Serkan Çalik

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Serkan Çalik
Full name	Serkan Çalik
Date of birth	March 15, 1986 (1986-03-15) (age 22)
Place of birth	Dinslaken, West Germany
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	second Striker, right winger
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray S.K.
Number	61
Youth clubs
	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2007 2007–	Rot-Weiss Essen Galatasaray S.K.	44 (11) 17 0(4)
National team
2007	Germany U21	05 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Serkan Çalik, (born 15 March 1986 in Dinslaken, West Germany) is a German footballer of Turkish descent . He plays for Galatasaray S.K..

He is a forward and wears the 61 shirt which is the car number plate location codes for Trabzon, Turkey, where his parents from.^{[citation needed]} During his days at Galatasaray SK, he has been used as a right winger by Galatasaray SK coach Karl Heinz Feldkamp, as he has a very good acceleration and pace.

1 Football career
- 1.1 International career
2 Honours
3 External links

[edit] Football career

He plays for Turkish giant Galatasaray SK, after arriving from Rot-Weiss Essen (2. Fußball-Bundesliga) in June 2007.

[edit] International career

Çalik has dual Turkish-German nationality, he was eligible for either national team. After he made his debut for German U-21 squad in 2007, he stated he have a wish to change in nationality and play for Turkey in January 2008, 10 months after his 21st birthday. He refused any future call-up from Germany. But FIFA statutes stated that such change must applied before the 21th birthday for those who already played in youth teams, his application would not be accepted.