Sabri Sarıoğlu (born 26 July 1984) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who last played for Turkish football club Göztepe.
Sabri playing for Galatasaray in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1984-07-26) 26 July 1984 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Çarşamba, Samsun, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1999 | Yeni Özkartalspor | ||
1999–2002 | Galatasaray | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2017 | Galatasaray | 357 | (14) |
2017–2018 | Göztepe | 29 | (0) |
National team | |||
1999–2001 | Turkey U16 | 5 | (2) |
1999–2001 | Turkey U17 | 14 | (1) |
2000 | Turkey U18 | 3 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Turkey U19 | 15 | (2) |
2003 | Turkey U20 | 2 | (0) |
2003–2006 | Turkey U21 | 21 | (1) |
2006–2011 | Turkey | 44 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2017 |
Born in Çarşamba, Samsun Province, Sabri has spent his entire career with Galatasaray so far, 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 Mircea Lucescu. He was in Galatasaray official squad list for UEFA Champions League 2001–02. 2001–02 season also marked the first time he made his way into Galatasaray bench for an official match, but he didn't play a single minute. He made his competitive debut for the first team in the Turkcell Super League match the following season, in 2002–03, against Trabzonspor on 4 May 2003, in the side managed by Fatih Terim.
He marked his 100th league appearance for Galatasaray on 10 December 2006 against Bursaspor, by scoring a goal after fantastic build up play from his own half of the pitch.[1]
After the former captain Arda Turan's departure to Atlético Madrid, he became the club captain in September 2011.[2]
Sabri Sarıoğlu's contract was not renewed at the end of 2016–17 season and his Galatasaray career was effectively over.[3]
He was a regular member of the Turkey squad. He was part of the 23-man squad for the European Championships, and registered one assist during the finals of Euro 2008.[4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Galatasaray | 2002–03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2003–04 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 5 | |
2004–05 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
2005–06 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
2006–07 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 4 | |
2007–08 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
2008–09 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | ||
2009–10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | ||
2010–11 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
2014–15 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
2015–16 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 1 | |
2016–17 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
Career total | 357 | 14 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 477 | 24 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 August 2003 | ![]() | 3–0 | Win | Champions League |
2. | 9 August 2006 | ![]() | 5–2 | Win | Champions League |
3. | 26 February 2009 | ![]() | 4–3 | Win | UEFA Cup |
4. | 30 July 2009 | ![]() | 1–4 | Win | Europa League |
5. | 18 February 2016 | ![]() | 1–1 | Draw | Europa League |
Turkey national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2006 | 3 | 0 |
2007 | 8 | 1 |
2008 | 11 | 0 |
2009 | 6 | 0 |
2010 | 8 | 0 |
2011 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 44 | 1 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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1. | 2 June 2007 | Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina | ![]() | 3–2 | Loss | Euro 2008 qual. | |||||
Correct as of 13 January 2015[8] | |||||||||||
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Galatasaray captain 2011–2014 |
Succeeded by |
Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists | ||
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