Serdar Dursun

Serdar Dursun
Dursun with Persepolis in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Gaziantep
Youth career
1998–2004 Lorbeer Rothenburgsort
2004–2005 Vorwärts-Wacker 04
2005–2008 Concordia Hamburg
2008–2010 Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Hannover 96 II 27 (5)
2011–2014 Eskişehirspor 1 (0)
2013 → Şanlıurfaspor (loan) 5 (0)
2013–2014 → Denizlispor (loan) 16 (2)
2014–2016 Fatih Karagümrük 61 (16)
2016–2018 Greuther Fürth 59 (13)
2018–2021 Darmstadt 98 100 (54)
2021–2023 Fenerbahçe 51 (16)
2023–2024 Fatih Karagümrük 22 (3)
2024 → Fenerbahçe (loan) 9 (3)
2024–2025 Alanyaspor 12 (0)
2025 Persepolis 12 (5)
2025–2026 Kocaelispor 28 (6)
2026– Gaziantep 0 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Turkey 10 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 August 2026

Serdar Dursun (born 19 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker.[2] Born in Germany, he played for the Turkey national team.

Career

Dursun began his senior career with the reserves of Hannover 96 in 2010, and moved to Turkey thereafter with Eskişehirspor. From Eskişehirspor, he had two short loans with Şanlıurfaspor and Denizlispor before transferring to Karagümrük in 2014. In 2016, he returned to Germany with Greuther Fürth and then Darmstadt 98 in 2018.

Dursun completed 2020–21 2. Bundesliga season with 27 goals, making him the top-scorer of the season.[3]

Fenerbahçe

On 15 June 2021, Dursun signed a three-year deal with option for fourth with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.[4] He made his debut on 26 September in a 2–1 away win over Hatayspor.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 24 October in a 2–1 home loss against Alanyaspor.[6] On 5 December, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Çaykur Rizespor.[7]

On 12 February 2022, in a 2–1 win over Giresunspor, Dursun, who entered the game in the second half of the match, suffered a head injury in the 51st minute of the match and was only able to play 7 minutes, being replaced by Mërgim Berisha in the 58th minute. Fenerbahçe stated that it was determined that a displaced fracture occurred in his zygomatic bone after the blow he received in the match.[8]

Persepolis

Dursun playing for Persepolis in 2025

On 31 January 2025, Dursun joined Persian Gulf Pro League champions Persepolis on a 18-month deal.[9][10][11]

International career

Born in Germany, Dursun is of Turkish descent.[12] He debuted with the Turkey national team as a late sub in a 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Latvia on 11 October 2021, scoring his side's first goal in the 75th minute.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 May 2025[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hannover 96 II 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 275——275
Eskişehirspor 2011–12 Süper Lig 1000—10
2012–13 Süper Lig 0010—10
Total 1010—20
Şanlıurfaspor (loan) 2012–13 TFF First League 5000—50
Denizlispor (loan) 2013–14 TFF First League 16200—162
Karagümrük 2014–15 TFF Second League 311082—3912
2015–16 TFF Second League 30611—317
Total 611693—7019
Greuther Fürth 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 321031—3511
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 27321—294
Total 591352—6415
Darmstadt 98 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 331120—3511
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 341623—3619
2020–21 2. Bundesliga 332732—3629
Total 1005475—10759
Fenerbahçe 2021–22 Süper Lig 3315202[b]03715
2022–23 Süper Lig 181216[c]2264
2023–24 Süper Lig 00001[b]010
Total 511641926419
Fatih Karagümrük 2023–24 Süper Lig 22323—246
Fenerbahçe (loan) 2023–24 Süper Lig 72100082
Persepolis 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League 125102[d]0155
Career total 3601163015112402131
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup, Hazfi Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite

International

As of match played 14 November 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202122
202285
Total107
As of match played 11 June 2022
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dursun goal.
List of international goals scored by Serdar Dursun
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 2021Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia1 Latvia1–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 13 November 2021Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey2 Gibraltar5–06–0
3 29 March 2022Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey4 Italy2–32–3Friendly
4 4 June 2022Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey5 Faroe Islands3–04–02022–23 UEFA Nations League C
5 7 June 2022LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania6 Lithuania3–06–0
6 4–0
7 11 June 2022Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg7 Luxembourg2–02–0

Honours

Fenerbahçe

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Serdar Dursun". Fenerbahçe S.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bilgilendirme" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Son dakika spor haberleri: Transferde ismi Beşiktaş'la anılan Serdar Dursun Almanya'da gol kralı oldu!" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Serdar Dursun Fenerbahçemizde" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Atakaş Hatayspor 1-2 Fenerbahçe" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Fenerbahçe 1-2 Aytemiz Alanyaspor" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Fenerbahçe 4-0 Çaykur Rizespor" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Geçmiş Olsun Serdar Dursun" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Persepolis complete signing of Serdar Dursun". Tehran Times. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "سردار فردا به تمرین پرسپولیس می‌رود". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "نگاهی به عملکرد کلی «سردار دورسون» خرید جدید پرسپولیس". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Serdar Dursun im Gegnercheck". HSV.de (in German). 27 July 2019.
  13. ↑ SABAH, DAILY (11 October 2021). "Turkey beats Latvia 2-1 to keep 2022 World Cup hopes alive". Daily Sabah.
  14. ↑ "S. Dursun Profile". Soccerway.
  15. ↑ "Serdar Dursun » Club matches". WorldFootball.net.
  16. ↑ "Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in". fenerbahce.org. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "2. Bundesliga » Torschützenkönige" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. ↑ "2. Bundesliga best goal scorers 2020/2021". www.topscorersfootball.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)