Serhat Çetin
| No. 15 – Darüşşafaka S.K. | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| League |
Turkish Basketball League Euroleague | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
23 February 1986 Eminönü, İstanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Tekelspor | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Galatasaray Café Crown | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Pınar Karşıyaka | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Alpella | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Tofaş | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Darüşşafaka | ||||||||||||
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Serhat Çetin (born 23 February 1986 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball League. Standing at 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m), he mainly plays the small forward position but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard position if needed.
Professional career
He started his professional career in Efes Pilsen. In 2004, he moved to Tekelspor. After a successful season, he signed a contract with Galatasaray Cafe Crown.
He signed with Pınar Karşıyaka in 2006. During 2006-07 season, he averaged 10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 30 games. With that performance, he drew the attention of Fenerbahçe.
Before the 2007-08 season, he has been the third transfer of Fenerbahçe after Emir Preldžić and Gašper Vidmar. He spent three seasons there, usually being a role player.
He went to Beşiktaş Milangaz at the beginning of the 2010-11 season. The next year, he had already become an important part of the team. Led by coach Ergin Ataman, they won the 2011–12 Turkish Cup Basketball, beating Banvit B.K. and Çetin was named the Turkish Basketball Cup MVP for his performance. Beşiktaş went on winning the 2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge in Debrecen. Beşiktaş also won the 2011–12 Turkish Basketball League, completing the treble.
After that legendary season, Beşiktaş dealt with financial problems and many star players departing. They brought their former player Erman Kunter as the new coach. Despite these bad conditions, Çetin decided to stay and helped the team win the Super Cup against Anadolu Efes. Before the 2013-14 season, he didn't renew his expired contract and went to Tofaş
On 8 July 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe.[1][2]
He joined Darüşşafaka S.K. before the 2015-2016 season.[3]
Awards
National
- 2013 Mediterranean Games -
Gold
References
- ↑ "Fenerbahce signs deal with Serhat Cetin". euroleague.net.
- ↑ "Serhat Çetin Fenerbahçe Ülker’de". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.eurobasket.com/Euroleague/news/417849/Darussafaka-lands-Serhat-Cetin
External links
- Serhat Çetin at eurobasket.com
- Serhat Çetin at euroleague.net
- Serhat Çetin at tblstat.net
- Serhat Çetin on Instagram
- Serhat Çetin on Twitter