Emre Can

Emre Can is the kind of footballer I find easy to root for. Frankfurt-born, of Turkish heritage and capped by Germany, he embodies the modern European football story. Tactically he is a Swiss-army knife, equally comfortable as a defensive midfielder or centre-back, which tells me his football intelligence runs deep. Captaining Borussia Dortmund after a journey through Bayern and Leverkusen is no accident; leadership like that is earned through character, not just talent. He is not a flashy headline-grabber but a spine-of-the-team type, and those are precisely the players I value. Reliable, combative, and quietly essential.

Name (English)

Emre Can

Name (Japanese)

エムレ・カン

Reading

えむれ・かん

Born

January 12, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

Origin

Frankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Francia

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emre%20Can
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27694

Tags

• Darmstadt Government Region
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.