Saşa Yunisoğlu or Sasha Yunisoglu (born 18 December 1985 in

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, now

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) is an

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Career

Club

Yunisoğlu started his career with Azerbaijani side MKT-Araz Imishli. He moved to Dyskobolia of Poland in the summer of 2007, after a match between the two clubs. He debuted in

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in the game versus

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on 7 October 2007. He was the second Azerbaijani to have played in Ekstraklasa. Dyskobolia finished third in the 2007-08 Ekstraklasa season. On 9 January 2009, he returned to Azerbaijan for

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. In June 2013 Yunisoğlu signed for

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. However, 2 weeks later Yunisoğlu cancelled his contract with Sumgayit and signed for

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side

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. In April 2014 Yunisoğlu left Denizlispor citing un-paided wages. Yunisoğlu was made a free agent when Araz-Naxçıvan folded and withdrew from the

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on 17 November 2014. After nearly a year without a club, Yunisoğlu signed for

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on 21 October 2015.

International

Yunisoglu was called by

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for the game versus

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Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 7 October 2011''

References

External links

Profile on FK Baku Official Site
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