Sefa Aksoy

Sefa Aksoy — Biography

Sefa Aksoy was born on 26 February 1989 in Hamburg, Germany, to a Turkish working-class family. While he was still a child the family moved back to Turkey for good, to their hometown of Samsun. He began playing in the youth setup of Irmak Sanayi SK and then moved to Samsunspor's academy. In 2006 he signed a professional contract and was promoted to the first team, making his first official appearance for Samsunspor on 22 January 2006 in a Süper Lig match against Gaziantepspor.

He stayed at Samsunspor until the winter transfer window of 2009-10. Although he played around twenty official matches each season, he never became a fixture in the starting eleven and decided to try his luck elsewhere. In the 2010-11 winter window he went to the First League side Giresunspor; he then played for Boluspor and in 2011-12 transferred to Bandırmaspor. He later also played for Kırklarelispor.

At youth level he was called up 35 times by Turkey's national teams, and he played 34 times: twice for the under-16s, twice for the under-17s, 20 times for the under-18s and 10 times for the under-19s, scoring 4 goals.