie A players
- I liga players
- Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland