İbrahim Toraman (born 20 November 1981) is a Turkish former professional

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. He played as a defender in centre, right back or occasionally in defensive midfield positions.

Career

Toraman's career started with local club Sivas DSİ Spor, playing six years at the amateur level. He was named second-best player out of all amateur level teams in Turkey. Professionally, Toraman played for

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

and attracted attention with his success. In his last two years at Gaziantepspor, he was reportedly added to the top of many teams' transfer lists. Toraman, was signed by Istanbul club Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2004–05 pre-season on a three-year contract with a transfer fee of $2.5 million. Following the incident with Beşiktaş teammate Sezer Öztürk Toraman was left out of the Beşiktaş squad under

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's management at the start of the 2013–14 season. Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season, he was loaned to

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

Career statistics

:''Score and result list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Toraman goal.''

Honours

Turkey *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...

: third place

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Beşiktaş *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

: 2008–09 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11 * Turkish Super Cup:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

References

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Guardian Stats Centre
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toraman, Ibrahim 1981 births Living people Footballers from Sivas Turkish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players Süper Lig players Gaziantepspor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Sivasspor footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen