Berkay Vardar (14 January 2003) is a Turkish professional

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who plays for

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Career

Vardar made his senior debut in match week 2 of Group C at

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, against Ajax as a substitute player, replacing

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on 73rd minute, ended 2–0 for Ajax, on 28 September 2021. On 22 April 2022, Vardar signed his first professional contract with Beşiktaş until 2025. On 11 August 2023 Vardar was loaned to

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club Sheriff Tiraspol until the end of the season

International career

Vardar was born in Istanbul, Turkey to Albanian father from Kumanovo and Azerbaijani mother. He was eligible to represent three countries on international level, either Azerbaijan, North Macedonia or Turkey. From 2019, until 2021, Vardar has been part of Azerbaijan at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U17 and U19 teams and he with these teams played six matches and scored two goals. On 16 September 2022, he received a call-up from Turkey U21 for the friendly match against Georgia U21, and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Ömer Faruk Beyaz.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vardar, Berkay 2003 births Living people Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijan men's youth international footballers Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Turkish people of Albanian descent Azerbaijani people of Albanian descent Men's association football midfielders Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Süper Lig players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Moldova