Colin Kazim-richards
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Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzim, Kâzim or Kâzim Kâzim, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Pachuca.
Born and raised in England, he qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's heritage.
An anglicised form of the Turkish given name Kâzim was intended to be a middle name, which would have rendered his full name as Colin Kazim Richards, but due to an error, he was legally registered as Colin Kazim-Richards.Having played as a junior for Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal, Kazim-Richards was handed a professional contract by Bury.
He noted Bury as a pinpoint of his career.
He found playing under former Manchester United player Chris Casper influential to his development.
He also went on to feature in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion before transferring to Premier League side Sheffield United where he remained for one season.
He has since forged a career in Europe with Fenerbahçe, Toulouse, Galatasaray and Olympiacos.
In 2007, he chose to represent Turkey at international level, retiring in 2015.
Kazim-Richards earned 37 caps, scoring twice.
Personal life
Born in London, Kazim-Richards attended Greenleaf Primary School in Walthamstow, where he developed an interest in football, which continued into his secondary education at Aveling Park, Walthamstow. His mother is a Turkish Cypriot (which enabled him to join the Turkish national team), and his father is of Antiguan descent.
In a 2008 interview he said:
In his youth, Kazim-Richards lost his infant brother to Edwards syndrome and three cousins in unrelated incidents: a heart attack while playing football, a brain haemorrhage in the bathtub, and a car crash. Another of his cousins, Andros Townsend, became a professional footballer.
Club career
When he was 15, Kazim-Richards left East London to play for Bury.
He began working for Brighton & Hove Albion in June 2005, aged 18, when he was first born in the United States. Aaron Berry, a fan of the club, won the sum for the club in a Coca-Cola competition that culminated in Kazim-Cola's nickname, which in turn led to the nickname "Coca-Cola Kid" in the club. After being rejected by boss Mark McGhee in August 2006, he attempted to give a transfer request.
Brighton sold him to Sheffield United for £150,000 on August 31, 2006, the transfer window's last day. After signing a medical and agreeing personal terms, Kazim-Richards has signed a three-year contract with the Blades. In a 2–2 draw with Bolton Wanderers on November 11, he scored once for the relegated Blades.
On June 15, 2007, Kazim-Richards joined Fenerbahce, Turkey's national team. In Fenerbahçe's quarter-final first leg against Chelsea on April 2, 2008, he scored his second UEFA Champions League goal for him. After playing as a rotation player for 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, the Kazim-Richards fell into Christoph Daum's first choice line-up in the 2009–10 season.
Despite triumph on the field during the 2009–10 season, Kazim-Richards had an altercation with Fenerbahçe supporters after being suspended from the field in a match against stanbul Başakşehir. Kazim-Richards was suspended for four matches against Beşiktaş and suspended for four matches. When serving his suspension, Kasim-Richards was out on the town, on the night when his teammates lost to Kasmpaşa. The Fenerbahçe board denied this research when they released a formal statement. Images of Kazim-Richards were published the next day, and the Fenerbahçe board rescinded their earlier statement by saying that Kazim-Richards had lied about his whereabouts, which had caused their denial of the investigation.
Kazim-Richards joined French club Toulouse on a six-month loan from January 2010, where he scored on his debut against Le Mans in a 3–1 away win.
For the upcoming season, he returned to Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe resigned on January 3, 2011. He joined Galatasaray in January 2011, scoring against Fenerbahçe during the season. He went on trial with West Ham United in the English Premier League in July 2012, playing in pre-season friendlies. He appeared in a total of thirty-one games scoring five goals.
After spending the majority of the preseason on trial with the Lancashire club, the striker was confirmed by the official Blackburn Rovers website on August 10, 2012. On his debut in pre-season against Cork City, he scored two goals. He scored on his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Ipswich Town on August 18th.
Sussex Police had charged Kazim-Richards under Section 5 of the Public Order Act on February 12, 2013, while playing for Brighton and Hove Albion's Falmer Stadium. On August 22, 2013, he was supposed to appear before magistrates in Brighton. The trial was scheduled for 14 and 15 January 2014 at Brighton Magistrates Court. He was found guilty in April 2014 and fined £750 plus £1,445. Richards has since stated that he has no regrets about his behavior.
Kazim-Richards joined Bursaspor for €250,000 on September 4, 2013. He has been working for four years at a salary of €1 million a year. In a Turkish Cup game against Adana Demirspor, Kazim-Richards scored his first official goal for Bursaspor.
Kazim-Richards made a permanent move to Feyenoord in the summer of 2015.
Mikos Gouka, a Dutch Algemeen Dagblad newspaper journalist, was threatened by Kazim-Richards on January 15, 2016. Feyenoord boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst dropped him from the squad and did not appear in the next match against PSV as a result.
Kazim-Richards, a Scottish footballer, joined Celtic on February 1, 2016, for a two-and-a-half year. On February 7, 2016, he scored his first goal for the club against East Kilbride in a Scottish Cup tie.
Kazim-Richards, a Brazilian footballer, signed an eighteen-month contract on June 9, 2016. Since being on as a replacement, he scored in a derby against Atlético Paranaense on his debut.
Kazim-Richards signed with Corinthians, Brazil's other club, on January 6, 2017 for a two-year contract. He scored in the Florida Cup's friendly tournament on his first appearance.
In July 2018, Kazim-Richards made a change to Lobos BUAP of Liga MX.
He agreed to a one-year contract with Derby County on October 15, 2020. In a 1-1 draw with Coventry City on December 1, 2020, he scored his first goal for Derby. Kazim-Richards had signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until the 2022 season, which was announced on February 26, 2021.
Following relegation in the 2021-22 season, Kazim-Richards left the club after the term of his deal came to an end.
He signed a one-year contract with Fatih Karagümümrük S.K. on July 19, 2022.
International career
In his debut for the Turkey under-21 team against Switzerland on March 24, 2007, Kazim-Richards scored and was credited with an assist. On the 30th of April, Turkish national coach Fatih Terim announced that Kazim-Richards would play for the senior team.
Terim has been called up for matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Brazil. In a 0–0 friendly draw against Brazil on June 5, 2007, he gained his first senior international cap, a game in which he played 38 minutes. He was a member of Turkey's Euro 2008 squad and played in all five matches until the team advanced to the semi-finals.
In a friendly match against Estonia at Türk Telekom Stadium on August 10, 2011, he scored two goals.