Sabri Sarıoğlu (born 26 July 1984) is a Turkish former professional

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who most notably played for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

and the Turkey national team.

Club career

Galatasaray

Born in

Çarşamba Çarşamba is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 774 km2, and its population is 140,664 (2022). It is in the center of the Çarşamba Plain. The mayor is Hüseyin Dündar (Independent). Ferhan Şensoy - writ ...

Samsun Province Samsun Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2, and its population is 1,368,488 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasy ...

, Sabri spent almost his entire career with

, having risen through the ranks of the Galatasaray youth team. He was first called up to feature for the first team, at the age of 17, in the 2001–02 season under manager

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. He was in Galatasaray's official squad-list for the

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. The 2001–02 season also marked the first time he made his way into Galatasaray bench for an official match, but he failed to make an appearance. He made his competitive debut for the first team in a

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match the following season against

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on 4 May 2003, in the side now managed by

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. He marked his 100th league appearance for Galatasaray on 10 December 2006 against

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, by scoring a goal after a fantastic build-up play from his own half of the pitch. After the former captain

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's departure to

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

, he became the club's captain in September 2011. Sabri's contract was not renewed at the end of 2016–17 season and his Galatasaray career was effectively over.

International career

He was a regular member of the

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squad. He was part of the 23-man squad for the

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and registered one assist during the finals of

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Galatasaray *

: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 * Türkiye Kupası: 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Süper Kupa:

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Turkey *

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bronze medalist:

References

External links

Profile
at Galatasaray.org * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarioglu, Sabri 1984 births Living people People from Çarşamba Sportspeople from Samsun Province Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 2008 players Galatasaray U21 footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Süper Lig players Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football fullbacks 21st-century Turkish sportsmen