Sinan Tekerci

Sinan Tekerci — Biography

Sinan Philipp Tekerci was born on September 22, 1993, in Freudenstadt, Germany, and holds both Turkish and German citizenship. He started playing football at the age of three with SG Dornstetten, then played for TSG Balingen and TuS Ergenzingen before joining Stuttgarter Kickers ahead of the 2010-11 season and moving to 1. FC Nürnberg's academy as that season ended. He was promoted to Nürnberg's reserve side in the fourth tier in 2011-12, and his contract was extended to 2014 that November.

Tekerci reached the first team at the end of the 2013-14 season and made his Bundesliga debut against Schalke 04 on May 10, 2014, though Nürnberg were relegated that year. In 2014-15 he moved to 3. Liga club Dynamo Dresden, usually playing on the left of midfield, and had the best scoring season of his career with five goals in 31 matches; the club won promotion to 2. Bundesliga, but when Tekerci could not break into that side he was loaned to SC Preußen Münster. He moved to FSV Zwickau in 2017-18, and in later years played for Stuttgarter Kickers, SV Elversberg and Regionalliga Südwest club Eintracht Trier.

In May 2012 Tekerci was called up by Feyyaz Uçar to Turkey's U17 squad for the U19 European Championship qualifiers, and he later also played for the Turkey U20 team.