Serhat Çakmak (born 16 May 1995) is a Turkish

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who plays as a

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for TAC '90. He is a Turkish youth international having earned caps with the under-15 and under-16 teams.

Club career

Early career

Çakmak is a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, and was also a part of Ajax squad in the

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. In 2014, he left the club to join

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

, signing a three-year contract with the Turkish club after rejecting interest from

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray. Following the departure of Trabzonspor manager

Hami Mandıralı Hami Mandıralı (born 20 July 1968) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career. Club career Mandıralı was born in Arsin, Trabzon, Turkey. joined Trabzonspor aged 10, and continued ...

, Çakmak was cut from the squad under newly appointed manager Vahid Halilhodžić. He returned to Amsterdam, joining Ajax Zaterdag competing in the Topklasse. He made his debut for the amateur side on 20 October 2014 in the third round

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home match against

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which ended in a 2–0 loss. He made his Topklasse debut against the

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

on 25 October 2014 in another 2–0 loss.

Bayrampaşaspor

On 2 February 2015 it was announced that Çakmak had signed a contract with

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side Bayrampaşaspor. He made his first appearance on 15 February 2015 in a 2–1 victory against Menemen Belediyespor.

Later career

Çakmak went back to his native Netherlands to play for

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in the

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on Saturday 13 February 2016. In October 2019, Çakmak joined Dutch club

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. Six months later, in April 2020, it was announced that he would join Westlandia for the 2020–21 season. After two years at Westlandia, Çakmak moved to TAC '90 in the Sunday Eerste Klasse.

Career statistics

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matches. ² Includes

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matches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cakmak, Serhat 1995 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch men's footballers Turkish men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkey men's youth international footballers AFC Ajax (amateurs) players Trabzonspor footballers Jong FC Utrecht players Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor footballers Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players TFF Second League players Men's association football forwards DHSC (football club) players RKVV Westlandia players Eerste Klasse players