Serhat Çetin
No. 15 – Türk Telekom | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Turkish Basketball Super League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Eminönü, İstanbul, Turkey | 23 February 1986||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2008: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Tekelspor | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Galatasaray Café Crown | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Pınar Karşıyaka | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Alpella | ||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Tofaş | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Darüşşafaka | ||||||||||||||
2016–present | Türk Telekom | ||||||||||||||
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Serhat Çetin (born 23 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Standing at 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m), he mainly plays the small forward position but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard position if needed.
Professional career
He started his professional career in Efes Pilsen. In 2004, he moved to Tekelspor. After a successful season, he signed a contract with Galatasaray Cafe Crown.
He signed with Pınar Karşıyaka in 2006. During 2006-07 season, he averaged 10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 30 games. With that performance, he drew the attention of Fenerbahçe.
Before the 2007-08 season, he has been the third transfer of Fenerbahçe after Emir Preldžić and Gašper Vidmar. He spent three seasons there, usually being a role player.
He went to Beşiktaş Milangaz at the beginning of the 2010-11 season. The next year, he had already become an important part of the team. Led by coach Ergin Ataman, they won the 2011–12 Turkish Cup Basketball, beating Banvit B.K. and Çetin was named the Turkish Basketball Cup MVP for his performance. Beşiktaş went on winning the 2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge in Debrecen. Beşiktaş also won the 2011–12 Turkish Basketball League, completing the treble.
After that legendary season, Beşiktaş dealt with financial problems and many star players departing. They brought their former player Erman Kunter as the new coach. Despite these bad conditions, Çetin decided to stay and helped the team win the Super Cup against Anadolu Efes. Before the 2013-14 season, he didn't renew his expired contract and went to Tofaş
On July 8, 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe.[1][2]
On August 20, 2015, he signed with Darüşşafaka for the 2015–16 season.[3]
On October 10, 2016, he signed with Türk Telekom.[4]
References
- ^ "Fenerbahce signs deal with Serhat Cetin". euroleague.net.
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(help) - ^ "Serhat Çetin Fenerbahçe Ülker'de". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Darussafaka lands Serhat Cetin
- ^ Serhat Cetin signs at Turk Telekom
External links
- Serhat Çetin at eurobasket.com
- Serhat Çetin at euroleague.net
- Serhat Çetin at tblstat.net
- Serhat Çetin on Instagram
- Serhat Çetin on X
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Alpella basketball players
- Beşiktaş men's basketball players
- Darüşşafaka SK players
- Fenerbahçe men's basketball players
- Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
- Karşıyaka basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Tofaş S.K. players
- Turkish men's basketball players
- Türk Telekom B.K. players
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games