Serkan İnan

Serkan İnan — Biography

Serkan İnan is a Swedish-Turkish basketball player known for a career that moved back and forth between Sweden and Turkey. At 1.98 m he played for years in the Turkish Basketball League, also represented the Swedish national team, and now plays for AIK in the Swedish second division.

He began his professional career with the Solna Vikings in 2003 and two seasons later moved to Turkey, signing with Fenerbahçe for 2005-06. From 2006 he spent two seasons at Alpella, then moved to Kepez Belediyesi for 2008-09 and to Antalya BB in July 2009. On December 1, 2010, he signed with Oyak Renault for the rest of the season. In 2011 he returned to the Solna Vikings for a second stint, but after 14 games he left in January 2012 for Hacettepe Üniversitesi. He played for the Stockholm Eagles in 2012-13 and returned to Solna a third time in 2013; an injury three games into that season kept him out for four months and he managed only nine games, yet he re-signed in 2014. On September 3, 2020, he joined AIK in the North Svealand group of the Swedish second division.

After playing for Sweden's junior teams he made his senior debut in 2006 and has appeared for the national side several times since. His brother Erkan is also a professional basketball player, and the two played together at the Solna Vikings in 2013-14.