Veysel Sarı (born 25 July 1988) is a Turkish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right back
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for
Süper Lig
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club
Antalyaspor
Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white.
The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...
.
Club career
Galatasaray
On 4 February 2014, Veysel joined
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...
signing a contract which will keep him at the club until 2018. He made his debut against
Tokatspor
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on 5 February 2014, netting a goal, in a 3–0 win for
the campaign's
Turkish Cup
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.
Veysel made his league debut on 8 February 2014 against his former team
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...
, 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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1988 births
Living people
Men's association football fullbacks
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's B international footballers
Turkey men's international footballers
Süper Lig players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Eskişehirspor footballers
Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
Footballers from Istanbul
21st-century Turkish sportsmen