Serhat Akın

Serhat Akın (2005) in the RSC Anderlecht jersey

Niyazi Serhat Akın Hikmet ( born June 5, 1981 in Bretten ) is a Turkish football player. His brother Serkan is also a professional footballer. Serhat Akın is a fast attacker, which can be used either as a right winger or as a center forward.

Birth

Serhat Akin was born in 1981 as the son of Turkish immigrants in the small German town of Bretten (Baden- Württemberg).

Career

Clubs

With the football games he started at FC Viktoria Jöhlingen and SV Oberderdingen. In the e- youth, he moved to Karlsruher SC. The Turkish Football Association soon discovered his talent and recommended him to club coaches in Turkey. Although Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş Istanbul expressed interest in him, he wrote in 2000 a two -year contract with Fenerbahce. In his debut season 2000/ 01 he came in 25 league games for use, scoring nine goals and won with the team the championship. The next two seasons, scored Serhat another 22 hit, was able to win with the team but no further trophies. In December 2003, he suffered a groin injury and therefore seldom came in the second half for use. Nevertheless, Fenerbahçe was able to secure four points ahead of Trabzonspor the championship. Serhat, who was called by his fellow players Kadiköyün boğasi ( dt, the Bull of Kadikoy '), scoring eight goals in 21 games.

For the season 2005/ 06 changed Serhat Fenerbahçe Istanbul to RSC Anderlecht and could celebrate 2006 with the Belgian championship another national title. In January 2007, Akin joined on loan back to his native Germany and hired the then second division side FC Cologne 1. However, came for the Domstädter but only on seven assignments, and a goal. Serhat left the club at the end of the 2006 /07 and returned to Anderlecht. Its the end of season 2008 expiring contract was not renewed.

In August 2008, Serhat returned to Turkey and signed a one-year contract with the newly promoted Kocaelispor who has been trained by an experienced coach Engin İpekoğlu. During the winter break of the season 2008/ 09 Serhat moved to Konyaspor, left the club after the season again. Mid-September 2009 began Akin to comply with his youth club Karlsruher SC, fit in the U-23 team and was awarded in November 2009, a contract with the Badeners. By the end of 2009, he scored four goals in five games for the second team in the Regionalliga, in the pros he first came to the back half kick-off on 15 January 2010 are used. By the summer of 2011, he came to a total of 16 second-division matches and scored three goals. At the end of the season Serhat Akin received at KSC a new contract and wanted to end his career due to continued bad luck with injuries. But in August, he went to yet surprisingly the Turkish third division Turgutluspor. There he tied back to its former good services.

For the 2012/13 season, he joined the newly promoted second division Şanlıurfaspor. Here Akın asked a few days after the end of pre-season training camps for its exemption, and separated from this club.

A few weeks after the breakup of Şanlıurfaspor he moved together with his brother Serkan Akin to the Turkish third division Altay Izmir. End of January 2013 he dissolved his contract with Altay Izmir and joined the German Oberliga TSV Grunbach. For the new season 2013/14 he joined the Berlin regional league BAK to 07.

National

In August 2002, Serhat made ​​his debut in a 3-0 victory over Georgia in the Turkish national team. In his next at UEFA EURO 2004 qualifier against Slovakia he managed his first international goal, followed by two more goals against Liechtenstein, his country still failed to qualify for Euro 2004 in Portugal.

Achievements

• 3 × Turkish champion: 2001, 2004, 2005

• 2 × Belgian champion: 2006, 20071
• 2 × Belgian Supercup Winner: 2006, 2007 (both without insert)
• 1 × Belgian Cup winner: 2008

1Serhat Akın played only the first half of the season for RSC Anderlecht