Serdar Kurtuluş

Infobox Football biography
playername = Serdar Kurtuluş


fullname = Serdar Kurtuluş
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|7|23
cityofbirth = Bursa
countryofbirth = Turkey
height = height|meter=1.84
position = Central Midfielder, Right Back
currentclub = Beşiktaş J.K.
clubnumber = 2
youthyears = 2000-2005
youthclubs = Bursaspor
years = 2005-06
2006-"present"
clubs = Bursaspor
Beşiktaş
caps(goals) = 15 (1)
31 (0)
nationalyears = 2005-2006
2005-2007
2007-"present"
nationalteam = Turkey U18-U19
Turkey U21
Turkey
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (1)
5 (0)
1 (0)
pcupdate = 00:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Serdar Kurtuluş (born 23 July 1987 in Bursa) is a Turkish footballer playing for the club Beşiktaş J.K. and Turkey. His younger brother Serkan is also a footballer playing for Galatasaray

Career

Early years

He started football in Bursaspor youth team. He made his first team debut on August 28, 2005 against Mardinspor, when he was 18 years old. He scored his only goal against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor on April 2, 2006. [cite web |url=http://www.mackolik.com/Player/Detail/default.asp?Id=23381&yil=2005/2006 |title="Serdar Kurtuluş profile for 2005-06 on MacKolik" |accessdate=2007-07-08 |format=html |language=Turkish] Bursaspor won League A that season and promoted to Turkcell Super League.

He was transferred from Besiktaş by Jean Tigana during his re-generation plan for team in 2006-2007 season at the age of 19. Beşiktaş paid Bursaspor $1,000,000 plus Sinan Kaloğlu and Eser Yağmur as exchange players for this transfer. [cite news |title=Serdar Kurtuluş Beşiktaş'ta (Eng: Serdar Kurtulus for Besiktas)|url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/375487.asp |format=html |publisher=NTVMSNBC |date=2006-06-02 |accessdate=2007-07-08 |language=Turkish] He was playing as a right full-back in Bursaspor, but Jean Tigana tried to adapt him to play as a defensive midfielder as well. He would not be able to score a goal for his team, however, has been very successful in his first season in Beşiktaş as he built his regular place in team's line-up. [cite web |url=http://www.mackolik.com/Player/Detail/default.asp?Id=23381&yil=2006/2007 |title="Serdar Kurtuluş profile for 2006-07 on MacKolik" |accessdate=2007-07-08 |format=html |language=Turkish]

He started his national team career on January 11, 2005 in a U18 friendly against Belgium. He attended 2005 Mediterranean Games, and played in the final game against Spain. He was selected for the U21 national team on November 15, 2006 for the friendly with Denmark. After his success in Beşiktaş, Fatih Terim called him for the national team squad for friendly matches. He played his first -and only- national match against Brazil on June 5, 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=29&macId=5079 |title="Turkey-Brazil match details on TFF" |accessdate=2007-07-08 |format=html |language=Turkish]

Honors

* 2005 Mediterranean Games Runner-up with Turkey U21
* 2005-06 Division 2 Champion with Bursaspor
* 2006 Turkish Super Cup Champion with Beşiktaş J.K.
* 2007 Fortis Turkey Cup Winner with Beşiktaş J.K.

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