Şeref Görkey (1 January 1913 - 10 November 2004) was a Turkish

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and

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who mainly served Turkish side

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

throughout his career. Nicknamed Voleci Şeref, literally meaning ''"Şeref the Volley Scorer"'', due to his tally of scoring 99 goals of volley shots during his career, Görkey wore number 10 shirt whilst his entire spell at Beşiktaş. He was also part of Turkey's squad at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

Club career

Görkey scored 320 goals during his career, where he is one of the most scoring players in fierce

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of Beşiktaş, scoring 30 goals to

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and 13 goals to Fenerbahçe, respectively. Görkey managed

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in 1972.

Career stats

International

Individual

*Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Bronze Team)

References

External links

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