Serdar Özkan

Serdar Özkan ( December, 2013)

Serdar Özkan ( born January 1, 1987 in Düzce, Turkey) is a Turkish football player of Sanica Boru Elazığspor.

Sporting career

Club football

Serdar Özkan was taken with 16 years of his own youth in Beşiktaş under contract. Discoverer of this player was the then coach Mircea Lucescu. Although he had no experience as a professional soccer player, Lucescu took him to the training camp in Switzerland and nominated him for the games of the UEFA Champions League. After the departure of Beşiktaş Lucescu was quiet Serdar Özkan order. 2004/ 05 he was awarded to Istanbulspor, then he went for a year to Akçaabat Sebatspor. 2006/ 07 he returned to Beşiktaş back onto the field. Jean Tigana put great emphasis on the young players Beşiktaş Istanbul and this was the opportunity for Serdar to prove himself, yet he went on loan to Samsunspor.

In the 2008 /09 season Özkan was with Beşiktaş Turkish league and cup. After his contract with Beşiktaş was not renewed at the end of the 2009/10 season, he then moved up free transfer to city rivals Galatasaray. There he came only to two league games and was released on January 12, 2011. He signed a 2.5 year contract with MKE Ankaragucu.

After Ankaragucu came in the 2011/12 season in serious financial problems, many players were released. Among the exempted was also Özkan, who then went to league rivals Samsunspor. This club missed the end of the season in the league, after Özkan left the club. At the end of the summer transfer window, he joined the second division Şanlıurfaspor.

A one year, he returned to the Süper Lig and was hired by Sanica Boru Elazığspor to.

National

Serdar Özkan made ​​his international debut for Turkey in the European Championship qualifier against Hungary in 2008.

Achievements

• Turkish soccer champions: 2009
• Turkish Cup winner: 2009