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Murat Erdoğan (born 1 August 1976) is an English-born Turkish former professional footballer and a businessperson.

Erdoğan was born in London, England. He played as a left-footed midfielder, scoring 48 goals in 410 professional appearances.^{[citation needed]} After being spotted playing during a Sunday league game on Hackney Marshes in London, he was invited to play for Mersin İdman Yurdu. After a transfer to İstanbulspor, Erdoğan's career saw him play for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Malatyaspor, Ankaraspor, Sakaryaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Sivasspor, Kasımpaşa, and Manisaspor in the Turkish league.^{[citation needed]} In September 2009, he moved to Kasımpaşa S.K.^[1] before returning to Mersin İdman Yurdu, where he ended his professional football career, playing for the team he first signed for sixteen years previously.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2018, Erdoğan has been the director of ME10 Football, an agency for professional footballers.^{[citation needed]} He worked as sporting director for Konyaspor from 2015 to 2016 .^{[citation needed]} Prior to that Erdoğan worked for Sivasspor as sporting director from June 2013 until February 2014.

Erdoğan lives in Istanbul, Bodrum and London.

He still regularly plays football.^[2] and keeps fit.