Berkay Samancı


Berkay Samancı is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Kocaelispor. He was also a youth international, having been capped by the Turkey U-18 side twice in 2007.

Club career

Samancı began his career with local club Kocaelispor in 2000. He was promoted to the senior team in 2006, and made his debut on 12 May 2007 against Hacettepe. After making his debut, Samancı was called up to the Turkey U-18 team for two friendly matches against Israel. He made his debut on 28 May 2007. He was transferred to Bucaspor on 20 August 2009, helping the team to a second-place finish in the TFF First League and automatic promotion to the top-flight. Samancı was loaned to TFF Second League club Adana Demirspor for the second half of the 2010–2011 season.