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List Of Turkish Sportspeople
This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople. __NOTOC__ A * Elvan Abeylegesse – Female middle and long distance track runner * Mustafa Abi – former Basketball player * Tutku Açık – Basketball player * Olcan Adın – Footballer * Nasuh Akar – Wrestler * Taha Akgül - Wrestler * Gülşah Akkaya – Female basketball player * Derya Aktop – Female boxer * Cenk Akyol – Basketball player * Işıl Alben – female Basketball player * Furkan Aldemir – Basketball player * Halil Altıntop – Footballer * Hamit Altıntop – Footballer * Eşref Apak – Hammer thrower * Lütfi Arıboğan – former Basketball player * Cihat Arman – Footballer * Ender Arslan – Basketball player * Can Artam - Race car driver * Sedat Artuç – Weightlifter * Ömer Aşık – Basketball player (Houston Rockets) * Can Akın – Basketball player * Cenk Akyol – Basketball player * Serdar Apaydın – former Basketball player, Coach * Ergin Ataman – Coach * Necati Ateş †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ender Arslan
Ender Arslan (born 13 January 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional career Arslan has played with TAU Cerámica in the Spanish ACB League, Panionios in the Greek Basketball League, Union Olimpija in the Slovenian Basketball League and with Efes Pilsen in the Turkish Basketball Super League. On 21 June 2011, he signed a contract with Galatasaray Liv Hospital. In June 2015, he parted ways with Galatasaray. On 7 July 2015, he signed with Darüşşafaka. In July 2017, he signed with Türk Telekom. On August 7, 2019, he has signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Arslan signed a contract extension with the team on July 11, 2020. On April 24, 2021, Arslan retired from professional basketball after playing his last game with Bursaspor. National team career Arslan was a regular member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazmi Avluca
Nazmi Avluca (; born November 14, 1976, in Kargı, Çorum Province), is a Turkish sports wrestler, who has won several titles at international competitions including four European and two FILA Wrestling World Championships in the Men's Greco-Roman category. Wrestling career Nazmi Avluca took also part at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics without success, and then finally achieved Olympic success with a bronze medal in 2008 in Beijing. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Currently, he is an active member of the Emlakspor club in Istanbul. Born in the Central Anatolian town Kargı of Çorum Province, he began early sport wrestling at the Wrestling Training Center in Bolu in 1987. Admitted to the national Greco-Roman team in 1991, he won his first international gold in the 60 kg division at the 1992 World Cadets Championships held in Istanbul. Nazmi Avluca was transferred to the German wrestling club 1. Luckenwalder SC in 2005, where undefeated, he helped his team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Avcı
Abdullah Mucib Avcı (; born 31 July 1963) is a UEFA coaching licences, UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish manager and a former professional Association football, footballer. He is the manager of Trabzonspor. He has also managed the Turkey national football team, Turkish national team. Career Playing career Avcı played for Vefa S.K., Vefa, Fatih Karagümrük S.K., Fatih Karagümrük, Çaykur Rizespor, Kahramanmaraşspor, Bakırköyspor, Kasımpaşa S.K., Kasımpaşa, İstanbulspor A.Ş., İstanbulspor, Küçükçekmece S.K., Küçükçekmece, :tr:Nişantaşıspor, Nişantaşıspor respectively and retired in 1999 at the club where he started football. Avcı's coaching career began at İstanbulspor A.Ş., İstanbulspor in 1999 as assistant coach before a spell as Galatasaray A2, Galatasaray youth academy chief. Managerial career He took over Turkey national youth football team, Turkish U17 national football team leading them to the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship gold me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İsmet Atlı
İsmet Atlı (1931 – 4 April 2014) was a Turkish people, Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the Turkey at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Olympics. He was born 1931 in Çukurören village of Kozan, Adana, Kozan district in Adana Province of southern Turkey. He began wrestling in 1950 and was trained by the renowned wrestlers Celal Atik and Yaşar Doğu. İsmet Atlı competed at several international wrestling events successfully in both wrestling styles and participated at three consecutive Olympic Games in Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952, Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 and Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960. After his retirement from the active sports in 1962, İsmet Atlı acted as a trainer. He also worked as a sports journalist. Achievements * 1951 1951 Mediterranean Games, Mediterranean Games in Alexandria, Egypt - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engin Atsür
Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Orlandina Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at , he plays the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball at the North Carolina State University from 2003 to 2007. He has also German citizenship by his mother. Early years Atsür attended Saint-Benoit French High School in Istanbul. He started playing basketball in the youth teams of Efes Pilsen S.K. After one year in the Turkish Second League, Atsür moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. to study business administration at NC State on an athletic scholarship and he graduated in 2007. Atsür was the starting point guard for NC State all four years. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season. Pro career Atsür signed his first professional contract with the Italian League team Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007. After spending one season in Italy, he signed a contract with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celal Atik
Celal Atik (1918 – 27 April 1979) was a Turkish wrestler and coach. He competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but had his best achievements in the freestyle, winning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, 1951 World and 1946 and 1949 European championships. He was born in the village of Gürdan in the Boğazlıyan district of Yozgat Province, Turkey. He changed his family name from "Doğan" to "Atik" (literally, "Slippy") after a proposal by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, who noticed his speed at the 1938 national championships. After retiring from competition, from 1955 to 1979 he coached the national wrestling team and prepared multiple international competitors. Appointed the head trainer by the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) in Switzerland, he gave lessons on wrestling techniques to sportspeople from all around the world. He is recognized as one of Turkey's best wrestlers, with exceptional technique as well as the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necati AteÅŸ
Necati Ateş (; born 3 January 1980) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in İzmir, Ateş made his professional debut with Altay S.K. and Adanaspor, scoring for both at an impressive rate. In 2004, he signed with Süper Lig giants Galatasaray SK. In 2005–06, Ateş played an integral part in Galatasaray's 16th national championship conquest. However, on 25 July 2007, club manager Karl-Heinz Feldkamp officially reported to the board he was not planning to use the player in the upcoming season, which resulted in a transfer list; he split (always on loan) the campaign between Ankaraspor and Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, netting 11 goals in total. For 2008–09 another loan ensued, as Ateş joined Real Sociedad. Though heavily featured, he only managed to score once and the Basque side finished sixth, thus failing to return to La Liga. In the 2009 summer, after more than 100 official matches and over 50 goals, Galtasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergin Ataman
Halil Ergin Ataman (born January 7, 1966) is a Turkish professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He also coaches the Turkey men's national basketball team. During his playing career which began in 1982, he played for Eczacıbaşı and Yeşilyurt basketball teams. Coaching career Early years Ataman began his managerial career in Eczacıbaşı Youth Team followed by a stint as the coach of Efes Pilsen Youth Team. Then, he coached the BSL teams Türk Telekom, Pınar Karşıyaka and Efes Pilsen respectively. He was the assistant coach of Turkish national team alongside Ercüment Sunter in EuroBasket 1997 in Spain. Turkey finished the tournament in the 8th place. He spent time at Stanford University in the United States as an observer during the 1998-99 season. After his return to Europe, he coached Italian side Montepaschi Siena and won with the club the very last Saporta Cup in 2002. Subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serdar Apaydın
Serdar Apaydın (born 21 October 1966 in Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player and former assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. He is the current Head Coach of Antalya B.B. He was famous with his spectacular 3 point shoots and helped lot of times to Turkey national basketball team. The former shooting guard and small forward is 1.98 m. He finish his career for make his army duty in 2001. Career * 1986-90 Çukurova Sanayi Çukurova () or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Turkey. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osman ... * 1992-93 Galatasaray * 1993-97 Ülkerspor * 1997-01 Fenerbahçe External links *TBLStat.net Profile 1966 births Living people Turkish men's basketball players Fenerbahçe men's basketball players Ülker G.S.K. basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Turki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can Akın
Fikret Can Akın (born January 30, 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is serving as an assistant coach for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League ( tr, Basketbol Süper Ligi; BSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replac ... (BSL). External links Profile at tblstat.net Profile at tbl.org.tr {{DEFAULTSORT:Akin, Can 1983 births Living people Anadolu Efes S.K. players Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi players Bandırma B.İ.K. players Beşiktaş men's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor basketball players Point guards Sakarya BB players Basketball players from Istanbul Türk Telekom B.K. players Turkish men's basketball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in Downtown Houston. Throughout its history, Houston has won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles. It was established in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego. In 1971, the Rockets relocated to Houston. The Rockets won only 15 games in their debut season as a franchise in 1967. In the 1968 NBA draft, the Rockets were awarded the first overall pick and selected power forward Elvin Hayes, who would lead the team to its first playoff appearance in his rookie season. The Rockets did not finish a season with a winning record for almost a decade until the 1976–77 season, when they traded for All-Star center Moses Malone. Malone went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
