Serkan Yusein ( bg, Серкан Юсеин; born 31 March 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for

Krumovgrad Krumovgrad ( bg, Крумовград , tr, Koşukavak ) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population is ethnic Turkish people, Tur ...

Career

Early career and Botev Plovdiv

Born in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

, Yusein started to play football in the Botev 2002 Academy, before joining the youth formations of

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

. He began his professional career in

on 13 March 2013, when he debuted as a substitute in an away match against Minyor Pernik in Sofia. Serkan was included for the first time in the starting lineup of

during a goalless draw with CSKA Sofia on 11 May 2014. Yusein scored his first goal for Botev Plovdiv on 23 September 2014. He came on as a substitute during the match and scored the last goal for the 0–4 away win against Lokomotiv Mezdra in the first round of the Bulgarian Cup tournament. A few days later, on 27 September, he came on as a substitute during the derby match with Lokomotiv Plovdiv which was won 2–0 by Botev Plovdiv. On 14 December Serkan played 57 minutes and left good impression on the pitch during Botev's 1-0 defeat by Ludogorets Razgrad.

2015–16 season

Serkan was injured for the first two rounds of the 2015-16 season of the A Group. Following recovery, he took part in the games against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Pirin Blagoevgrad, Slavia Sofia and Cherno More Varna. After being ruled out again due to injury, Serkan was included in the starting line-up on 30 October, when

were defeated 2-0 by Slavia Sofia.

2016–17 season

On 27 August, Serkan scored his first goal in the First League during the 2–1 home victory over PFC Neftochimic Burgas. On 17 September Serkan scored again, this time during the 4–0 home win over FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa. On 22 October 2016 Serkan scored during the 2–3 home defeat from Cherno More Varna. On 24 May 2017, Serkan came on as a substitute in last minutes of the historical 2–1 win over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Cup final and won the cup with

2017–18 season

On 13 July 2017, Serkan scored an important goal for the 1–1 away draw with Beitar Jerusalem in the 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. On 9 December 2017, Serkan scored a spectacular goal for the 3–0 win over

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. A few minutes after that he was sent off. His goal was highlighted as the best goal of the round in

Parva Liga The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 7 January 2019, Ludogorets Razgrad confirmed that Yusein had signed a preliminary contract under the

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and is set to join the team as a free agent in June 2019 if the negotiations between Botev and Ludogorets in January didn't end with a transfer agreement, but on 23 January both teams reached agreement and Yusein joined the team for an undisclosed fee.

Krumovgrad

In June 2023, Yusein joined newly promoted

International career

Yusein received his first call up for the Bulgaria on 12 November for the UEFA Nations League matches against Finland on 15 November 2020 and Republic of Ireland on 18 November.Трима нови футболисти бяха повикани в лагера на България "А"
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Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Botev Plovdiv * Bulgarian Cup (1): 2016–17 * Bulgarian Supercup (1):

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;Ludogorets Razgrad * First Professional Football League (1): 2018–19 * Bulgarian Supercup (1):

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yusein, Serkan 1996 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Men's association football midfielders Botev Plovdiv players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Krumovgrad players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players