Serkan Çalik

Serkan Çalık
Personal information
Date of birth15 March 1986
Place of birthDinslaken, West Germany
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionSecond Striker, Right Winger
Club information
Current team
Yeni Malatyaspor
Number11
Youth career
1998–1999TV Jahn Hiesfeld
1999–2000VfB Lohberg
2000–2002MSV Duisburg
2002–2004Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2007Rot-Weiss Essen55(5)
2007–2010Galatasaray17(3)
2010–2012Gençlerbirliği39(4)
2012→ Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan)6(1)
2012–2013Şanlıurfaspor0(0)
2013–2014Samsunspor37(1)
2014–Yeni Malatyaspor15(2)
National team‡
2007–2008Germany U215(1)
2008Turkey U211(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 December 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 October 2009

Serkan Çalık (born 15 March 1986 in Dinslaken, West Germany) is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays for TFF Second League side Yeni Malatyaspor.

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

Galatasaray

References

  1. ↑ "GS'li Serkan Çalık: Ailem Trabzonsporlu" (in Turkish). zaman.com.tr. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

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