Serdar Tasci
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Tasci playing for Spartak Moscow in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Serdar Tasci | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Esslingen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Spartak Moscow | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | SC Altbach | ||
| 1997–1999 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 1999–2005 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | VfB Stuttgart II | 30 | (3) |
| 2006–2013 | VfB Stuttgart | 181 | (9) |
| 2013– | Spartak Moscow | 58 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Germany U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Germany | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2017. |
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Serdar Tasci (Turkish: Taşçı, [ˈtaʃtʃɯ]; German: [taskiː]) (born 24 April 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian club Spartak Moscow.
Tasci started his career with VfB Stuttgart in 2006 and played with the club until 2013, captaining the side from 2011. He played for the club nearly 250 times and helped them win the 2006–07 Bundesliga. He missed a large part of the 2013–14 season with an injury in his first season with his new club, Spartak Moscow. He represented the Germany national team from 2008 and 2010, gaining 14 caps, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in which Germany came third.
Tasci was born in Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to Turkish parents from Artvin. He started playing football when he was six; he then played for the youth teams of SC Altbach, Stuttgarter Kickers and VfB Stuttgart. Before the 2005–06 season, he joined Stuttgart's second team, playing in the Regionalliga (third division). Prior to 2006–07, he was promoted to the club's Bundesliga side. In October 2006, he signed a contract that ran until 2010 with the club.
After being included as an unused substitute in a match against 1. FC Nürnberg, Tasci had his professional debut against Arminia Bielefeld on 20 August 2006; the match—the second of the season—was a 3–2 win in which Tasci was sustituted for injured Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson in the 68th minute. Tasci's first goal followed a week later in a game against Borussia Dortmund in a 1–3 defeat. Tasci's second goal of the season came on 29 October 2006, in a 3–0 win over Schalke 04. At the end of the season, Tasci had made 26 appearances and scored twice; he helped the club win the Bundesliga. He came on for Sami Khedira in extra time when Stuttgart lost 3–2 to Nürnberg in the final of the DFB-Pokal. Manager Armin Veh said of Tasci, "He is a big surprise and with his 20 years plays well beyond his years."
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