İnan with Turkey in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Selçuk İnan | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1985 | ||
Place of birth | İskenderun, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Galatasaray | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2000 | Karaağaçspor | ||
2000–2002 | Dardanelspor | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Dardanelspor | 76 | (6) |
2005–2008 | Manisaspor | 75 | (11) |
2008–2011 | Trabzonspor | 93 | (7) |
2011– | Galatasaray | 176 | (41) |
National team‡ | |||
2001–2002 | Turkey U17 | 8 | (2) |
2002 | Turkey U18 | 5 | (1) |
2002–2004 | Turkey U19 | 14 | (5) |
2004 | Turkey U20 | 9 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Turkey U21 | 10 | (3) |
2007– | Turkey | 56 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015 |
Selçuk İnan (born 10 February 1985) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig side Galatasaray and the Turkey national team.
İnan was born in Iskenderun on 10 February 1985. By the age of 14, he was spotted by scouting agents and immediately signed by one of the local clubs, Karaağaçspor. His multidimensonal style of play and unique footballing mind were soon to be discovered by Dardanel Spor. At professional level, İnan scored his first goal in a league game against Antalyaspor on 1 December 2002, when he was only 17.
İnan began his career as a 14-year-old for Karaağaçspor. He signed for Dardanel Spor in 2000, when he played until his departure to Manisaspor in 2005. Trabzonspor signed İnan in 2008, where he played for three seasons.
Trabzonspor, then coached by Ersun Yanal (İnan's former trainer at Manisaspor), signed İnan in early 2008. He scored two goals against Ankaraspor in his first Süper Lig game at Trabzonspor, then also scored Trabzonspor's 2,000th league goal in a game against İstanbul BB on 1 November 2008. He had formed a prolific partnership with strikers Umut Bulut and Burak Yılmaz, the latter a former teammate of İnan at Manisaspor). During İnan's services, Trabzonspor had its most successful two seasons of the decade, most notably finishing as the runners-up in the 2010–11 Süper Lig season.