Serdar Semiz

Serdar Semiz
Date of birth	April 15, 1982
place of birth	Huddinge , Sweden
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1999-2002	AIK Solna
2001-2007	Mälarhöjden / Bredäng
2008-2009	Botkyrka HC
2009-2010	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK
2011–2012	İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK
2012-2014	Mälarhöjden / Bredäng
since 2014	IFK Tumba

Serdar Semiz (born April 15, 1982 in Huddinge , Sweden ) is a Swedish - Turkish ice hockey player who has been under contract with IFK Tumba since 2014 and has been playing with the club in hockeyettan , the third highest division in Sweden, since 2016 .

Career

Serdar Semiz, who was born to Turkish parents in Huddinge, Sweden, in the southern outskirts of Stockholm , began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Flemmingsberg IK. At the age of 17 he switched to AIK Solna . With the U20 team of the club he played in the J20 SuperElit , the highest junior league in Sweden. During his time with the AIK youngsters, he also started playing in the men's team of the Stockholm district club Mälarhöjden / Bredäng . There he was - with the exception of the 2003/04 season, when his club was relegated to Division 2 - until the end of 2007 in Division 1 , the third highest division in the country, on the ice. In the middle of the 2007/08 season he moved to league rivals Botkyrka HC . In 2009 he moved to the land of his ancestors to join the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK , for whom he played in the super league as well as for the İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK . In 2012 he returned to Sweden to Mälarhöjden / Bredäng and played there in Division 2. In 2014, he moved to league rivals IFK Tumba . With the team from the municipality of Botkyrka , he rose to the hockeyettan , the third highest Swedish league, in 2016 .

International

In the Turkish national team , Semiz was used for the first time at the 2012 World Cup in Division III, where he was promoted to Division II with the team from the Bosporus. As the second-best goalscorer behind the Irish Gareth Roberts, he had contributed significantly to this success. There the striker played at the World Cup in 2013 , 2014 , when he was voted the best player on his team, but could not avoid relegation, and 2017 . After the temporary relegation, he played in 2015 when he was the second best scorer behind North Korean Hong Chun-rim with his compatriots Alec Koçoğlu and Serkan Gümüş as well as the Georgian Vitali Dumbadse , and in 2016 when he was together with the Georgian Artjom Kosjulin and the Luxembourg Colm Cannon was the third-best scorer of the tournament behind the Georgian Boris Kotschkin and his compatriot Emrah Özmen and, with eight assists, also the third-best preparer behind Kotschkin and Cannon, where he made a significant contribution to the promotion to Division II, again in Division III.

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Promotion to Division 1 with Mälarhöjden / Bredäng
• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the Division III World Championship
• In 2016 promotion to hockey with the IFK Tumba
• In 2016 promotion to Division II, Group B, at the Division III World Championship

Web links

• Serdar Semiz at eliteprospects.com (English)