Coşkun Birdal (born 12 December 1973) is a retired

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. He last played as a

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for Pendikspor in 2011.

Career

Coşkun began his career at Kartalspor in his teenage years. He became professional at Bayburtspor in 1996. He has played for Bayburtspor (1994–1997),

Erzurumspor Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998–2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually fel ...

(1997–2000), Konyaspor (2000), Denizlispor (2000–2002 and 2003–2004), Samsunspor (2002–2003), Vestel Manisaspor (2004–2005) and Antalyaspor during his career. He played for Antalyaspor and he has come into attention after he scored a

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against

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

and Kayserispor in 2006-2007 season. He played for

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...

in 2007-2008 season and moved to Kayseri Erciyesspor in 2010.

References

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