Serkan Erdoğan Explained

Serkan Erdoğan
Height Ft:6
Height In:2.75
Weight Lbs:185
Position:Head coach
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:30 August 1978
Birth Place:Amasya, Turkey
Career Position:Shooting guard
Career Start:1994
Career End:2013
Coach Start:2014
Team1:Kolejliler
Years1:1994–1995
Team2:Tuborg Pilsener
Years2:1995–1998
Team3:Tofaş
Years3:1998–2000
Team4:Ülkerspor
Years4:2000–2005
Team5:TAU Cerámica
Years5:2005–2007
Team6:Efes Pilsen
Years6:2007–2008
Team7:Türk Telekom
Years7:2008–2010
Team8:Meridiano Alicante
Years8:2010–2011
Team9:Beşiktaş
Years9:2011
Team10:Banvit
Years10:2011–2013
Team11:Royal Halı Gaziantep
Years11:2013
Cteam1:Pınar Karşıyaka
(Youth team Assistant coach)
Cyears1:2014–2015
Cteam2:Tofaş
(Personal Development Coach)
Cyears2:2015–2019
Cteam3:Bursaspor
Cyears3:2019–2020

Serkan Erdoğan (born 30 August 1978) is a Turkish retired professional basketball player. Erdoğan tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone, and was thus immediately suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague's 2000–01 season competition.

Professional career

Erdoğan was a developmental product of the TED Ankara Kolejliler academy, and made his professional debut with that team. He then played with the Turkish Super League clubs Tuborg Pilsener, Tofaş, and Ülkerspor. After that, Erdoğan played with TAU Ceramica of the Spanish League.

Erdoğan then played with the Turkish clubs Efes Pilsen and Türk Telekom. After that he moved to the Spanish club Meridiano Alicante. On January 24, 2011, he signed a contract with the Turkish club Beşiktaş.[1] He signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Banvit, in the summer of 2011. He signed a contract with the Turkish club Royal Halı Gaziantep, in the summer of 2013. With Gaziantep, he played his last game in professional club basketball in December 2013.

FIBA SuproLeague ban

Erdoğan tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone, and he was thus immediately suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague's 2000–01 season competition. Erdoğan tested positive in his "A" urine sample, which revealed a level of Nandrolone (anabolic androgenic steroids) that was above the limit specified under FIBA's doping controls. The positive test result, which was tested by the body that is responsible for FIBA's drug testing, came after Ulker's home game against Panathinaikos Athens, on 7 December 2000.

National team career

Erdoğan was also a member of the senior Turkish national team.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/haberler.php?h_no=19578 Serkan Erdoğan Beşiktaş’ta.