Süleyman Koç (born 9 June 1989) is a Turkish-German
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays for Turkish club
Adanaspor
Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League.
The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...
.
Koç was sentenced in December 2011 by the ''
Landgericht Berlin
The Landgericht Berlin is a Judiciary of Germany, regional court in Berlin, divided into two divisions for civil and criminal cases. In the German court hierarchy, it is above the eleven local courts (Amtsgerichte) of the city and below the Kamme ...
'' to three years and nine months in prison for a number of
robberies
Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person o ...
and
battery. In the summer of 2012, he was moved to an
open prison
An open prison or open jail is any jail in which the prisoners are trusted to complete sentences with minimal supervision and perimeter security and are often not locked up in their prison cells. Prisoners may be permitted to take up employmen ...
, thus being able to return to playing for
SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03 is a football in Germany, German association football club based in Potsdam-Potsdam-Babelsberg, Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as ''Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903'' and again as ''SG Karl-Marx Babelsbe ...
. In January 2014, he joined
2. Bundesliga club
SC Paderborn 07
Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the ...
.
On 10 January 2019, Koç joined
Adana Demirspor
Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig.
Founded by railway workers of Turk ...
on a 2.5-year contract.
Süleyman Koç Adana Demirspor'da
adanademirspor.org.tr, 10 January 2019
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1989 births
Footballers from Berlin
Criminals from Berlin
German sportspeople of Turkish descent
Living people
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Berliner AK 07 players
Türkiyemspor Berlin players
SV Babelsberg 03 players
SC Paderborn 07 players
Çaykur Rizespor footballers
Adana Demirspor footballers
Erzurumspor F.K. footballers
Adanaspor footballers
Oberliga (football) players
Regionalliga players
3. Liga players
2. Bundesliga players
Bundesliga players
Süper Lig players
TFF 1. Lig players
German expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Sportspeople convicted of crimes
21st-century German sportsmen
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