Barış Memiş (born 5 January 1990) is a Turkish professional

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. He plays as an

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for Sarıyer. In 2011 he was banned from football for two years for using banned substances.

Life and career

Memiş began his football career in 2002 when he signed a youth contract with

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2007, following the departure of

Gökdeniz Karadeniz Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. Club career Trabzonspor Karadeniz played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999–0 ...

. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Memiş was given the number 61, which is of significance because it is the city code of

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

. The number has since been given to Ibrahima Yattara. Memiş signed a three-year contract extension on 1 June 2009 and another one on 1 June 2012. In 2011 he was banned from football for two years for using banned substances.

Honours

Trabzonspor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

: 2009–10 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known a ...

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* * 1990 births People from Akçaabat Sportspeople from Trabzon Province Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Trabzonspor footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers 1461 Trabzon footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Adanaspor footballers Eyüpspor footballers Sarıyer S.K. footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub