Sezer Badur (born 20 June 1984 in West Berlin) is a Turkish-German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Sezer Badur
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-20) 20 June 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
0000–1996 BSC Kickers 1900
1996–1999 Hertha Zehlendorf
1999–2002 Tennis Borussia Berlin
2002–2003 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Manisaspor 7 (0)
2004–2005 Berliner AK 07
2005–2006 SV Yeşilyurt
2006–2007 Karşıyaka 34 (8)
2007–2009 Sivasspor 64 (7)
2010–2012 Trabzonspor 11 (0)
2012 Gaziantepspor 8 (0)
2012–2013 Elazığspor 13 (0)
2013–2014 Şanlıurfaspor 19 (2)
2014–2016 Antalyaspor 28 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2015

Club career edit

During his youth Badur played for several local clubs in his hometown Berlin. 2002 he moved to the youth ranks of Borussia Dortmund, however left the club only after a year to join Turkish Manisaspor.[1]

His debut in Turkish football scene was with Vestel Manisaspor in 2003–04. He appeared in eight matches for Manisaspor but he could not score. Then he returned to Germany to play for the amateur side Berliner AK 07 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 SV Yeşilyurt he was transferred to Karşıyaka, a football team based in İzmir Province. After a while the team did not pay his salary. Therefore, he left the team. Subsequently, Sivasspor 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, Trabzonspor acquired Badur's services for a transfer fee of €330,000.

Honours edit

Trabzonspor

References edit

  1. ^ "Sezer Badur: "Futbolumuzun altyapısı çok eksik"" (in Turkish). TFF. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Ziraat Türkiye Kupası (Profesyonel Takım) (Final)". tff.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.