Erdal Rakip
Rakip playing for Malmö FF in 2016
Personal information
Full name Erdal Rakip[1]
Ердал Ракип
Date of birth (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Antalyaspor
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2013 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Malmö FF 90 (11)
2018–2019 Benfica 0 (0)
2018 → Crystal Palace (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2023 Malmö FF 90 (4)
2023– Antalyaspor 28 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Sweden U17 15 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 14 (2)
2015–2018 Sweden U21 15 (2)
2021– North Macedonia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2021

Erdal Rakip (Macedonian: Ердал Ракип; born 13 February 1996) is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor as a midfielder. Born in Sweden, he plays for the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Malmö FF

Rakip made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in an away fixture against IF Brommapojkarna at Grimsta IP on 1 June 2013.[3] On 17 June 2013, Rakip signed a two and a half year youth contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.[4] On 15 July 2014 Rakip signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club.[5] The 2014 season saw more playing time for Rakip as he made 15 appearances for the club. He also participated in play during the group stage of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

Benfica

After his contract with Malmö expired at the end of the 2017 Swedish season, Rakip signed for Portuguese champions Benfica.[6]

Loan to Crystal Palace

Before playing any games for them, he was loaned out for the rest of the 2017–18 season to English club Crystal Palace.[7] Rakip ultimately did not end up playing in any games, but was an unused substitute for Crystal Palace in Premier League fixtures against Everton, Tottenham and Manchester United.[8]

Return to Malmö FF

On 11 February 2019, without having played any match for Benfica, Malmö FF announced Rakip's return to the Swedish club,[9] reportedly for a €500,000 transfer fee, with Benfica being entitled to fifty per cent of a future transfer.[10]

Antalyaspor

On 20 January 2023, Rakip signed a 2.5-year contract with Antalyaspor in Turkey.[11]

International career

Rakip entered his first international tournament at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates where Sweden won a bronze medal, he scored his first international goal against Honduras in the quarter final.[12] Rakip played six out of seven matches for Sweden during the tournament and scored one goal, he missed the first group stage match against Iraq due to a previous suspension.[13]

Rakip holds the citizenship of Sweden and North Macedonia and is of Turkish and Albanian descent.[14][15] He debuted with the North Macedonia national team in a 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Liechtenstein on 8 October 2021.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 December 2021[17]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Malmö FF 2013 Allsvenskan 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
2014 Allsvenskan 15 0 3 0 4 0 22 0
2015 Allsvenskan 20 1 2 0 10 0 32 1
2016 Allsvenskan 27 2 6 0 — 33 2
2017 Allsvenskan 27 8 1 1 2 0 30 9
Total 90 11 13 1 17 0 120 12
Benfica 2017–18 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Malmö FF 2019 Allsvenskan 14 0 3 0 2 3 19 3
2020 Allsvenskan 26 1 4 0 3 0 33 1
2021 Allsvenskan 25 2 4 0 14 0 43 2
Total 65 3 11 0 19 3 95 6
Career total 155 14 24 1 36 3 215 18

Honours

Malmö FF

Sweden U17

References

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Erdal Rakip" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Matchinformation: IF Brommapojkarna - Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Malmö FF skriver kontrakt med ung talang". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Erdal Rakip får A-lagskontrakt". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Avslöjar: Rakip klar för Benfica – men kan lånas ut till PL". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  7. ^ "Crystal Palace complete Erdal Rakip loan signing and close in on Jaroslaw Jach transfer". Evening Standard. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ Warlow, Robert (2018-07-15). "Palace boss reflects on Swedish midfielder's loan spell". footballlondon. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  9. ^ "Välkommen tillbaka till Malmö FF, Erdal Rakip!" [Welcome back to Malmö FF, Erdal Rakip!]. Malmö FF (in Swedish). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ Krithinas, Sérgio (30 January 2019). "Rakip rende 500 mil euros ao Benfica" [Rakip earns Benfica 500 thousand euros]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Hoş Geldin Erdal Rakip" (in Turkish). Antalyaspor. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  12. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 MatchCast". FIFA. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Statistics". fifa.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Erdal Who? 6 Things You Need to Know About Crystal Palace's New Swedish Signing". 90min.com. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Erdal Rakip Loan Deal Confirmed". Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Liechtenstein-North Macedonia | European Qualifiers".
  17. ^ Erdal Rakip at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata

External links

Antalyaspor – current squad
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