Serkan Erdogan
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Serkan Erdoğan is a Turkish
professional basketball
player that currently plays for Bandırma Banvit.
, Ülkerspor
, Efes Pilsen and Türk Telekom
from Turkey
. He has also played for TAU Ceramica
and CB Lucentum Alicante
from Spain
.
On January 24, 2011, Erdoğan officially joined Beşiktaş.
In summer of 2011, He signed Bandırma Banvit for 2 years.
and has been suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague
with immediate effect.
Serkan tested positive in his "A" urine sample, which revealed a level of Nandrolone (anabolic androgenic steroids) above the limits specified in FIBA's doping controls. The positive test, which was carried out by the responsible FIBA body, came after Ulker's home game on 7 December 2000, against Panathinaikos
.
Serkan has the right to request a second analysis using his "B" sample, which will be carried out at the same laboratory that analysed the "A"" sample.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player that currently plays for Bandırma Banvit.
Pro Career
He was a product of TED Ankara College Basketball academy and he made his professional debut with this team. He played for Tuborg Pilsener, TofaşTofas S.K.
Tofaş Spor Kulübü known simply as Tofaş is a professional basketball team based in the city of Bursa in Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball League. Their home arena is the Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall with a capacity of 3,500 seats.The club sponsored by Tofaş Company...
, Ülkerspor
Ülkerspor
-History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and...
, Efes Pilsen and Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom B.K.
Türk Telekom Basketbol Kulübü is a professional basketball club of based in Ankara, Turkey. It is branch of the Türk Telekom GSK. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena with a capacity of 10,400 seats which was opened in April 2010...
from Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. He has also played for TAU Ceramica
Saski Baskonia
Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain...
and CB Lucentum Alicante
CB Lucentum Alicante
Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante is a professional basketball team based in Alicante, Valencian Community. Lucentum Alicante is member of the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto .-Sponsorship naming:...
from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
On January 24, 2011, Erdoğan officially joined Beşiktaş.
In summer of 2011, He signed Bandırma Banvit for 2 years.
Doping Scandal
He has tested positive for the banned substance NandroloneNandrolone
Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0.4 ng/ml. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester...
and has been suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague
Suproleague
FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000-01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup , though in this season of 2000-01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and the ULEB's...
with immediate effect.
Serkan tested positive in his "A" urine sample, which revealed a level of Nandrolone (anabolic androgenic steroids) above the limits specified in FIBA's doping controls. The positive test, which was carried out by the responsible FIBA body, came after Ulker's home game on 7 December 2000, against Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos is a multi-sport club based in Athens, Greece. It has the shamrock as its official emblem and green and white as its colours...
.
Serkan has the right to request a second analysis using his "B" sample, which will be carried out at the same laboratory that analysed the "A"" sample.