Deniz Baykara (born 13 March 1984) is a Turkish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Greek club

Panthrakikos Panthrakikos Football Club () is a Greek football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece during the 2008–09 season for the first time. History Early years (1963–2001) ...

Career

Baykara's career started in 1999, when he signed with

Gaziosmanpaşaspor Gaziosmanpaşa S.K., or simply GOP, is a Turkish sports club from the Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul. League participations * TFF Second League: 1990–98, 1999–03, 2007–09, 2011–14 * TFF Third League: 1998–99, 2003–07, 2009–11, ...

, an

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team. He is a very gifted play-maker and surprises goaltenders with his deceptive shot. He is naturally left footed and can play as a

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. Deniz Baykara was transferred to

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club

Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club () is a Greek Association football, football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace. They play their home matches at Skoda Xanthi Arena Founded in 1967, Xanthi is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth set ...

in 2001, where he played for seven seasons. In January 2008 transfer window, he was transferred to

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club

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club (), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in northern G ...

and helped the team gain promotion to

. In the summer of 2009, he signed a two-year contract with

club

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrini ...

. Since the summer of 2011, he plays for

. After five years he joined

Trikala Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...

in July 2016. On 19 September 2019, Baykara joined Nestos Chrysoupoli.Κλείνει Ντενίζ Μπαϊκαρά ο Νέστος Χρυσούπολης!
, onsports.gr, 19 September 2019

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baykara, Deniz 1984 births Living people People from Bitlis Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Xanthi F.C. players Panserraikos F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Panthrakikos F.C. players Trikala F.C. players Doxa Drama F.C. players Super League Greece players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Turkish sportsmen