Furkan Şeker was born on 17 March 1992 in Göksun

Göksun

Göksun is a town and district of Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.- History :The town has an ancient history, first included in Cataonia, then in Cappadocia...

, Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaras

-Industry:Kahramanmaraş's industry is mainly based on textile and ice cream. Kahramanmaraş is one of the biggest textile industry cities of Turkey. Companies like Kipaş, İskur, Arsan and Bozkurt are one of the richest companies in the city...

. He is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 football player currently playing as a central defender for Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

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Furkan Şeker was born in Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaras

-Industry:Kahramanmaraş's industry is mainly based on textile and ice cream. Kahramanmaraş is one of the biggest textile industry cities of Turkey. Companies like Kipaş, İskur, Arsan and Bozkurt are one of the richest companies in the city...

. His family moved to Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 when he was 2 years old. He began his career in 2004 with Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

 academy. He was promoted to Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

 A2 in the second half of 2007-08 season by legandary Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

 footballer, Fikret Demirer. From 2008-09 onwards he was the main defender of Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

 A2.

He was promoted to first team by Mustafa Denizli

Mustafa Denizli

Mustafa Denizli is a former Turkish football player and coach. He has won the Turkish League title five times, all with the 'Istanbul Big Three' . He is currently the only manager in history to win the Turkish league with three different clubs...

 in the 2009-10 season. He first signed a professional contract with Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

 on 17 August 2010 for 5 years. He was selected by Bernd Schuster

Bernd Schuster

Bernhard Schuster is a German football manager and former player, currently unemployed. His nickname is "der Blonde Engel" .-Club career:...

 first 18 against Rapid Wien on 15 December 2010, but did not play.

Furkan Şeker first played for Besiktas on 22 December 2010 against Konya Sekerspor at the Turkish Cup game.

National team career:

Furkan Şeker first represented Turkey U-16 on 13 November 2007 against Austria. His first game for Turkey U-17 was against Slovenia on 25 September 2008 at the European Championship Qualifying group games (2). His first goal for Turkey U-17 was on 12 May 2009 against England (3). He featured in Turkey U-17’s all games during the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria. He first played in Turkey U-18 on 20 October 2010 against Wales (4).

• (1) http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=72478
• (2) http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=77523
• (3) http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=79478
• (4) http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=95707

External links:

• UEFA: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/player=250004886/index.html

http://www.uefa.com/under19/teams/player=250004886/index.html

• FIFA: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=313087/index.html
• TFF: http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=739966