Sezer Badur (born 20 June 1984 in

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) is a Turkish-

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who plays as an

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Club career

During his youth Badur played for several local clubs in his hometown

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. 2002 he moved to the youth ranks of

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, however left the club only after a year to join Turkish

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since he was out of favor at Manisaspor, and Manisaspor were unwilling to let him out of his contract. He played two years in amateur division in Germany. After a short stint with

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he was transferred to

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, a football team based in

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. After a while the team did not pay his salary. Therefore, he left the team. Subsequently,

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signed Badur where he began to shine and had two consecutive seasons where he and his teammates played the top of the table, missing the champion's trophy narrowly twice. After his successful time for Sivasspor, in January 2010,

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acquired Badur's services for a transfer fee of €330,000.

Honours

Trabzonspor *

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: 2009–10

References

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