League Division One club Billingham Synthonia in August. Yalcin had moved to Northern League Division Two club Stokesley Sports Club by late 2007. In the 2009–10 season he scored 28 goals from 38 matches for Stokesley, helping them to promotion to Northern League Division One for the first time in their history as Division Two champions. During his time at Stokesley he worked on oil rigs in the North Sea. He signed for Northern League Division One club Spennymoor Town on 5 June 2011 but having not been involved in any fixtures signed for their divisional rivals Norton & Stockton Ancients on 15 September 2011. Yalcin signed for another Northern League Division One club, Marske United, on 23 October 2012, making his debut as a substitute at Bishop Auckland on 17 November. He scored with a powerful low shot in their 2–1 extra time win over Whitley Bay in the 2014 Northern League Challenge Cup final, played at St James' Park on 6 May 2014. International career Yalcin was eligible to represent Turkey at international level as his father is Turkish. He made his debut for the Turkey national under-18 team when starting their 0–0 away draw with the Netherlands in a friendly on 6 March 2002. He scored his first goal for them in his following appearance, a 1–1 draw away to Germany in a friendly on 2 April 2002. Yalcin made three appearances at the 2002 Balkan Youth Championship, scoring in Turkey's 1–1 draw with Bulgaria on 7 July 2002 and their 2–0 win over Greece on 9 July. Shortly after the tournament he scored on his debut for the under-19 team, in their 3–1 home victory over Israel on 29 July 2002. In total Yalcin earned nine caps and scored four goals for the under-18s (in 2002) and earned three caps and scored one goal for the under-19s (from 2002 to 2004). Career statistics Honours Stokesley Sports Club Northern League Division Two: 2009–10 Marske United Northern League Challenge Cup: 2013–14 References External links 1985 births Living people Footballers from Middlesbrough Turkish footballers Turkey youth international footballers English footballers Turkish people of English descent English people of Turkish descent Association football midfielders Association football forwards Newcastle United F.C. players York City F.C. players Whitby Town F.C. players Bishop Auckland F.C. players Billingham Synthonia F.C. players Stokesley Sports Club F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Norton & Stockton Ancients