Serkan Çalik

Serkan Çalık
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-15) 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
Kırklarelispor
Youth career
TV Jahn Hiesfeld
VfB Lohberg
MSV Duisburg
0000–2004 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)
2012Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) 6 (1)
2012–2013 Şanlıurfaspor 0 (0)
2013–2014 Samsunspor 37 (1)
2014–2015 Yeni Malatyaspor 31 (5)
2015–2016 Sarıyer 32 (3)
2016– Kırklarelispor 0 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Germany U21 5 (1)
2008 Turkey U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 August 2016.


Serkan Çalık (born 15 March 1986 in Dinslaken, West Germany) is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays for Kırklarelispor.[1]

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.[2] 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. Serkan Çalık Kırklarelispor da‚ trakyasporgazetesi.com, 16 August 2016
  2. "GS'li Serkan Çalık: Ailem Trabzonsporlu" (in Turkish). zaman.com.tr. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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