Ali Eren Beşerler (born 25 October 1975) is a former Turkish

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. He played 170 matches at

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, from 1994 to 2005.

Career

Gençlerbirliği

Beşerler started his career at hometown club, the capital giant Gençlerbirliği. He played 18 league matches for the club youth team at PAF League (reserve league) in 1992–93 season and 12 league appearances and 2 goals in BAL Ligi for the amateur team. In 1994–95 season he was promoted to first team. At Gençlerbirliği he started to play for Turkey U21 since April 1996 and selected to

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Beşiktaş

He was offered a new 2-year contract by Gençlerbirliği after the tournament, but in October 1997, he was sold to

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. He played 5 league matches in the first season, and played as a regular, played 23 starts, and made him received a call-up to

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. He also signed a new 4-year contract with club. With Turkey he played all 6 caps as starter, and helped Turkey qualify for

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. But in club level he just played 7 league matches at 1999-2000 and all from September to December, thus not selected to the UEFA Euro 2000 final tournament. In the next 2 seasons he played 39 league matches and all as starter. In his final season, he just played 13 starts and 2 substitutes appearances. At the beginning of the 2001/2002 season he was recruited by his former coach

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outfit

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and initially signed a 4-year contract at $1 million per year. After the club's doctors identified an issue on his left knee and asked for further tests, Beşerler chose to cancel the contract and return to Beşiktaş instead.

Late career

In August 2003 he signed for Süper Lig newcomer

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on free transfer. But he just played 8 league matches. He then played for

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, Süper Lig newcomer

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at TFF First League,

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at Süper Lig and lastly for

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Honours

;Beşiktaş J.K. *

: 2002-03

Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

References

External links

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Profile at TFF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beserler, Ali Eren Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers Altay S.K. footballers Sivasspor footballers Süper Lig players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Ankara 1975 births Living people Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football