Veysel Sarı (born 25 July 1988) is a Turkish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
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 ...
club
Antalyaspor
Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1 ...
.
Club career
Galatasaray
On 4 February 2014, Veysel joined
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
signing a contract which will keep him at the club until 2018. He made his debut against
Tokatspor
Tokatspor is a Turkish sports club in Tokat. The club was founded in 1969 and they play at the Gaziosmanpaşa Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,762. Their most notable accomplishment was a Turkish Cup stay group stage in 2008–09 season. Thei ...
on 5 February 2014, netting a goal, in a 3–0 win for
the campaign's
Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...
.
Veysel made his league debut on 8 February 2014 against his former team
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...
, coming in as a substitute in a 3–0 win home.
International career
On 28 May 2013, Veysel was selected for the first time to full team by coach
Abdullah Avci, for friendly games against
Slovenia
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and
Latvia
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.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
''Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:''
Honours
Galatasaray
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Türkiye Kupası:
2013–14
References
External links
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Guardian Stats Centre*
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sari, Veysel
1988 births
Living people
Association football fullbacks
Turkish footballers
Turkey B international footballers
Turkey international footballers
Süper Lig players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Eskişehirspor footballers
Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers