Serdar Eylik

Eylik was born in Elazığ, while his parents were originally from Kars. The family later moved to Istanbul while Eylik was a year old. Eylik joined Galatasaray's youth academy as a ten-year-old in 2000. He was inspired to play football by his uncle, a semi-professional footballer. On 14 October 2008, Eylik put pen to paper on his first professional contract. Eylik scored eight goals in 48 matches playing in the A2 league. He made his professional debut against FC Tobol in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. His league debut came against Sivasspor on 1 November 2009. During the winter break, Eylik was loaned out to Orduspor, netting two goals in 14 TFF First League matches during the second half of the season. Eylik was again loaned out, this time to Denizlispor on 14 July 2010.

Eylik was first called up to international play at the under-17 level in 2007. He has also played for Turkey at the U-18, U-19, U-20, and U-21 levels.