Yüksel Sariyar is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n footballer of Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 descent who plays for FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

Club career

Sariyar came through the youth ranks at Austria Wien but he made his professional debut at Gençlerbirliği S.K. before joining LASK Linz

LASK Linz

LASK Linz is an Austrian association football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club hailing from that region, and currently plays in the Austrian Football First League. The club's colours are black and white...

 in 2000. After 3 years in Linz he returned to Turkey for a year and then played three more years at SV Pasching

SV Pasching

SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt, Carinthia.- History :The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of ASKÖ Pasching to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga...

 before returning to Austria Wien for the 2007/2008 season.

Most commonly he plays as a central / defensive midfielder, but he has played as full back and right winger before.
In summer 2008, he left FK Austria Wien for newly formed Austrian second-division side SC Wiener Neustadt – who are acquiring the playing licence of SC Schwanenstadt

SC Schwanenstadt

SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria.The club was founded on March 16, 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won the championship and continued their way up to First League...

 for the 2008/09 campaign – and is joined by Austria Wien team-mates Sanel Kuljic

Sanel Kuljic

Sanel Kuljić is an Austrian footballer of Bosnian descent, who plays as a striker. He is playing for Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax.His father emigrated to Austria from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1970s....

, Johannes Aigner

Johannes Aigner

Hannes Aigner is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Magna Wiener Neustadt.-Club career:...

 and Saso Fornezzi

Sašo Fornezzi

Sašo Fornezzi is a Slovenian professional footballer who currently plays for Orduspor in Turkey's Spor Toto Super Lig.-Club career:...

. In January 2010 left SC Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian Second Division

Austrian Football First League

The Austrian Football First League is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. It contains 10 teams and is run in the same fashion as the Austrian Bundesliga...

 and signed for Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

n side FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....

 in February 2005 against Latvia

Latvia national football team

The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...

 and earned 13 caps, scoring one goal. He was however not considered for Austria's EURO 2008 squad.