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# Manchester City transfer target Edin Dzeko: profile
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## Manchester City are set to smash the Bundesliga transfer record in their
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bid to sign Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg. So who is the 24-year-old Roberto
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Mancini is so willing to spend €35 million on?
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![Edin Dzeko - Manchester City transfer target Edin Dzeko profile][1]
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Emerging star: in seven years Edin Dzeko's value has increased from 40,000
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euros to 35 million euros Photo: REUTERS
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By Emily Benammar 1:43PM GMT 29 Dec 2010
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[Comments][2]
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The Bosnia-born left-footed striker did not enjoy the most successful of
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starts as a young player. At his first club FK Željezničar, where he played in
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midfield, he was widely regarded as being too tall to make it big, but he had
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caught the eye of coach Jiri Plisek who recommended the then 19-year-old to FK
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Teplice.
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In 2005 Dzeko signed with the Czech side for a mere €40,000 but within months
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found himself on loan with Ústi and Labem. Here the doors of opportunity
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opened and he rewarded his coach's faith in him by scoring six goals in 15
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matches.
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Dzeko returned to Teplice towards the end of 2005 where his goal scoring
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flurry continued finding the back of the net 16 times in 28 appearances. A
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year later he was the Gambrinus Liga's top scorer.
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His achievements in the Czech league had not gone unnoticed by the rest of
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Europe and in the summer of 2007 Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath signed him for
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€4 million.
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In the early part of his first season in the Bundesliga, Dzeko registered a
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scoring average of a goal every other game, and though he did not maintain his
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tally, he was an immediate hit among fans.
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## Related Articles
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* [City close in on Dzeko deal][3]
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29 Dec 2010
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* [Edin Dzeko goals][4]
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29 Dec 2010
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* [Liverpool on Downing alert][5]
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27 May 2011
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* [Mancini: Balotelli staying][6]
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His next three seasons saw him win the Bundesliga in 2008, score 26 goals in
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32 games in 2008-09 and finish as the league's top scorer in 2009-10.
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On the international front, Dzeko's form in the Czech league earned him his
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first senior cap on June 2 2007 against Turkey. It was the debut of dreams for
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the then 21-year-old after he volleyed in a goal from the edge of the area to
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level the score before his side went on to win 3-2.
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[Dzeko's likely move to Eastlands][9] is not the first time he has been linked
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with the Premier League. In 2009 Mark Hughes tried to lure him to the City of
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Manchester Stadium but Arsenal were favourites to land him for £8 million.
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Coincidentally should **[Manchester City][10]**'s negotiations encounter no
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obstacles and a deal is swift, Dzeko could make his debut against Arsenal.
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Mancini has made no secret of his respect for Dzeko hailing him as the player
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to help City end their silverware drought.
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"We have the chance to win the league this year and the decisive factor could
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be Edin Dzeko. This player can decide titles and that is why we want him," he
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