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Sinan Bolat
Personal information
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 38
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 March 2009

Sinan Bolat (born 3 September 1988 in Kayseri, Turkey) is a Belgian/Turkish footballer, who plays for Standard Liège as a goalkeeper.[1]

Club career

Sinan started his professional career at the age of 17 with K.R.C. Genk in 2005, but only managed a handfull of games in the league, including 3 starts. He transferred to Standard Liège on 29 December 2008, 6 months before his contract was due to expire with Racing Genk[2] He had previously been linked to both Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor of Turkey.[3]

Standard Liège

Bolat is reported to have moved to Standard Liège for a fee of just €150,000 in the January 2009 transfer window, on a 4.5 year contract.[4]

2008-09 Season He was Liège's preferred No.1 goalkeeper in the second half of the 2008-09 season due to out-of-favour Rorys Aragón. Bolat started the last seven games of the season and kept five clean sheets, and letting in only 2 goals during this time, in a 3-1 win against Germinal Beerschot and also in a 4-1 win against KV Mechelen. Bolat started the UEFA Cup game against S.C. Braga on 26 February 2009 and managed to keep a clean sheet during the first half. However he was substituted at half time for the experienced Rorys Aragón, the game finished 1-1.[5]

In the final game of the 2008-09 season, Liège needed to win their game away to Gent in order to force play off's against RSC Anderlecht for the Belgian League title, (if both points and number of matches won are tied then a two-legged play-off decides the ultimate winner). Liège were 1-0 up, up until the 92nd minute when a penalty was awarded against them. Bolat became the hero of the night as he pulled off a magnificent save from Bryan Ruiz, ensuring the play-off's.[6] Standard Liège went on to win the resulting play-off's, winning 2-1 on aggregate with Bolat keeping another clean sheet in the process, and were crowned champion's on 24 May 2009. In his first season he managed to keep six clean sheets out of nine games and also saved a penalty. Winning the league see's Liège automatically qualify for the group stages of Champions League in the 2009-10 season.

Manchester United and Arsenal are said to have made an offer for him in May 2009.[7]

2009-10 Season Prior to the start of the 2009-10 season, Bolat helped his side to a 2-0 win in the 2009 Belgian Supercup final against Genk, on 27.07.09.[8]

In the final Champions League game of the group stage Liege had to tie against AZ Alkmaar otherwise they would not get to the Europa League. Bolat came up for a free kick and headed into the back of the net to ensure that Liege got a place in the Europa League.

International career

Sinan has currently only played at youth level for Turkey winning 4 caps for U-19 level, and 3 for the U-21 level.

Career Stats

Club Performance
Belgium Belgium Season Jupiler League Belgian Cup Supercup Europe Total
Apps CS* Apps CS Apps CS Apps CS Apps CS
Standard Liège 2009-10 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 12 3
2008-09 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 6
Club Total 17 7 0 0 1 1 3 0 21 8
Racing Genk 2005-08 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Club Total 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
CAREER TOTAL 22 9 0 0 1 1 4 1 27 11
Correct as of 4 November 2009[9]
*CS = Clean Sheets

Honours

Belgium Standard Liège

References

  1. ^ Sinan Bolat's Transfer
  2. ^ "Sinan Bolat Profile on TransferMarketWeb". www.transfermarketweb.com. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  3. ^ "Sinan a target for Fenerbahce?". www.fanatik.net. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  4. ^ "Standard snap up Genk youngster Bolat". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2008-12-30. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Standard Liege 1 - 1 Braga". espn.com. Retrieved 2009-02-26. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Belgian Championship undecided after missed penalty". Soccerway. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  7. ^ "Epl clubs after Sinan". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2009-05-27. {{cite news}}: Text "(Turkish)" ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Standard win the Supercup". Standard Liege Official Site Template:Ndl icon. Retrieved 2009-07-27. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Standard Liege Stats". standard.be Template:Fr icon. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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