Yüksel Sariyar

Infobox Football biography
playername = Yüksel Sariyar


fullname = Yüksel Sariyar
height = Height|m=1.82
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|8|1
cityofbirth = Vienna
countryofbirth = Austria
currentclub = FC Magna Wr Neustadt
clubnumber = 26
position = midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Austria Wien
years = 1999-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-2008 2008-present
clubs = Gençlerbirliği LASK Linz Kocaelispor SV Pasching Austria Wien FC Magna Wr Neustadt
caps(goals) = 07 (0) 55 (5) 30 (6) 78 (9) 25 (2)
nationalyears = 2005-2007
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (1)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = 17 August 2008
ntupdate = 17 August 2008

Yüksel Sariyar (born 1 August 1979 in Vienna) is an Austrian football player of Turkish descent, who currently plays for FC Magna Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian second division.

Club career

Sariyar came through the youth ranks at Austria Wien but he made his professional debut at Gençlerbirliği S.K. before joining LASK Linz in 2000. After 3 years in Linz he returned to Turkey for a year and then played three more years at SV Pasching before returning to Austria Wien for the 2007/2008 season.

Most commonly he plays as a central / defensive midfielder, but he has played as full back and right winger before.In summer 2008, he left FK Austria Wien for newly formed Austrian second-division side FC Magna Wiener Neustadt [ [http://www.fcmagna.at/de/home/ FC Magna Wiener Neustadt] ] – who are acquiring the playing licence of SC Schwanenstadt for the 2008/09 campaign – and is joined by Austria Wien team-mates Sanel Kuljic, Johannes Aigner and Saso Fornezzi.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in February 2005 against Latvia and earned 13 caps, scoring one goal. He was however not considered for Austria's EURO 2008 squad.

External links

* [http://www.fcmagna.at/de/teams/get/page/sariyar-y-ksel/ Player profile] - FC Magna
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=557 Pprofile] - Austria Archive
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/16708/sariyaryueksel/profil.html Profile] - Transfermarkt.de
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=22707 Profile] - Weltfussball
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=10528 Career stats] - National Football Teams

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