Trabzonspor U21 is a youth football team from

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

. The club competes in the

U21 Ligi The U21 Ligi is the reserve team league for the top Turkish association football teams in the Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for ...

, against other U21 clubs in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. An U21 team is made up of players between the ages of 18 and 20, and it is the last level of amateur play before a footballer reaches professional status in Turkey. The club was founded by former Trabzonspor footballer and manager

Özkan Sümer Özkan Sümer (20 November 194022 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played as defender in Trabzonspor (and later coached the same club), Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team. He also served as president of Tra ...

in 1972. They were the first youth team in Turkey, and became an official branch of Trabzonspor in 1975.Cevabı istatistikler verdi!
ajansspor.com , accessed 9 June 2010 The club has won two league titles in 1996–97 and 2003–04.PAF Lig Arşiv
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Honours

**Winners (3): 1991–92, 1996–97, 2003–04

Current squad

''As of 9 June 2010''.Trabzonspor A2 Takım
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Former players

Trabzonspor has a notable youth academy, producing several

Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ...

players including

Hami Mandıralı Hami Mandıralı (born 20 July 1968) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career. Club career Mandıralı was born in Arsin, Trabzon, Turkey. joined Trabzonspor aged 10, and continued ...

Gökdeniz Karadeniz Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. Club career Trabzonspor Karadeniz played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999–0 ...

Fatih Tekke Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his ''given nickname'' Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who most recently managed Denizlispor. Club career Turkey Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the pr ...

Hüseyin Çimşir Hüseyin Çimşir (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish football coach and former player. Playing career Çimşir spent most of his playing career at Trabzonspor, where he captained the side from 2006 to 2009. At Trabzonspor, he helped the team to suc ...

, Mehmet Yılmaz,

Tolga Zengin Tolga Zengin (born October 10, 1983) is a Turkish retired football goalkeeper. His impressive performances at the start of the 2006–07 season for Trabzonspor earned him a call-up to the Turkey national football team for a friendly against Lux ...

, and Metin Aktaş. Gökdeniz Karadeniz is the most-capped Turkish international to come through the Trabzonspor academy.

References

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