Serdar Dursun

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

Serdar Dursun

Dursun with Persepolis in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Persepolis
Number	91
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)
International career
2021–2022	Turkey	10	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025

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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hannover 96 II	2010–11	Regionalliga Nord	27	5	—		—		27	5
Eskişehirspor	2011–12	Süper Lig	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2012–13	Süper Lig	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	Total		1	0	1	0	—		2	0
Şanlıurfaspor (loan)	2012–13	TFF First League	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Denizlispor (loan)	2013–14	TFF First League	16	2	0	0	—		16	2
Karagümrük	2014–15	TFF Second League	31	10	8	2	—		39	12
	2015–16	TFF Second League	30	6	1	1	—		31	7
	Total		61	16	9	3	—		70	19
Greuther Fürth	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	32	10	3	1	—		35	11
	2017–18	2. Bundesliga	27	3	2	1	—		29	4
	Total		59	13	5	2	—		64	15
Darmstadt 98	2018–19	2. Bundesliga	33	11	2	0	—		35	11
	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	34	16	2	3	—		36	19
	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	33	27	3	2	—		36	29
	Total		100	54	7	5	—		107	59
Fenerbahçe	2021–22	Süper Lig	33	15	2	0	2[b]	0	37	15
	2022–23	Süper Lig	18	1	2	1	6[c]	2	26	4
	2023–24	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	1	0
	Total		51	16	4	1	9	2	64	19
Fatih Karagümrük	2023–24	Süper Lig	22	3	2	3	—		24	6
Fenerbahçe (loan)	2023–24	Süper Lig	7	2	1	0	0	0	8	2
Persepolis	2024–25	Persian Gulf Pro League	12	5	1	0	2[d]	0	15	5
Career total			360	116	30	15	11	2	402	131

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup, Hazfi Cup
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 team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2021	2	2
	2022	8	5
Total		10	7

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 2021	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	1	Latvia	1–1	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	13 November 2021	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	2	Gibraltar	5–0	6–0
3	29 March 2022	Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey	4	Italy	2–3	2–3	Friendly
4	4 June 2022	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	5	Faroe Islands	3–0	4–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
5	7 June 2022	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	6	Lithuania	3–0	6–0
6					4–0
7	11 June 2022	Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	7	Luxembourg	2–0	2–0

Honours

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish Cup: 2022–23^[16]

Individual

• 2. Bundesliga top scorer: 2020–21^[17][18]