Parlak, Kazim-Richards Named to Turkiye U-21 Team

Parlak, Kazim-Richards Named to Turkiye U-21 Team

By Nathan L. Redd

Young Fenerbahce Footballers Ilhan Parlak and Colin Kazim-Richards have been named to Turkiye's U-21 National Team, according to the Turkish Futbol Federation. The squad plays a friendly on Wednesday, 22 August against Albania.

Kazim-Richards has already been capped for Fatih Terim's senior squad earlier this year. A good showing for the U-21 team could earn him a spot back on Terim's side for upcoming Euro 2008 qualifying games.

The full list of the U-21 roster is as follows:

Uğur Uçar, Ferhat Öztorun, Mehmet Topal, Mehmet Güven (Galatasaray)

Orhan Şam, Murat Kalkan (Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ Spor)

Serdar Kurtuluş, Serdar Özkan, İbrahim Kaş (Beşiktaş)

Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Özer Hurmacı (Ankaraspor)

Eray Birnican (Konyaspor)

Ufuk Ceylan (Vestel Manisaspor)

Colin Kazım-Richards, İlhan Parlak (Fenerbahçe)

Ergin Keleş (Trabzonspor)

Nuri Şahin (Feyenoord)

Zafer Yelen (Hansa Rostock)

Mevlüt Erdinç (Sochaux)

Caner Erkin (CSKA Moskova)

Ceyhun Gülselam (Unterhaching)

Cemil Vatansever (İstanbulspor)

Onur Recep Kıvrak (Karşıyaka)