Serkan Özsoy

Serkan Özsoy — Biography

Serkan Özsoy (born August 3, 1978, in Üsküdar, Istanbul) is a Turkish former professional footballer whose career ran from 1998 to 2014. He began playing in the Fenerbahçe youth system and turned professional there in 1997, rising to the first team, but with limited playing time he moved to Trabzonspor in the 2002-03 season.

After these two major clubs he spent the rest of his career with a long string of Süper Lig and 1. Lig sides, including Malatyaspor, Vestel Manisaspor, Gaziantepspor, Diyarbakırspor, Boluspor, Sakaryaspor and Kartalspor. From the winter transfer window of the 2010-11 season he spent half a season at Adana Demirspor. In the summer of 2011-12 he joined 1. Lig side TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor, and in the winter of 2012-13 he transferred to Kahramanmaraşspor, where he was quickly made team captain.

At international level he was called up to Turkey's youth national teams 16 times, making a total of 12 appearances -- four for the Turkey U-18 side and eight for the Turkey U-21 side.