Serdar Tasci

Football player infobox
playername = Serdar Tasci


height = height|m=1.86
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|4|24
cityofbirth = Esslingen
countryofbirth = West Germany
currentclub = VfB Stuttgart
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = SC Altbach
Stuttgarter Kickers
VfB Stuttgart
clubnumber = 5
years = 2005–2006
2006–
clubs = VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart
caps(goals) = 30 (3)
54 (3)
nationalyears = 2007–2008
2008–
nationalteam = Germany U-21
Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0)
03 (0)
pcupdate = October 4, 2008
ntupdate = October 7, 2008

Serdar Tasci (born April 24, 1987 in Esslingen) is a German football defender who plays for VfB Stuttgart and the German national team.

Of Turkish descent, he played for the youth teams of SC Altbach, of Stuttgarter Kickers and, from July 1999, of VfB Stuttgart. Before the 2005/06 season, he joined VfB Stuttgart's 2nd team, playing in the Regionalliga (3rd division). Prior to 2006/07, he was promoted to the club's Bundesliga side.

He had his professional debut on August 20, 2006 against Arminia Bielefeld (3:2 win), in the 2nd game of the season, being brought on for injured Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson in the 68th minute. His first goal followed only a week later, in the next game against Borussia Dortmund (1:3 defeat). Tasci usually plays as a centre back or right back. Due to his Turkish descent, he was eligible to play for either Germany or Turkey, but in October of 2006 has decided to pursue a career for Germany. He had his debut for the Germany national under-21 football team on February 6, 2007 in a 2-0 win against Scotland and went on to make his senior international debut for Germany on August 20, 2008 in a friendly match against Belgium in Nuremberg, which they won 2-0.

Honours

With Stuttgart:
*Bundesliga (2006-07)

External links

* [http://www.serdar-tasci.de/ Tasci's official site] de icon
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/tasciserdar/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de] de icon