Serdar Kesimal
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Serdar Kesimal is a Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 international
Turkey national football team
The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

 footballer who currently plays as a center back for Turkish club Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig. Kesimal is also a youth international, having been capped at the U-20 and U-21 levels.

Early life and career

Kesimal was born in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 on 24 January 1989 to emigrants of Rize
Rize
Rize is the capital of Rize Province, in northeast Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.-Etymology:The name comes from Greek or Ριζαίον , meaning "mountain slopes". In modern times, its name in Greek was usually Ριζούντα . Its Latin forms are Rhizus and Rhizaeum...

. He began his footballing career with amateur club FC Dönberg. He spent some time with Wuppertaler SV before being transferred to 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

 in 2007. Kesimal played in the U-19 and II teams of.

Kayserispor

FC Köln before Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...

 transferred him in 2009. He scored his first goal for the club in a match against MKE Ankaragücü on 24 August 2010. He made his debut in the 1-0 friendly beat by Holland on November 10, 2010. And he made his debut as a official in 2-0 victory over Austria on March 29, 2011.

Fenerbahçe

Kesimal was transferred to Turkish champions Fenerbahçe for Gökhan Ünal
Gökhan Ünal
Gökhan Ünal is a Turkish professional football player. He was the top goal scorer in the Turkcell Super League 2005/06 season, having scored 25 goals in a single season...

 plus a fee worth €4 million on a 5 year contract.

International career

Kesimal began his international career with the Turkey U-21 squad. Kesimal was never capped at youth international level. He made his debut against Netherlands
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...

on 17 November 2010.
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