Hakan Köseoğlu

Hakan Köseoğlu — Biography

Hakan Köseoğlu was born on December 12, 1981, in Istanbul. A former point guard standing 1.88 m, he started out at Darüşşafaka and went on to wear the colors of Karşıyaka, Tuborg Pilsener, Tofaş and Kepez Belediyespor, spending 2008-09 with Pınar Karşıyaka. He went to Erdemirspor for 2009-10, and in the autumn of 2010 his move to the Greek side Maroussi was announced.

He signed with Aliağa Petkim for 2011-12 and with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi at the start of 2012-13. For 2013-14 he joined Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi, one of the new Turkish Basketball League sides, but was dropped from the squad indefinitely in February 2014. A move to Bolu's basketball team was then reported; he played for Socar Spor in the Second League in 2014-15 and for Bornova Belediyespor in the regional league in 2015-16, where he also coordinated the youth program. He represented Turkey at several age levels and played for the national team at the 2002 World Championship, where Turkey finished ninth.

In May 2017 it was announced he would play in Aliağa, and in July he was brought in as assistant to head coach Zare Markovski at Trabzonspor's basketball team. Around then he also wrote columns about the play-off series for Basket Dergisi. In May 2021 he took charge of the basketball side of Nazilli Belediyespor, leaving in January 2022.