Hasan Ahmet Sarı

Sarı was born in Şişli, Istanbul. He moved with his family to the city of Trabzon following the 1999 İzmit earthquake, which caused considerable destruction in the Avcılar district of the city. He was present in the family home in Avcılar at the time of the earthquake.[1]

He developed through the youth system at Trabzonspor, spending the 2008–09 season on loan to affiliated youth team Trabzonspor A2.[2]

He made his Süper Lig debut for Trabzonspor during the following 2009–10 season. He appeared as a 71st-minute substitute for teammate Tayfun Cora in a 3–1 defeat away to Kasımpaşa on 22 November 2009.[3]

He spent the second half of the 2010–11 season on loan to 1461 Trabzon, a local affiliate team that play in the TFF 2. Lig.[2] He scored seven goals in 15 appearances, the first coming in a 1–1 draw against Adana Demirspor on 30 January 2011.[4] In June 2011 he agreed a new five-year contract with Trabzonspor.[2]

Sarı has achieved international recognition for Turkey at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels. In his only game for the Turkey under-16s, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 friendly match victory against the Austria under-16s on 13 November 2007.[5] He went on to represent his country in the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He played in all three group matches of the final tournament and scored against the Germany under-17s as the Turkey under-17s were knocked out in the group phase.[6][7]

He has also played for the Turkey under-19s in the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He scored a crucial goal in the qualifying phase against the Iceland under-19s in October 2010.[8][9] In the final tournament, held in Romania, he again played in all three group matches.[2] The Turkey under-19s did not pass the first round after finishing in third place in Group B.[10][11]