Adnan Sezgin

Adnan Sezgin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1954-01-28) 28 January 1954
Place of birth	Malatya, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1973	Petrol Ofisi	35	(3)
1974–1979	Ankaragücü	67	(1)
1979–1981	Adana Demirspor	25	(1)
1982–1983	San Jose Earthquakes	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adnan Sezgin (born 28 January 1954 in Malatya, Turkey) is a former soccer player, and serves Turkish football in various administrative positions.

A graduate of Ankara University in Political Science. Sezgin started his football career with Petrol Ofisi S.K. in the TFF First League. He later played for Ankaragücü and Adana Demirspor in Turkish Super League, before ending his career with San Jose Earthquakes in USA.

After retiring from football, he founded Professional Footballers Association in Turkey and is the honorary president. He served in Turkish Football Federation as Secretary-General between 1990–1992. He was the president of İstanbulspor until 2004. He is fluent in English. He is married and has two children.

Sezgin served Galatasaray S.K. between 1992 – 93 and 1996–97 within Football Committee. Then in 2005, after Özhan Canaydın elected as Galatasaray president for one more term, Sezgin became the general manager of Galatasaray Sportif, the specialized marketing management company, to oversee marketing operations of the Galatasaray brand.