Serkan Özbalta (born 5 February 1979) is a Turkish

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and former player. He is the manager of

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club, formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adapazarı İdman Yurdu'', ''Güneşspor'' and ''Ada Gençlik''. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor. ...

Career

A youth product of Gençlerbirliği, Özbalta began his senior career with

Erzincanspor Erzincanspor was a sports club located in Erzincan, Turkey. The football club played in the Iddaa League B in 2007–2008 season and relegated to TFF Third League, Third League in 2008 and Erzincan Amateur League in 2008–2009 season. The club ...

in 1998, and transferred to Altay in 1999. He went on loan to Mersin İY, Keskinspor, and Seyhan Belediyespor to start his career. He spent the rest of his career in various pro and semi-pro teams in the second and third divisions of Turkey. After retiring as a player, Özbalta began managing with Ankara Keçiörengücü in the

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, and in his debut season got them promoted to the

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without losing a match at home. He moved to

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in the Second League in 2020, and again promoted the team to the TFF First League with an undefeated title and goal records. On 27 January 2022, he signed as the manager for his former club Altay in the Turkish

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. On 10 October 2022, Özbalta was hired by

in the

Honours

Ankara Keçiörengücü *

: 2018–19 Manisa FK *

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References

External links

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Manager Profile

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