Zafer Yelen
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Zafer Yelen is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

-born 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...

 footballer who is currently playing for FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...

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Club Career

Yelen played for various clubs in Berlin, most recently for Tennis Borussia Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...

 in the Junior League East, where he was discovered by the former Hansa Rostock coach Frank Pagelsdorf
Frank Pagelsdorf
Frank Pagelsdorf is a German football manager formerly managing Al-Nasr Sports Club.-Coaching career:He was manager of Hamburger SV from 1997 to 2001. He has also had a brief time as manager in UAE.-External links:* *...

. Then got Timo Lange
Timo Lange
Timo Lange is a German football coach and a former player.-External links:...

, the coach of the league, Sex, him to FC Hansa. In the 2005/06 season, his first season in the adult area, Yelen scored in 30 games for the second team Rostock 14 goals in the league. For the 2006/07 season he advanced to the second division team where he is for regular players and game makers developed, scored five goals in 26 missions and at the end of the season with Hansa Rostock in the first Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 rose.
Through his achievements in the second division he was also appointed to the Turkey national under-21 football team
Turkey national under-21 football team
Turkey's national Under-21 football team , also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.-History:...

 and completed on 7 February 2007 his first game for them.
In the Bundesliga the following season 2007/08 Yelen completed 20 games for the Baltic city dwellers, but immediately rose again with this in the second Bundesliga from, whereupon Yelen initially sought a change in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, which for lack of sufficient financial security did not come about. Below Yelen was due to an injury in the first round of the 2008/09 season to just two appearances for Hansa trying again to force a change in Turkey and was once again this failed, Rostock's second team reassigned. End of the season his contract was finally resolved in Rostock, whereupon the Turkish first division side Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...

 Yelen changed.
In July 2011 the second division club FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...

 Yelen was committed.

International

He was a member of the Turkish U-21 national team
Turkey national under-21 football team
Turkey's national Under-21 football team , also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.-History:...

. He played twice in 2008 Toulon Tournament
2008 Toulon Tournament
The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between Italy and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Daniel Osvaldo on 70th...

 and 5 time in 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started on 31 May 2007 with a qualifying competition and finishes on 15 October 2008, before the final tournament on 15–23 June 2009....

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