Sezer Öztürk

Sezer Öztürk

Personal information
Full name	Sezer Öztürk
Date of birth	(1985-11-03) 3 November 1985
Place of birth	Velbert, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	20
Youth career
1995–1996	Rot-Weiss Essen
1996–2005	Bayer Leverkusen II
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Bayer Leverkusen	7	(0)
2005	→ Germinal (loan)	8	(1)
2006	Nürnberg	2	(0)
2006–2009	Manisaspor	60	(21)
2009–2011	Eskişehirspor	44	(10)
2011–	Fenerbahçe	15	(2)
International career‡
1999–2001	Turkey U15	9	(1)
2001	Turkey U16	2	(0)
2001	Turkey U17	2	(0)
2002	Turkey U18	5	(1)
2003–2004	Turkey U19	16	(5)
2005	Turkey U20	7	(2)
2005	Turkey U21	0	(0)
2006	Turkey A2	1	(0)
2010	Turkey	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Sezer Öztürk (born 3 November 1985) is a Turkish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig.

Early years

Prior to 1996, Öztürk played for Türkgücü Velbert, Velbert SSVg, TVD Velbert and Rot-Weiss Essen. From 1996 to 2005, he achieved seven league matches for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but only as substitute. In the 2005–06 season, Öztürk was loaned to the Belgian Cup winners Germinal Beerschot for one year in order to gather match practice. In January 2006, Öztürk moved to 1. FC Nuremberg.

Club career

He left Nuremberg already at the end of the season back in the direction of the Turkish Süper Lig side Vestel Manisaspor. For the second half of the 2009–10 season, he moved for a fee of TL 1.6 million (then about 850.000 €) to league rivals Eskişehirspor and signed a contract until May 2012. After a short time there, he became a regular player in the midfield. After Öztürk's successful 2010–11 season, he was transferred to Turkish champions Fenerbahçe on a four-year contract for €3.75 million and Fenerbahçe player Abdülkadir Kayalı.Fenerbahce play Orduspor was 11.11.12 Sezer scored his first goal of Fenerbahce career.

International career

Öztürk was runner-up in the European Championship with the U-19 national team of Turkey. In 2010, he was called up to the Turkish national football team under new coach Guus Hiddink, for preparation in the U.S., but won no cap yet.

External links

• Sezer Öztürk at fussballdaten.de (in German)