Sinan Demircioğlu (born 23 April 1975) is a

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retired

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. Sinan Demircioğlu is a former Turkey U21 internationals and has been played 151 matches in

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

, 74 matches in 1. Lig and 100 matches at 1. Lig prior it reduced from 50 teams to 20 teams in 2001.

Career

Beşiktaş

Sinan Demircioğlu started his career at

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

which is one of the Turkish Big-Three. He was promoted to first team in 1995-96 season aged 20. Before that, he also played for the youth teams at PAF League and

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. With Beşiktaş, he was call-up to Turkey U18 team at

1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1992 Final Tournament was held in Germany. It also served as the European qualification for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. Teams The following teams qualified for the tournament: * (qualified a ...

and 1993 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification. He also played for Turkish U20 team at

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition FIFA World Youth Championship. U20 Brazil defeated Ghana, 2–1 for its third title. It took place ac ...

, Turkish Olympic team (''de facto'' U21 team) at

1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor

After the tournament he was loaned to

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey. Branches The club has following sport branches: *Volleyball (Arome Men's League), *Basket ...

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

(at that time Second League prior the formation of the Turkish Super League) which also located in

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. He played for the club for 5 seasons.

Göztepe & Diyarbakırspor

Sinan Demircioğlu returned to the Turkish top division in 2002–03 season, signed for Göztepe. After a season he left for

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where he played another 3 seasons in the Turkish

Late career

In August 2006 he left for his last Super League club Gaziantepspor on free transfer, but in September 2006 he signed for Samsunspor of

. He just played 16 times in his second season before he left the club as free agent. In August 2008 he was signed by Körfez Belediyespor of

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

Honours

*Beşiktaş **

Chancellor Cup The Prime Minister's Cup ( tr, Başbakanlık Kupası) was a football competition organised by the Turkish Football Federation in Turkey. It began in 1944 and continued until 1950 as a unique kind of super cup competition between the winners of ...

: 1997 * **

UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and Englan ...

: 1992

Career statistics

;Club statistics ''As of 20 December 2009'' ¹As First League
²Include 1 match at

³As Second League with 50 to 51 teams
⁴As Second League A with 18 to 20 teams

External links

Profile at TFF
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demircioglu, Sinan Footballers from Istanbul Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Göztepe S.K. footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Men's association football defenders 1975 births Living people Turkey men's youth international footballers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football Turkish men's footballers