Serkan Yusein

Serkan Yusein (Bulgarian: Серкан Юсеин; born 31 March 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for CSKA 1948 Sofia on loan from Ludogorets Razgrad.[2]

Serkan Yusein
Personal information
Full name Serkan Kadir Yusein
Date of birth (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CSKA 1948
(on loan from Ludogorets)
Number 26
Youth career
2004–2010 Botev 2002
2010–2013 Botev Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Botev Plovdiv 111 (7)
2013 → Rakovski (loan) 11 (1)
2019– Ludogorets II 2 (0)
2019– Ludogorets 11 (0)
2019 → Tsarsko Selo (loan) 11 (0)
2020– → CSKA 1948 (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2011–2013 Bulgaria U17 6 (0)
2014–2015 Bulgaria U19 2 (0)
2016–2018 Bulgaria U21 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2018

Career

Botev Plovdiv

Early Career
Botev Plovdiv celebrating winning the Bulgarian Football Cup in 2017

Born in Plovdiv, Yusein started to play football in the Botev 2002 Academy, before joining the youth formations of Botev Plovdiv. He began his professional career in Botev Plovdiv on 13 March 2013, when he debuted as a substitute in an away match against Minyor Pernik in Sofia.[3] Serkan was included for the first time in the starting lineup of Botev Plovdiv during a goalless draw with CSKA Sofia on 11 May 2014.[4]

Yusein scored his first goal for Botev Plovdiv on 23 September 2014. He came on as a substitute during the match and scored the last goal for the 0-4 away win against Lokomotiv Mezdra in the first round of the Bulgarian Cup tournament.[5] A few days later, on 27 September, he came on as a substitute during the derby match with Lokomotiv Plovdiv which was won 2-0 by Botev Plovdiv.[6] On 14 December Serkan played 57 minutes and left good impression on the pitch during Botev's 1-0 defeat by Ludogorets Razgrad.[7]

2015-16

Serkan was injured for the first two rounds of the 2015-16 season of the A Group. Following recovery, he took part in the games against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Pirin Blagoevgrad, Slavia Sofia and Cherno More Varna.[8][9][10][11] After being ruled out again due to injury, Serkan was included in the starting line-up on 30 October, when Botev Plovdiv were defeated 2-0 by Slavia Sofia.[12]

2016-17

On 27 August Serkan scored his first goal in the First League during the 2-1 home victory over PFC Neftochimic Burgas.[13] On 17 September Serkan scored again, this time during the 4-0 home win over FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa.[14] On 22 October 2016 Serkan scored during the 2-3 home defeat from Cherno More Varna.[15]

On 24 May 2017 Serkan came on as a substitute in last minutes of the historical 2-1 win over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Cup final and won the cup with Botev Plovdiv.[16][17][18]

2017-18

On 13 July 2017 Serkan scored an important goal for the 1-1 away draw with Beitar Jerusalem in the 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Europe League.[19]

On 9 December 2017 Serkan scored a spectacular goal for the 3-0 win over Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[20] A few minutes after that he was sent off. His goal was highlighted as the best goal of the round in Parva Liga.[21]

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 7 January 2019 Ludogorets Razgrad confirmed that Yusein had signed a preliminary contract under the Bosman ruling and is set to join the team as a free agent in June 2019 if the negotiations between Botev and Ludogorets in January didn't end with a transfer agreement,[22] but on 23 January both teams reached agreement and Yusein joined the team for an undisclosed fee.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 July 2020
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Botev Plovdiv 2012–13 A Group 2000––20
Rakovski (loan) 2013–14 B Group 11130––141
Botev Plovdiv 2013–14 A Group 100000–10
2014–15 501140–101
2015–16 24010––250
2016–17 First League 32460––384
2017–18 301306110402
2018–19 17221––193
Total 11171321011013510
Ludogorets Razgrad 2018–19 First League 8010000090
2019–20 3000000030
Total 110100000120
Tsarsko Selo (loan) 2019–20 First League 11000––110
Career Total 14581721011017211
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours
Botev Plovdiv
Ludogorets Razgrad
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References
  1. "Профил на Серкан Кадир Юсеин" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. "Serkan Yusein Facts". academy.botevplovdiv.bg.
  3. "Пловдивският Ботев се справи лесно с предалия се Миньор на "Армията"". novsport.com.
  4. Ботев изпусна ЦСКА, приключи сезона с 0:0
  5. Ботев с убедителен старт за Купата - 4 безответни гола в Мездра
  6. Ботев взе 97-ото градско дерби с 2:0
  7. Ботев с минимална загуба от Лудогорец
  8. Ботев изпусна победата в пловдивското дерби
  9. Ботев с първа победа от началото на сезона след 1:0 срещу Пирин, "канарчетата" завършиха мача с 9 души
  10. Ботев загуби от Славия у дома
  11. Сърцат Ботев пречупи Черно море
  12. Ботев загуби от Славия с два късни гола
  13. Ботев удържа Нефтохимик за ценен успех след ерата "Костов"
  14. Ботев разгроми Локомотив ГО в най-добрия си мач от началото на сезона
  15. Ботев загуби от Черно море у дома
  16. Ботев (Пловдив) триумфира с Купата на България!
  17. ВИВА КАНАРИ!!! БОТЕВ Я ПРЕГЪРНА
  18. Ботев постигна мечтата, а клет Лудогорец сгъна платната!
  19. Ботев измъкна равенство при гостуването на Бейтар и всичко ще се решава на реванша
  20. Ботев завърши годината в Първа лига с класика над Етър
  21. Голът на кръга бе определен, гордостта е за Ботев
  22. Първа пресконференция на Лудогорец за 2019 г.
  23. "Младежки национал вече е играч на Лудогорец". ludogorets.com. 23 January 2019.
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