Serhat Çakmak

Serhat Çakmak — Biography

Serhat Çakmak is a forward who came through the Dutch game and earned caps for Turkey's youth national teams. Born in Rotterdam, he is 1.77 meters tall and holds Turkish citizenship. A product of the Ajax academy, he moved to Trabzonspor at a young age and has since played for several Dutch clubs; from the summer of 2026 he is with the amateur side VUC.

Çakmak came up through the Ajax youth academy and was part of the Ajax squad in the 2013-14 UEFA Youth League. In 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Trabzonspor. After Hami Mandıralı left and Vahid Halilhodžić took over, he was cut from the squad, went back to Amsterdam and joined Ajax Zaterdag, who played in the Topklasse. He made his debut on October 20, 2014, in a 2-0 home defeat to Koninklijke HFC in the KNVB Cup. In February 2015 he signed with the TFF Second League club Bayrampaşaspor and made his first appearance in a 2-1 win over Menemen Belediyespor.

On February 13, 2016, he returned to his native Netherlands and played for Utrecht in the Eredivisie. He joined SV Nootdorp in October 2019 and, in April 2020, agreed to move to Westlandia for the 2020-21 season. Two years later he moved on to TAC '90 in the Sunday Eerste Klasse, and then to BMT. In his youth he played for Turkey's under-15 and under-16 national teams.