, Turkey

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) is a former soccer player, and serves Turkish football in various administrative positions.

A graduate of Ankara University

Ankara University

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 in Political Science. Sezgin started his football career with Petrol Ofisi S.K. in the TFF First League

TFF First League

The TFF First League is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2000 after it was separated from the Turkish Second League Category B during reorganizing Second League, who was second level of Turkish league between 1963–2001...

. He later played for Ankaragücü and Adana Demirspor in Turkish Super League, before ending his career with San Jose Earthquakes in USA.

After retiring from football, he founded Professional Footballers Association in Turkey

Turkey

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 and is the honorary president. He served in Turkish Football Federation

Turkish Football Federation

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 as Secretary-General between 1990–1992. He was the president of İstanbulspor until 2004. He is fluent in English. He is married and has two children.

Sezgin served Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...

 between 1992 – 93 and 1996–97 within Football Committee. Then in 2005, after Özhan Canaydın

Özhan Canaydin

Özhan Canaydın was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.-Basketball career:...

elected as Galatasaray president for one more term, Sezgin became the general manager of Galatasaray Sportif, the specialized marketing management company, to oversee marketing operations of the Galatasaray brand.