Berkay Samancı

Berkay Samancı — Biography

Berkay Samancı is a midfielder who came through the Kocaelispor academy and plays as a defensive midfielder. He played for the Turkey under-18 side and, at club level, went up to the Süper Lig with Bucaspor before spending time at Altınordu in particular and at several other TFF First League and lower-league clubs; he returned to Altınordu more than once.

He began at his hometown club Kocaelispor in 2000, signed a professional contract and joined the first team in 2006, and made his senior debut against Hacettepe on 12 May 2007. That month he was called up for Turkey's two under-18 friendlies against Israel and played his first on 28 May 2007. He moved to Bucaspor on 20 August 2009, and the side finished second in the TFF First League that season and won automatic promotion to the Süper Lig. He spent the second half of 2010-11 on loan at Adana Demirspor.

In later years he played for Manisaspor and then Altınordu (rejoining in early 2018), Kocaelispor (briefly in summer 2020), Menemenspor (January 2021) and Uşakspor (July 2021). He carried on in the lower leagues by joining Bornova 1877 in January 2025.