Rıza Şen

Rıza Şen — Biography

Rıza Şen is a midfielder who joined Beşiktaş as a teenager, reached the first team and then continued his career through loans and transfers across several divisions. Born in Of, he also appeared for the Turkey under-20 national team and is now a former player.

He took up football at 11 with G.O.P Taşköprü, moved to Karadenizspor in 1999 and joined Beşiktaş in 2004. He was a fixture of the Beşiktaş A2 side in 2004-05 and signed a professional contract in 2005. He made his first appearance in a Beşiktaş shirt in 2006 against Kayseri Erciyesspor, coming on late in the second half. The loan years followed: in 2006-07 he joined Etimesgut Şekerspor at the personal request of Sergen Yalçın, was moved at the mid-season break to Arsinspor, was loaned to Zeytinburnuspor for 2007-08 and then, at the break, to Eyüpspor. In 2008-09 he was loaned to Kasımpaşa in the first division and in 2009-10 he played for Orduspor. His Beşiktaş contract ended in 2011. Alanyaspor is also among the clubs he played for.

His national-team experience stayed at youth level: on 27 May 2006 he was called up to the under-20 side for a friendly against Romania and played the last twenty minutes.