Serdar Tasci

Serdar Tasci
Tasci playing for Spartak Moscow in 2017
Personal information
Full name Serdar Tasci[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Esslingen, West Germany[2]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Youth career
1993–1997 SC Altbach
1997–1999 Stuttgarter Kickers
1999–2005 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 VfB Stuttgart II 30 (2)
2006–2013 VfB Stuttgart 181 (9)
2013–2018 Spartak Moscow 74 (2)
2016Bayern Munich (loan) 3 (0)
2019 İstanbul Başakşehir 4 (0)
Total 292 (13)
International career
2006 Germany U19 3 (0)
2007 Germany U20 1 (0)
2007 Germany U21 1 (0)
2008–2010 Germany 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serdar Tasci (Turkish: Serdar Taşçı; born 24 April 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Tasci started his career with VfB Stuttgart in 2006, playing with the club until 2013; captaining the side from 2011; making 181 senior appearances; and helping VfB win the 2006–07 Bundesliga. An injury in his first season at new club, Spartak Moscow, kept him out of action for a large part of the 2013–14 season. He was capped 14 times for Germany from 2008 to 2010,[3] including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, at which Germany came third.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 12 June 2010. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (19 August 2021). "Serdar Taşçı - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.