Ahead of Wattenscheid clash: Wiedenbrück sign ex-BVB striker | OneFootball

In his youth, Emre Aydinel tore things apart at Borussia Dortmund. But the now 26-year-old striker never managed to make the step up to the professional level. He has now found a new club – and will reunite with the Black and Yellows.

SC Wiedenbrück have not started the season well. After ten matchdays in the Regionalliga, the East Westphalians sit in 16th place, a relegation spot. With a 3–2 win in Rödinghausen and a 1–0 victory over SC Paderborn’s reserve side, the club have managed just two wins so far. With only 13 goals scored, the attack has looked more like a gentle breeze.

Aydinel is supposed to provide a remedy. The Bielefeld native already laced up his boots for Wiedenbrück from 2022 to 2024. Most recently, he played for Turkish fourth-division side Kirikkale FK. He was then without a club for just under three months.

The right-footer has “his main strengths as a centre-forward,” but can also play “on the wings,” according to the club website. The Regionalliga side hope his experience will “add quality” to the squad. During his first spell by the A2, Aydinel scored nine goals and provided six assists in 49 appearances across all competitions. The attacker then moved to Turkey.

Debut in a basement battle?

On Saturday (3 October, 2 p.m.), Wiedenbrück travel to 13th-placed Wattenscheid 09 in a clash near the bottom of the table. For the former Dortmund man, it could be the first opportunity to show what he can do on the pitch. He is also likely to be eagerly awaiting the fixture in just under two weeks’ time, when the East Westphalians host BVB’s U23 side.

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At Borussia, he received his football education in the youth academy, where he particularly shone for the U19s. In the 2018/19 U19 Bundesliga season, Aydinel became Dortmund’s top scorer with 17 goals. The year before, he had already shown his eye for goal with 18 strikes. Overall, the forward can look back on an impressive record of 35 goals in 51 U19 Bundesliga appearances. The highlight of his time in Dortmund came in 2019, when he won the German championship with the U19s after a 5–3 final victory over VfB Stuttgart.

For the 2019/20 season, he made the step up to BVB’s second team, for whom he made four appearances in the Regionalliga West. Aydinel did not manage to break into the professional squad. He therefore moved on first to Sportfreunde Lotte for two years, and then to Wiedenbrück. Now he has returned to the Jahnstadion.

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