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{{short description|Macedonian footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Erdal Rakip
| name = Erdal Rakip
| image =
| image = Erdal_Rakip2.jpg
| fullname = Erdal Rakip
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|02|13|df=y}}
| caption = Rakip playing for [[Malmö FF]] in 2016
| fullname = Erdal Rakip<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/612828|title=Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed|publisher=Premier League|date=2 February 2018|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref><br/>Ердал Ракип
| birth_place = [[Sweden]]
| height = {{Height|m=1.75}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|02|13|df=y}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| birth_place = [[Malmö]], Sweden
| height = 1.77 m<ref>{{cite web|title=Erdal Rakip|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=7919|publisher=Swedish Football Association|access-date=19 February 2018|language=sv}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[Malmö FF]]
| clubnumber = 5
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Antalyaspor]]
| youthyears1 = 2001–2013 |youthclubs1 = [[Malmö FF]]
| clubnumber = 6
| years1 = 2013– | clubs1 = [[Malmö FF]]| caps1= 31 | goals1= 1<!-- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY - When you update this parameter, please update the club-update parameter! -->
| youthyears1 = 2001–2013
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden national under-17 football team|Sweden U17]] | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 1<!-- When you update this parameter, please update the nationalteam-update parameter! -->
| youthclubs1 = [[Malmö FF]]
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2015 | nationalteam2 = [[Sweden national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]] | nationalcaps2 = 14 | nationalgoals2= 2
| club-update = 1 August 2015
| years1 = 2013–2017
| clubs1 = [[Malmö FF]]
| nationalteam-update = 31 March 2015
| caps1 = 90
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = → [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] (loan)
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019–2023
| clubs4 = [[Malmö FF]]
| caps4 = 90
| goals4 = 4<!-- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY - When you update this parameter, please update the club-update parameter. -->
| years5 = 2023–
| clubs5 = [[Antalyaspor]]
| caps5 = 54
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2013
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national under-17 football team|Sweden U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 15
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2015
| nationalteam2 = [[Sweden men's national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]]
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2015–2018
| nationalteam3 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]]
| nationalcaps3 = 15
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2021–
| nationalteam4 = [[North Macedonia national football team|North Macedonia]]
| nationalcaps4 = 2<!-- When you update this parameter, please update the nationalteam-update parameter. -->
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 11 November 2024
| nationalteam-update = 14 October 2021
}}
}}
'''Erdal Rakip''' (born 13 February 1996) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Association football|footballer]]. He is currently playing for [[Malmö FF]] in [[Allsvenskan]].


'''Erdal Rakip''' ({{langx|mk|Ердал Ракип}}; born 13 February 1996) is a professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for Turkish club [[Antalyaspor]] as a [[midfielder]]. Born in Sweden, he plays for the [[North Macedonia national football team|North Macedonia national team]].
==Career==
===Club career===
Rakip made his [[Allsvenskan]] debut for [[Malmö FF]] in an away fixture against [[IF Brommapojkarna]] at [[Grimsta IP]] on 1 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/match/?scr=result&fmid=1995732 | title=Matchinformation: IF Brommapojkarna - Malmö FF | publisher=The Swedish Football Association | work=svenskfotboll.se | date=1 June 2013 | accessdate=1 June 2013 | language=Swedish}}</ref> On 17 June 2013 Rakip signed a two and a half year youth contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2013-06-17_nytt_kontrakt_erdal | title=Malmö FF skriver kontrakt med ung talang | publisher=Malmö FF | work=mff.se | date=17 June 2013 | accessdate=17 June 2013 | language=Swedish}}{{dead link}}</ref> On 15 July 2014 Rakip signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-07-15_Erdal_Rakip_far_Alagskontrakt | title=Erdal Rakip får A-lagskontrakt | publisher=Malmö FF | work=mff.se | date=15 July 2014 | accessdate=15 July 2014 | language=Swedish}}</ref> The [[2014 Malmö FF season|2014]] season saw more playing time for Rakip as he made 15 appearances for the club. He also participated in play during the group stage of the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League]].


===International career===
==Club career==

Rakip entered his first international tournament at the [[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] in the [[United Arab Emirates]] where [[Sweden national under-17 football team|Sweden]] won a bronze medal, he scored his first international goal against [[Honduras_national_under-17_football_team|Honduras]] in the quarter final.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matchcast/matchday=12/day=1/match=300253582/index.html | title=FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 MatchCast | work=fifa.com | date=1 November 2013 | accessdate=1 November 2013 }}</ref> Rakip played six out of seven matches for Sweden during the tournament and scored one goal, he missed the first group stage match against [[Iraq national under-17 football team|Iraq]] due to a previous suspension.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/teams/team=1889684/statistics.html | title=Statistics | work=fifa.com | accessdate=8 November 2013 }}</ref>
=== Malmö FF ===
Rakip made his [[Allsvenskan]] debut for [[Malmö FF]] in an away fixture against [[IF Brommapojkarna]] at [[Grimsta IP]] on 1 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/match/?scr=result&fmid=1995732 |title=Matchinformation: IF Brommapojkarna - Malmö FF |publisher=The Swedish Football Association |work=svenskfotboll.se |date=1 June 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013 |language=sv}}</ref> On 17 June 2013, Rakip signed a two and a half year youth contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2013-06-17_nytt_kontrakt_erdal |title=Malmö FF skriver kontrakt med ung talang |publisher=Malmö FF |work=mff.se |date=17 June 2013 |access-date=17 June 2013 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620221250/http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2013-06-17_nytt_kontrakt_erdal |archive-date=June 20, 2013 }}</ref> On 15 July 2014 Rakip signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-07-15_Erdal_Rakip_far_Alagskontrakt |title=Erdal Rakip får A-lagskontrakt |publisher=Malmö FF |work=mff.se |date=15 July 2014 |access-date=15 July 2014 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719001254/http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-07-15_Erdal_Rakip_far_Alagskontrakt |archive-date=19 July 2014 }}</ref> The [[2014 Malmö FF season|2014]] season saw more playing time for Rakip as he made 15 appearances for the club. He also participated in play during the group stage of the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League|2014–15]] and [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League]].

=== Benfica ===
After his contract with Malmö expired at the end of the [[2017 in Swedish football|2017 Swedish season]], Rakip signed for Portuguese champions [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Avslöjar: Rakip klar för Benfica – men kan lånas ut till PL|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/gP0wM0|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Aftonbladet|language=sv}}</ref>

==== Loan to Crystal Palace ====
Before playing any games for them, he was loaned out for the rest of the [[2017–18 in English football|2017–18 season]] to English club [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-complete-erdal-rakip-loan-signing-and-close-in-on-jaroslaw-jach-transfer-a3746066.html|title=Crystal Palace complete Erdal Rakip loan signing and close in on Jaroslaw Jach transfer|publisher=[[Evening Standard]]|date=22 January 2018|access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref> Rakip ultimately did not end up playing in any games, but was an unused substitute for Crystal Palace in [[Premier League]] fixtures against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warlow|first=Robert|date=2018-07-15|title=Palace boss reflects on Swedish midfielder's loan spell|url=https://www.football.london/crystal-palace-fc/players/hodgson-explains-erdal-rakip-palace-14910245|access-date=2020-08-03|website=footballlondon}}</ref>

=== Return to Malmö FF ===
On 11 February 2019, without having played any match for Benfica, [[Malmö FF]] announced Rakip's return to the Swedish club,<ref>{{cite news|date=11 February 2019|title=Välkommen tillbaka till Malmö FF, Erdal Rakip!|trans-title=Welcome back to Malmö FF, Erdal Rakip!|url=http://www.mff.se/sv-SE/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2019-02-11_valkommen-tillbaka-till-mff-erdal-rakip|language=sv|work=Malmö FF|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011657/http://www.mff.se/sv-SE/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2019-02-11_valkommen-tillbaka-till-mff-erdal-rakip|url-status=dead}}</ref> reportedly for a €500,000 transfer fee, with Benfica being entitled to fifty per cent of a future transfer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krithinas|first=Sérgio|date=30 January 2019|title=Rakip rende 500 mil euros ao Benfica|trans-title=Rakip earns Benfica 500 thousand euros|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/rakip-rende-500-mil-euros-ao-benfica|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

=== Antalyaspor ===
On 20 January 2023, Rakip signed a 2.5-year contract with [[Antalyaspor]] in Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Antalyaspor|url=https://www.antalyaspor.com.tr/tr/futbol-haberleri/hos-geldin-erdal-rakip.html|title=Hoş Geldin Erdal Rakip|date=20 January 2023|access-date=23 January 2023|language=tr}}</ref>

==International career==
Rakip entered his first international tournament at the [[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] in the [[United Arab Emirates]] where [[Sweden men's national under-17 football team|Sweden]] won a bronze medal, he scored his first international goal against [[Honduras national under-17 football team|Honduras]] in the quarter final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matchcast/matchday=12/day=1/match=300253582/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103052613/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matchcast/matchday=12/day=1/match=300253582/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2013|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 MatchCast |website=FIFA|date=1 November 2013|access-date=1 November 2013 }}</ref> Rakip played six out of seven matches for Sweden during the tournament and scored one goal, he missed the first group stage match against [[Iraq national under-17 football team|Iraq]] due to a previous suspension.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/teams/team=1889684/statistics.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204906/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/teams/team=1889684/statistics.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 24, 2015|title=Statistics|work=fifa.com|access-date=8 November 2013 }}</ref>

Rakip holds the citizenship of Sweden and North Macedonia and is of Turkish and Albanian descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.90min.com/posts/5958685-erdal-who-6-things-you-need-to-know-about-crystal-palace-s-new-swedish-signing|title=Erdal Who? 6 Things You Need to Know About Crystal Palace's New Swedish Signing|date=25 January 2018|work=90min.com|access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/erdal-rakip-loan-deal-confirmed/|title=Erdal Rakip Loan Deal Confirmed|access-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123073651/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/erdal-rakip-loan-deal-confirmed/|archive-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> He debuted with the [[North Macedonia national football team|North Macedonia national team]] in a 4–0 [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification]] win over [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]] on 8 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2030921/|title = Liechtenstein-North Macedonia &#124; European Qualifiers}}</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==

:''As of 25 July 2015.''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nr.soccerway.com/players/erdal-rakip/290347/ | title=Erdal Rakip | publisher=Soccerway | work=soccerway.com | accessdate=1 June 2013 | language=Swedish}}</ref>
=== Club ===
{{updated|29 April 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway}}</ref>
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|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Continental
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!colspan="2"|Total
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|-
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Malmö FF]]
|rowspan="6"|[[Malmö FF]]
|[[2013 Allsvenskan|2013]]
|[[2013 Malmö FF season|2013]]||[[Allsvenskan]]
|1||0||1||0||1||0||3||0
|1||0||1||0||1||0||3||0
|-
|-
|[[2014 Allsvenskan|2014]]
|[[2014 Malmö FF season|2014]]
|Allsvenskan
|15||0||3||0||4||0||22||0
|15||0||3||0||4||0||22||0
|-
|-
|[[2015 Allsvenskan|2015]]
|[[2015 Malmö FF season|2015]]
|Allsvenskan
|14||1||1||0||2||0||17||1
|20||1||2||0||10||0||32||1
|-
|-
|[[2016 Malmö FF season|2016]]
!Total
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!30!!1!!5!!0!!7!!0!!42!!1
|27||2||6||0||colspan="2"|—||33||2
|-
|-
|[[2017 Malmö FF season|2017]]
!colspan="2"|Career total
|Allsvenskan
!30!!1!!5!!0!!7!!0!!42!!1
|27||8||1||1||2||0||30||9
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!90!!11!!13!!1!!17!!0!!120!!12
|-
| [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
| [[2017–18 S.L. Benfica season|2017–18]]
| [[Primeira Liga]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
| [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] (loan)
| [[2017–18 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2017–18]]
| [[Premier League]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="5"|Malmö FF
| [[2019 Malmö FF season|2019]]
| Allsvenskan
|14||0||3||0||2||3||19||3
|-
| [[2020 Malmö FF season|2020]]
|Allsvenskan
|26||1||4||0||3||0||33||1
|-
| [[2021 Malmö FF season|2021]]
|Allsvenskan
|25||2||4||0||14||0||43||2
|-
| [[2022 Malmö FF season|2022]]
|Allsvenskan
|25||1||7||2||10||0||42||3
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!90!!4!!18!!2!!29!!3!!137!!9
|-
|rowspan="3"|Antalyaspor
|[[2022–23 Süper Lig|2022–23]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|15||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0
|-
|[[2023–24 Süper Lig|2023–24]]
|Süper Lig
|28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||30||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!43!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!45!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!223!!15!!33!!3!!46!!3!!302!!21
|}
|}


==Honours==
==Honours==
'''Malmö FF'''
<!--Actual awards only; do not include runners-up.-->
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[2013 Allsvenskan|2013]], [[2014 Allsvenskan|2014]], [[2016 Allsvenskan|2016]], [[2017 Allsvenskan|2017]], [[2020 Allsvenskan|2020]], [[2021 Allsvenskan|2021]]

*[[Svenska Cupen]]: [[2021–22 Svenska Cupen|2021–22]]
===Club===
;Malmö FF
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[2014 Allsvenskan|2014]]
*[[Svenska Supercupen]]: [[2014 Svenska Supercupen|2014]]
*[[Svenska Supercupen]]: [[2014 Svenska Supercupen|2014]]

'''Sweden U17'''
*[[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]: Third place


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.mff.se/Personer/A_truppen/Utespelare/Erdal_Rakip Malmö FF profile] {{sv icon}}
* [http://www.mff.se/Personer/A_truppen/Utespelare/Erdal_Rakip Malmö FF profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728124027/http://www.mff.se/Personer/A_truppen/Utespelare/Erdal_Rakip |date=2014-07-28 }} {{in lang|sv}}
* {{ForaDeJogo}}
* [http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=7919 SvFF profile] {{sv icon}}
* {{UEFA}}
* {{Soccerway|erdal-rakip/290347/}}
* {{UEFA player|250058142}}
* {{FIFA}}
* {{FIFA player|371915}}
* {{SvFF player|id=cb642fb4-24c0-4b2e-842e-3374bfc141e6|fid=550032}}
* {{Soccerway|erdal-rakip/290347}}


{{Malmö FF squad}}
{{Antalyaspor squad}}


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Latest revision as of 03:59, 2 January 2025

Erdal Rakip
Rakip playing for Malmö FF in 2016
Personal information
Full name Erdal Rakip[1]
Ердал Ракип
Date of birth (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Antalyaspor
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2013 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Malmö FF 90 (11)
2018–2019 Benfica 0 (0)
2018 → Crystal Palace (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2023 Malmö FF 90 (4)
2023– Antalyaspor 54 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Sweden U17 15 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 14 (2)
2015–2018 Sweden U21 15 (2)
2021– North Macedonia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2021

Erdal Rakip (Macedonian: Ердал Ракип; born 13 February 1996) is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor as a midfielder. Born in Sweden, he plays for the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

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Malmö FF

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Rakip made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in an away fixture against IF Brommapojkarna at Grimsta IP on 1 June 2013.[3] On 17 June 2013, Rakip signed a two and a half year youth contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.[4] On 15 July 2014 Rakip signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club.[5] The 2014 season saw more playing time for Rakip as he made 15 appearances for the club. He also participated in play during the group stage of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

Benfica

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After his contract with Malmö expired at the end of the 2017 Swedish season, Rakip signed for Portuguese champions Benfica.[6]

Loan to Crystal Palace

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Before playing any games for them, he was loaned out for the rest of the 2017–18 season to English club Crystal Palace.[7] Rakip ultimately did not end up playing in any games, but was an unused substitute for Crystal Palace in Premier League fixtures against Everton, Tottenham and Manchester United.[8]

Return to Malmö FF

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On 11 February 2019, without having played any match for Benfica, Malmö FF announced Rakip's return to the Swedish club,[9] reportedly for a €500,000 transfer fee, with Benfica being entitled to fifty per cent of a future transfer.[10]

Antalyaspor

[edit]

On 20 January 2023, Rakip signed a 2.5-year contract with Antalyaspor in Turkey.[11]

International career

[edit]

Rakip entered his first international tournament at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates where Sweden won a bronze medal, he scored his first international goal against Honduras in the quarter final.[12] Rakip played six out of seven matches for Sweden during the tournament and scored one goal, he missed the first group stage match against Iraq due to a previous suspension.[13]

Rakip holds the citizenship of Sweden and North Macedonia and is of Turkish and Albanian descent.[14][15] He debuted with the North Macedonia national team in a 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Liechtenstein on 8 October 2021.[16]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 29 April 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Malmö FF 2013 Allsvenskan 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
2014 Allsvenskan 15 0 3 0 4 0 22 0
2015 Allsvenskan 20 1 2 0 10 0 32 1
2016 Allsvenskan 27 2 6 0 — 33 2
2017 Allsvenskan 27 8 1 1 2 0 30 9
Total 90 11 13 1 17 0 120 12
Benfica 2017–18 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Malmö FF 2019 Allsvenskan 14 0 3 0 2 3 19 3
2020 Allsvenskan 26 1 4 0 3 0 33 1
2021 Allsvenskan 25 2 4 0 14 0 43 2
2022 Allsvenskan 25 1 7 2 10 0 42 3
Total 90 4 18 2 29 3 137 9
Antalyaspor 2022–23 Süper Lig 15 0 — — 15 0
2023–24 Süper Lig 28 0 2 0 — 30 0
Total 43 0 2 0 — 45 0
Career total 223 15 33 3 46 3 302 21

Honours

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Malmö FF

Sweden U17

References

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  2. ^ "Erdal Rakip" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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  10. ^ Krithinas, Sérgio (30 January 2019). "Rakip rende 500 mil euros ao Benfica" [Rakip earns Benfica 500 thousand euros]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Hoş Geldin Erdal Rakip" (in Turkish). Antalyaspor. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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