Engin Baytar (born 11 July 1983) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a winger. Engin Baytar was born and raised in Germany to Turkish parents. He first joined

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before transferring to

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in 2000. Engin Baytar spent four years with the club's reserve team before moving to Turkey-based club

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in 2004. He spent two at the club before moving to Gençlerbirliği, who loaned him out to

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for the second half of the 2008–2009 season. Engin Baytar wears the number 50 on his jersey because he is from the Central Anatolian Province of Nevsehir in Turkey. His father is from Trabzon and mother is from Nevsehir.

Trabzonspor

He was transferred to

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at the beginning of the 2009–10 season and won the

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, scoring in the Final against Rivals Fenerbahçe in a 3–1 win, where he became the Man of the Match as well as winning the

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Galatasaray

On 17 August 2011, Engin Baytar joined

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for 2 years for a fee of €1.1 million. He made his first assist at the match against

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on 26 November. He scored his first goal with

against

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. He was however also shown a red card in the same match. He returned to the club after a loan-spell for the new season, but did not make the 18-man league squad.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Trabzonspor * Türkiye Kupası: 2009–10 * Süper Kupa:

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;Galatasaray *

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: 2011–12,

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* Süper Kupa:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baytar, Engin 1983 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Süper Lig players Arminia Bielefeld players Trabzonspor footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Men's association football midfielders Çaykur Rizespor footballers Sportspeople from Gütersloh Footballers from Detmold (region) 21st-century Turkish sportsmen