Personal information | |||
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Full name | Levent Yalcin [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 March 1985||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1] | ||
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 ( Turkish: Yalçın; born 25 March 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Born in England, he is a former youth international for Turkey.
Yalcin was born in Middlesbrough, Cleveland. [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 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]
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 team 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 club 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 club 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]
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]
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 [a] | 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 |
Stokesley Sports Club
Marske United