Aykut Yiğit (7 October 1959 – 7 September 2002) was a Turkish professional
football player
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who played as a
striker, and a football manager until his death.
Aykut was top scorer during the
1983–84 1.Lig
The following are the statistics of the Süper Lig, Turkish First Football League in season 1983/1984.
Overview
Eighteen teams participated, and Trabzonspor won the championship. Trabzonspor have not won a league title until the 2021–22 Süper ...
season with
Sakaryaspor
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, the team he is best known for. He played for various Turkish teams before moving on to a management career. He died in a car accident while assistant manager for his first club Sakaryaspor.
International career
Aykut made his debut for the
Turkey national football team
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in a friendly 0-0 draw with
Bulgaria
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on 16 October 1984.
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1959 births
2002 deaths
Sportspeople from Adapazarı
Turkish footballers
Turkish football managers
Turkey international footballers
Association football forwards
Süper Lig players
TFF First League players
Eskişehirspor footballers
Sakaryaspor footballers
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
Bakırköyspor footballers
Altay S.K. footballers
Balıkesirspor footballers
Road incident deaths in Turkey