Yüksel Sariyar

Yüksel Sariyar

Personal information
Full name	Yüksel Sariyar
Date of birth	August 1, 1979 (1979-08-01)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
Number	26
Youth career
1998-1999	Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999-2000	Gençlerbirliği	7	(0)
2000-2003	LASK Linz	55	(5)
2003-2004	Kocaelispor	30	(6)
2004-2007	SV Pasching	78	(9)
2007-2008	Austria Wien	25	(2)
2008-2009	SC Wiener Neustadt	10	(0)
2010-present	FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
National team‡
2005-2007	Austria	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2008

Yüksel Sariyar (born 1 August 1979 in Vienna) is an Austrian footballer of Turkish descent who plays for FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

Club career

Sariyar came through the youth ranks at Austria Wien but he made his professional debut at Gençlerbirliği S.K. before joining LASK Linz in 2000. After 3 years in Linz he returned to Turkey for a year and then played three more years at SV Pasching before returning to Austria Wien for the 2007/2008 season.

Most commonly he plays as a central / defensive midfielder, but he has played as full back and right winger before. In summer 2008, he left FK Austria Wien for newly formed Austrian second-division side SC Wiener Neustadt – who are acquiring the playing licence of SC Schwanenstadt for the 2008/09 campaign – and is joined by Austria Wien team-mates Sanel Kuljic, Johannes Aigner and Saso Fornezzi. In January 2010 left SC Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian Second Division and signed for Slovakian side FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in February 2005 against Latvia and earned 13 caps, scoring one goal. He was however not considered for Austria's EURO 2008 squad.