Servet Çetin

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Servet Çetin
Full name	Servet Çetin
Date of birth	March 17, 1981 (1981-03-17) (age 27)
Place of birth	Tuzluca, Turkey
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray
Number	76
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007—	Kartalspor Göztepe Denizlispor Fenerbahçe Sivasspor Galatasaray	54 (1) 32 (1) 44 (2) 57 (4) 32 (2) 59 (3)
National team²
1998 1998 2002–2003 2006 2003—	Turkey U-17 Turkey U-18 Turkey U-21 Turkey B Turkey	010(0) 010(0) 170(0) 010(0) 250(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Servet Çetin (born March 17, 1981 in Tuzluca-Iğdır Province, Turkey), is a footballer playing for the side Galatasaray at the central defender position. He has also been a member of the Turkey national football team. He is 1.91 meters tall and weighs 84 kilograms.^[1] He is of Azeri descent.

He became a professional football player in 1999. He was Fenerbahçe S.K.'s player when Fenerbahçe S.K. had won League Champions in 2004 and 2005. Servet was transferred from Fenerbahçe S.K. to Sivasspor in August 2006 as a free agent. He signed a three-year contract with Galatasaray S.K. on April 15, 2007.

At the start of his Galatasaray career, he was heavily criticized for his susceptibility for making critical mistakes on the pitch. With his towering physique and strength he is capable of winning almost every header but his weakness on one-on-ones, especially against above average fast players, was apparent. After settling into the team and under the tutelage of Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, Servet's play improved immensely and he managed to become a favourite of Galatasaray fans shortly thereafter. Servet's consistently shows a desire to give all he has on the pitch and this has played a major role in the fans accepting him as a favorite. For his height and strength, Galatasaray fans call him Ayibogan which literally means; a man who could choke a bear.

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Galatasaray S.K. – current squad

1 Aykut • 2 Emre Güngör • 6 Linderoth • 8 Barış • 10 Lincoln • 11 Hasan • 14 Mehmet Topal • 18 Ayhan • 20 Nonda • 21 Emre Aşık • 22 Hakan Balta • 27 Özcan • 33 Uğur • 35 Necati • 54 Orkun • 55 Sabri • 61 Serkan • 66 Arda • 74 Volkan • 76 Servet • 87 Mehmet Güven • 88 Fırat • 99 Ümit • - Ferdi • - Aydın • - Yaser • - Emre Aşık •

Manager: Cevat Güler

v • d • e Turkey squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Rüştü • 2 Servet • 3 Hakan • 4 Gökhan • 5 Emre Belözoğlu • 6 Mehmet • 7 Aurélio • 8 Nihat • 9 Semih • 10 Gökdeniz • 11 Tümer • 12 Tolga • 13 Emre Güngör • 14 Arda • 15 Emre Aşık • 16 Uğur • 17 Tuncay • 18 Kazım • 19 Ayhan • 20 Sabri • 21 Mevlüt • 22 Hamit • 23 Volkan • Coach: Fatih Terim