Çagri Yarkin
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Çağrı Yarkın 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
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player currently playing for Çaykur Rizespor
Çaykur Rizespor
Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green...

. He primarily plays as a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 but can also be deployed as a left winger or attacking midfielder due to being naturally left-footed and having exceptional technique. He came through the youth ranks of Galatasaray
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

, and was brought up to the professional team in 2007 by Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp is a German football manager and former player.Feldkamp has been coaching football since 1968. In Germany, he has coached Borussia Dortmund, Kaiserslautern, and Eintracht Frankfurt, among others. He previously coached Galatasaray in 1992–93, and also coached another Istanbul...

 who was the manager of the team at the time and is currently the head of soon to be youth academy. Çağrı
Çağrı
Çağrı is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Çağrı" means "The Call", "Appellation", and/or "Distinction". It also means "Falcon".-People:* Çağrı Bey, Seljuq ruler.* Çağrı Yarkın, a Turkish footballer.* Çağrı Türkan, a Turkish author...

 is seen as one of the most talented youngsters of his generation and a lot is expected of him. Galatasaray own 50% of his future transfer fee and have an option to buy him back if they feel he has progressed to a stage where he can start featuring for the Galatasaray A team regularly.

Honours

  • Galatasaray
    Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
    Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

    • Turkish League
      Turkcell Super League
      The Süper Lig is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system. It is one of the top leagues in the UEFA confederation and the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the UEFA Champions League...

      : 1 (2007-08)

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