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1.
Name: Emre Belozoglu
Current Club: Galatasaray SK (Tur)
Date of Birth: 07/05/1980
Position: Midfielder/Playmaker
Previous Clubs: Galatasaray Youth Team (Tur)
Comments: The next Turkish superstar. He is known as Romanian football
star Gheorge Hagi's pupil. He has become a regular for both Galatasaray
and the Turkish National team and expected to lead both teams in 2000s.
Emre played a major role in Galatasaray's UEFA Cup and Super Cup victories
in the 1999/2000 season. Very creative with the ball and fun to watch at
one on ones. Fiorentina and Inter are keeping very close eyes on Emre for
the 2001/2002 season when his contract ends with Gala.
2.
Name: Berkant Goktan
Current Club: Bayern Munich (Ger)
Date of Birth: 12/12/1980
Position: Forward / Striker
Previous Clubs: Bayern Munich Youth Team , On Loan to Borussia M'Gladbach,
On Loan to Arminia Bielefeld(Ger)
Comments: Playing for Turkish U-21 appeared at 43 junior internationals
and notched up a sensational record of 33 goals in 43 games. Berkant is a
great finisher, has an excellent last touch. Very good at one on ones and
eliminating defenders. Not selfish at all. Can score with right foot, left
foot, head, and likes physical challenge. Fundementally perfect scorer. Of
all the young players at Bayern, Berkant Göktan is the most experienced.
At just 19 years' old he has already collected 10 Bundesliga appearances
and scored one goal. He has even breathed the sacred air of the European
Cup.
3.
Name: Nihat Kahveci
Current Club: Besiktas JK (Tur)
Date of Birth: 23/11/1979
Position: Forward / Right Winger
Previous Clubs: Besiktas JK Youth Team (Tur)
Comments: Excellent right winger - he can score, but his main expertise is
his perfectly accurate crosses from the right side of the field. He has
got so much talent that has been worked by coaches J.B. Toschack and Nevio
Scala lately. A regular on the Besiktas Senior squad, and he played a huge
role in the 3-0 defeat of Barcelona just recently in the Champions League,
scoring one and assisting another one. Nihat has just recently promoted to
the Turkish National team from the U-21, and expected to make his first
appereance against Sweden.
4.
Name: Erhan Albayrak
Current Club: Gaziantepspor K (Tur)
Date of Birth: 27/03/1979
Position: Midfielder / Left Winger
Previous Clubs: Gaziantepspor K Youth Team
Comments: Captain of the U-21 team. Full of energy. Can go back and forth
on the left wing all day long without getting tired. Very good on both
defensive and offensive side of the ball. Has great crossing and ball
handling skills. He is on the transfer list of all the 3-Big Clubs of
Istanbul (Galatasaray, Besiktas, Fenerbahce) - will start serving the
National team in a very near future.
5.
Name: Tayfun Seren
Current Club: Bursaspor K (Tur)
Date of Birth: 04/09/1980
Position: Midfielder / Playmaker
Previous Clubs: Fenerbahce Youth Team (Tur)
Comments: He took over the playmaker role from Emre in the U-21 National
team, after Emre got promoted to the Senior team. He has been doing a
great job since then. He is a product of Fenerbahce youth program, who won
Turkish championships back to back for two years under Tayfun's
playmaking. He has excellent technical skills and very football-smart.
6.
Name: Serhat Akin
Current Club: Fenerbahce SK (Tur)
Date of Birth: 03/07/1979
Position: Striker / Left Winger
Previous Clubs: Duisburg FC (Ger)
Comments: Has an excellent left foot. He goes in between midfield and
forward, creates great scoring opportunities from the left side. Very fast
and technically sound. Plays regularly for the U-21 team. Fenerbahce
brought him from Germany for the 2000/2001 season, where he learned all
the fundementals of the game. He is competing with the Bosnian National
Baljic for the left wing position at Fenerbahce and very likely to win
that race in the near future.
7.
Name: Faruk Atalay
Current Club: Galatasaray SK (Tur)
Date of Birth: 18/08/1981
Position: Midfielder
Previous Clubs: Galatasaray Youth Team (Tur)
Comments: Yet another product of the Galatasaray Youth program that has
been dominating Turkish Football for many years. Left footed-player with
excellent technical skills. He has earned his spot on the Galatasaray
squad this year and has been gaining a lot of experience in the European
competition recently. He plays next to Tayfun in the midfield of the U-21
National team regularly, and Barcelona youth scouts has been keeping close
eyes on him.
8.
Name: Ali Gunes
Current Club: Fenerbahce SK (Tur)
Date of Birth: 24/10/1978
Position: Midfielder / Right Winger
Previous Clubs: Freiburg FC (Ger)
Comments: Another gift to Turkish football from German youth programs. Ali
is a highly physical and energetic player who goes up and down on the
right side of the field all day long. Coaches like his energy level,
sometimes they put him in front of the defense as a defensive midfielder.
He become a regular for the Fenerbahce Senior team, has been sharing the
right side duties with Yugoslav U-21 Nikola Lazetic.
9.
Name: Serkan Ozsoy
Current Club: Fenerbahce SK(Tur)
Date of Birth: 16/12/1978
Position: Central Defender
Previous Clubs: Fenerbahce Youth Team
Comments: Relentless defender, a very hard tackler, and a great man
marker. He is just what Turkish football needed in the defense for many
years to come. He just needs a little more experience before he can get
promoted to the Senior National team from the U-21, where he is a regular.
10.
Name: Kerem Inan
Current Club: Galatasaray SK (Tur)
Date of Birth: 19/05/1980
Position: Goalkeeper
Previous Clubs: Galatasaray Youth Team (Tur)
Comments: Very talented goalie. He has been working under the experience
of Brazilian goalie Taffarel, and has been learning a lot. He is not very
tall, but he has excellent reflexes, timing, positioning and anticipation.
He made some Turkish league and cup appereances recently and showed his
quality to everyone.
Mert Tokman
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