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El Chadaille Bitshiabu becomes Galatasaray’s 12th French footballer
Galatasaray have signed 21-year-old French footballer El Chadaille Bitshiabu, bringing the number of French players in the club’s history to 12. With Bitshiabu’s transfer, the number of foreign footballers signed by the club since 1959 has risen to 220.
Galatasaray have signed 21-year-old El Chadaille Bitshiabu during this summer’s transfer window, following Lesley Ugochukwu, Aleksey Batrakov and Rafael Leao. Bitshiabu has become the 12th French footballer in the club’s history.
Galatasaray had previously signed Didier Six, Sebastien Perez, Franck Ribery, Lionel Carole, Bafetimbi Gomis, Cedric Carrasso, Steven Nzonzi, Sacha Boey, Leo Dubois, Tanguy Ndombele and Lesley Ugochukwu.
Number of foreign footballers rises to 220
Bitshiabu’s transfer has raised the number of foreign footballers to sign contracts with Galatasaray in the club’s history to 220. Since 1959, when the top flight—formerly known as the Turkish 1st Football League—began, the club had reached agreements with 219 foreign footballers from 6 continents and 55 countries.
Bitshiabu’s international career
Bitshiabu made a total of 21 appearances for France’s youth national teams. The young footballer played 9 matches for the under-17 team, 6 for the under-18 team, 5 for the under-19 team and 1 for the under-20 team.
Most footballers came from Brazil
Since 1959, Galatasaray have signed more Brazilian footballers than players from any other country. Twenty-five Brazilian footballers have played for the club, followed by Yugoslavia with 16 and Romania with 15.
Foreign footballers of Turkish descent at Galatasaray
Eight footballers of Turkish descent who held the citizenship of other countries also played for Galatasaray. The group included Swiss passport holders Kubilay Türkyılmaz, Hakan Yakın and Eren Derdiyok; German citizens Pierre Esser, Kerem Demirbay and İlkay Gündoğan; Jimmy Durmaz, who played for Sweden’s national team; and Yusuf Demir, who held an Austrian passport.
Foreign footballers by country
- Brazil: 25 footballers: Claudio Taffarel, Capone, Bruno Quadros, Marcio, Mario Jardel, Joao Batista, Felipe, Fabio Pinto, Christian, Cesar Prates, Flavio Conceiçao, Cassio Lincoln, Elano Blumer, Jo, Felipe Melo, Cris, Alex Telles, Maicon Roque, Mariano Filho, Fernando Reges, Marcao, Gustavo Assunçao, Tete, Carlos Vinicius and Gabriel Sara.
- Yugoslavia: 16 footballers: Vladimir Nikolovski, Tatomir Radunovic, Ahmet Celovic, Ljubomir Milic, Bosko Kajganic, Jusuf Hatunic, Esref Jasarevic, Vladimir Pejovic, Resad Kunovac, Lasklo Lerinc, Tarık Hodzic, Mirsad Sejdic, Zoran Simovic, Cevad Prekazi, Mirsad Kovacevic and Stevica Kuzmanovski.
- Romania: 15 footballers: Iosif Rotariu, Iulian Filipescu, Gheorghe Hagi, Adrian Ilie, Gheorghe Popescu, Ion Ionut Lutu, Radu Niculescu, Gabriel Tamas, Ovidiu Petre, Florin Bratu, Bogdan Stancu, Iasmin Latovlevici, Florin Andone, Alexandru Cicaldau and Olimpiu Morutan.
- France: 12 footballers: Didier Six, Sebastien Perez, Franck Ribery, Lionel Carole, Bafetimbi Gomis, Cedric Carrasso, Steven Nzonzi, Sacha Boey, Leo Dubois, Tanguy Ndombele, Lesley Ugochukwu and El Chadaille Bitshiabu.
- Germany: 11 footballers: Rüdiger Abramczik, Reinhard Stumpf, Falko Götz, Torsten Gütschow, Pierre Esser, Kevin Grosskreutz, Lukas Podolski, Kerem Demirbay, Derrick Köhn, Leroy Sane and İlkay Gündoğan.
- Colombia: 9 footballers: Faryd Mondragon, Gustavo Victoria, Jersson Gonzalez, Robinson Zapata, Juan Pablo Pino, Radamel Falcao, Davinson Sanchez, Carlos Cuesta and Yaser Asprilla.
- Netherlands: 8 footballers: Ulrich van Gobbel, Frank de Boer, Wesley Sneijder, Ryan Donk, Nigel de Jong, Ryan Babel, Patrick van Aanholt and Noa Lang.
- Argentina: 7 footballers: Marcelo Carrusca, Leo Franco, Emiliano Insua, Emmanuel Culio, Guillermo Burdisso, Lucas Ontivero and Mauro Icardi.
- Côte d’Ivoire: 7 footballers: Abdul Kader Keita, Emmanuel Eboue, Didier Drogba, Jean Michael Seri, Wilfried Zaha, Serge Aurier and Wilfried Singo.
- Portugal: 7 footballers: Abel Xavier, Fernando Meira, Armindo Bruma, Josue Pesqueira, Gedson Fernandes, Sergio Oliveira and Rafael Leao.
- Nigeria: 6 footballers: Dominic Iorfa, Henry Onyekuru, Valentine Ozornwafor, Jesse Sekidika, Oghenekaro Etebo and Victor Osimhen.
- Switzerland: 6 footballers: Kubilay Türkyılmaz, Adrian Knup, Hakan Yakın, Blerim Dzemaili, Eren Derdiyok and Haris Seferovic.
- Spain: 6 footballers: Albert Riera, Jose Rodrigues, Inaki Pena, Juan Mata, Angelino and Alvaro Morata.
- Belgium: 5 footballers: Mbo Mpenza, Jason Denayer, Luis Cavanda, Dries Mertens and Michy Batshuayi.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Czechia, Sweden, Uruguay, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Senegal: 4 footballers from each country.
- Norway, Morocco, Denmark and Poland: 3 footballers from each country.
- Mexico, England, Croatia, Ghana, Albania, Australia, Japan, Algeria and the United States: 2 footballers from each country.
- Serbia, Iran, Suriname, Lithuania, Zimbabwe, Wales, Israel, North Macedonia, Cape Verde, Iceland, Greece, Gabon, Egypt, Chile, Austria, Kosovo, Canada, Hungary, Guinea-Bissau and Russia: 1 footballer from each country.
Footballers who later obtained Turkish citizenship were also included in Galatasaray’s foreign footballer total.
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