Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yaren İzzet Sözer | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Heidelberg United | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2018 | Melbourne City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Pascoe Vale | 20 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Melbourne City NPL | 37 | (0) |
2018–2019 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Esenler Erokspor (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Esenler Erokspor | 1 | (0) |
2020 | → 1877 Alemdağ Spor (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2020 | Perak | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Esenler Erokspor | 1 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | (0) |
2023 | St George City | 7 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Gudja United | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Heidelberg United | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016 | Australia U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 February 2024 |
Yaren İzzet Sözer (born 19 April 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Heidelberg United. [1]
Sözer signed for A-League Men side Central Coast Mariners in October 2021 as a backup goalkeeper to Mark Birighitti. [2] He made his debut for the Mariners in a win over Wollongong Wolves on 1 December 2021 in the 2021 FFA Cup, coming on after 20 minutes when Birighitti was sent off. [3] With Birighitti suspended, Sözer made his A-League Men debut in the following game against Macarthur, however, he was forced from the field in the first half due to injury. [4]
Sözer made a third competitive appearance for the Mariners against Sydney FC in the opening round of the 2022 Australia Cup in July 2022. The game went to a penalty shoot-out, which the Mariners lost despite Sözer saving Adam Le Fondre's attempt. [5]
Sözer was a member of the Mariners side that won the 2022–23 A-League Men Championship. He departed the club at the conclusion of the season. [6]
Sozer played for the Australia under-20 side in a win over Myanmar at the 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship on 14 September 2016. [7]
Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Sözer is of Turkish descent and holds a Turkish passport. [8]
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