Serdar Bali

Serdar Bali (born 21 July 1956) is a Turkish former professional footballer best known for his years with Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş.^[1]

Serdar Bali

Personal information
Full name	Serdar Bali
Date of birth	(1956-07-21) 21 July 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1972-1975	Akçaabat Sebatspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975-1980	Trabzonspor	101	(13)
1980-1985	Beşiktaş	51	(6)
1983-1984	→Karagümrük (loan)	18	(1)
1985-1988	Trabzonspor	54	(1)
1985-1986	→Denizlispor (loan)	22	(0)
International career
1977–1978	Turkey U21	9	(4)
1978–1980	Turkey	8	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Professional career

Bali was born in Istanbul where his father Zekeriya Bali was playing as a footballer. The family moved to his father's native Trabzon, where Bali started playing football professionally with Trabzonspor.^[2] In 5 seasons with them, he won 4 Süper Lig titles. In 1980, he transferred to Beşiktaş where he won his fifth Süper Lig league title in 1982. He returned to Trabzonspor in 1985, where he retired in 1988.^[3]

After retiring as a footballer, Bali worked in commerce -from 1996 to 2002 with his old club Trabzonspor in management. Since 2007, he has been a sports writer.^[4][5]

Honours

Trabzonspor

• Süper Lig: 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-1980
• Turkish Cup: 1976-77, 1977-78
• Turkish Super Cup: 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-1980
• Prime Minister's Cup: 1977-78

Beşiktaş

• Süper Lig: 1981-82