Lev Yalcin
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Levent Yalcin[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 March 1985||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder / Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Newcastle United | |||
–2002 | York City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2006 | York City | 62 | (2) |
2006 | Whitby Town | 12 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Bishop Auckland | ||
2007 | Billingham Synthonia | ||
2007–2011 | Stokesley Sports Club | ||
2011 | Spennymoor Town | ||
2011–2012 | Norton & Stockton Ancients | ||
2012–2014 | Marske United | ||
International career | |||
2002 | Turkey U18 | 9 | (4) |
2002–2004 | Turkey U19 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Levent "Lev" Yalcin (born 25 March 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or a striker.
Contents
Club career
York City
Yalcin was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.[1] He began his career at Newcastle United's centre of excellence before joining York City's youth system.[2] He was called up for North East schools in July 2000, along with teammates Chris Hogg and Graeme Law, which served as a trial for England schools.[3] He was offered a three-year scholarship with York in March 2001, starting for the 2001–02 season.[4] He made his first team debut as an 84th minute substitute for Graham Potter in a 1–0 away defeat to Sheffield United in the League Cup first round on 10 September 2002.[5][6] Aged 17 years and 173 days, he became the eighth youngest debutant in the York's history.[7]
Yalcin agreed to sign his first professional contract with York in March 2004, for the 2004–05 season.[8] He attracted interest from abroad, training with Antalyaspor and Denizlespor for a period in 2004, and Royal Antwerp were also believed to be ready to give him a trial.[9] He was reported to have joined Darlington on a one-month loan in September 2004,[10] but it was later revealed that the deal, which saw David McGurk join York on loan, was only one way and Yalcin had not moved.[11] He went on to score his first goal for York against Morecambe in October 2004.[12] He had a trial at Yeovil Town in January 2005.[13] He signed a new contract with York in June 2005.[14]
Non-League football
Yalcin was signed by Northern Premier League Premier Division team Whitby Town on 10 February 2006 after he left York by mutual consent.[15] Just days after joining Whitby, Yalcin went on a two-week trial with Hartlepool United.[16] He made his debut in Whitby's 3–2 away win over Wakefield-Emley on 18 March 2006, before scoring his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Frickley Athletic on 26 April.[17] Yalcin finished the 2005–06 season with 12 appearances and one goal for Whitby.[17] He played for Conference North side Scarborough in a pre-season friendly in August 2006, against Whitby, who he played for the previous season.[18] Later that month he signed for Bishop Auckland of the Northern League Division One.[19] Yalcin went on trial with Scunthorpe United of League One in April 2007[20] before joining Northern League Division One club Billingham Synthonia in August.[21]
Yalcin had moved to Northern League Division Two side Stokesley Sports Club by late 2007.[22] In the 2009–10 season he scored 28 goals from 38 matches for Stokesley, helping them to promotion to Northern League Division One for the first time in their history[23] as Division Two champions.[24] During his time at Stokesley he worked on oil rigs in the North Sea.[7] He signed for Northern League Division One side Spennymoor Town on 5 June 2011[25] but having not been involved in any fixtures signed for their divisional rivals Norton & Stockton Ancients on 15 September 2011.[26] Yalcin signed for another Northern League Division One club, Marske United, on 23 October 2012,[27] making his debut as a substitute at Bishop Auckland on 17 November.[28] He scored with a powerful low shot in their 2–1 extra time win over Whitley Bay in the 2014 Northern League Challenge Cup final, played at St James' Park on 6 May 2014.[29]
International career
Yalcin was eligible to represent Turkey at international level as his father is Turkish.[2] He made his debut for the Turkey national under-18 team when starting their 0–0 away draw with the Netherlands in a friendly on 6 March 2002.[30] He scored his first goal for them in his following appearance, a 1–1 draw away to Germany in a friendly on 2 April 2002.[30] Yalcin made three appearances at the 2002 Balkan Youth Championship, scoring in Turkey's 1–1 draw with Bulgaria on 7 July 2002 and their 2–0 win over Greece on 9 July.[30] Shortly after the tournament he scored on his debut for the under-19 team, in their 3–1 home victory over Israel on 29 July 2002.[30] In total Yalcin earned nine caps and scored four goals for the under-18s (in 2002) and earned three caps and scored one goal for the under-19s (from 2002 to 2004).[30]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
York City | 2001–02[31] | Third Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002–03[5] | Third Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2003–04[32] | Third Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
2004–05[33] | Conference National | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
2005–06[34] | Conference National | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Total | 62 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 2 | ||
Whitby Town | 2005–06[17] | NPL Premier Division | 12 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Career total | 74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 3 |
- ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
Honours
Stokesley Sports Club
Marske United
References
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- Living people
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- Bishop Auckland F.C. players
- Billingham Synthonia F.C. players
- Stokesley Sports Club F.C. players
- Spennymoor Town F.C. players
- Norton & Stockton Ancients F.C. players
- Marske United F.C. players
- The Football League players
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- Northern Premier League players
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- English people of Turkish descent