Serkan Gümüş

Serkan Gümüş
Date of birth	17th October 1992
place of birth	Turkey
size	174 cm
Weight	65 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2007–2012	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK
2012-2016	İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK
since 2016	Zeytinburnu Belediye SK

Serkan Gümüş (born October 17, 1992 ) is a Turkish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Zeytinburnu Belediye SK in the Turkish Super League since 2016 .

Career

Serkan Gümüş, who is used both as a striker and as a defender, began his career as a hockey player at Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK , for whom he made his debut in the Turkish Super League in the 2007/08 season . After he had become Turkish runner-up with his team in 2008 and 2012, he left the club and moved to league rivals İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK . With his new team, he immediately became runner-up in his country and Turkish champion in 2014 . In 2016 he moved to Zeytinburnu Belediye SK , with which he won his second and third Turkish championship titles in 2017 and 2018 .

International

For Turkey, Gümüş took part in the junior division in Division III at the U18 World Championships in 2008 , 2009 , when he was named the best defender of the tournament, and in 2010 , when he was the best scorer, best goalscorer and best preparer, consequently also the best striker of the Tournament, as well as the U20 World Championships in 2008 , 2010 and 2011 , when he was voted the best striker of the tournament as well as the best player of his team as top scorer (together with the Serbian Aleksa Luković ) and second best scorer (after Luković) , part.

He played with the men's national team at the World Championships in Division II in 2010 , 2013 , 2014 and 2017 and in the World Championships in Division III in 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2015 , when he and his compatriots Alec Koçoğlu and Serdar Semiz and the Georgian Witali Dumbadze was the second top scorer behind North Korean Hong Chun-rim , and in 2016 . He was also on the ice for the team from the Bosporus in qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Best defender at the U18 World Cup, Division III, Group B
• 2009 Promotion to Division II at the Division III World Championship
• 2010 Best striker, scorer, goalscorer and assists in the U18 World Cup in Division III, Group A.
• 2011 Best striker and goalscorer at the U20 World Cup in Division III
• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the Division III World Championship
• 2014 Turkish champion with the İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK
• In 2016 promotion to Division II, Group B, at the Division III World Championship
• 2017 Turkish champion with the Zeytinburnu Belediye SK
• 2018 Turkish champion with the Zeytinburnu Belediye SK

Web links

• Serkan Gümüş at eliteprospects.com (English)