Serkan Çalik
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dinslaken, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Winger, Second Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sarıyer | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TV Jahn Hiesfeld | |||
| VfB Lohberg | |||
| MSV Duisburg | |||
| –2004 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2004–2005 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2007 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 55 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Galatasaray | 17 | (3) |
| 2010–2012 | Gençlerbirliği | 39 | (4) |
| 2012 | → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Şanlıurfaspor | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Samsunspor | 37 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 31 | (5) |
| 2015– | Sarıyer | 28 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2008 | Germany U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2008 | Turkey U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015. | |||
Serkan Çalık (born 15 March 1986 in Dinslaken, West Germany) is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays for Sarıyer SK.
Club career
Galatasaray
He played for Galatasaray, after arriving from Rot-Weiss Essen (2. Bundesliga) in June 2007.
He is a forward and wears the 61 shirt which is the car number plate location codes for Trabzon, Turkey, where his parents are from.[1] During his days at Galatasaray, he has been used as a right winger by Galatasaray coach Karl Heinz Feldkamp, as he has a very good acceleration and pace.
He signed for Ankara club Gençlerbirliği afterwards in 2010 which was followed by brief spells at Kayseri Erciyesspor and Şanlıurfaspor.
International career
Çalik has dual Turkish-German nationality, he was eligible for either national team. He made his debut for the Germany U-21 squad in 2007, but in January 2008, at the age of 21 years and 10 months, he changed his nationality in order to be eligible for the senior Turkey.
Honours
References
- ↑ "GS'li Serkan Çalık: Ailem Trabzonsporlu" (in Turkish). zaman.com.tr. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
External links
- Statistics at TFF.org (Turkish)
- Serkan Çalik at worldfootball.net