Bülent Çetin (born 1985) is a Turkish amputee footballer playing as goalkeeper. He is a member of the Turkey national amputee football team.

Private life

Bülent Çetin was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 1985. His mother Sadiye died in 2022. He entered Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) service, and held the rank of a specialist sergeant. During an armed operation in Hakkâri Province, Southeastern Turkey, he was wounded on his left arm. He was transported to the

Gülhane Training and Research Hospital Gülhane Training and Research Hospital ( tr, Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi) (GEAH), formerly known as Gülhane Military Medical Academy ( tr, Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi) (GATA), was founded by Abdülhamit II in 1898 in Istanbul a ...

. As his treatment was continuing, he had a traffic accident. He underwent further treatment at the TSK Rehabilitation Center for one year. Since 2012, he has been working at the defence company Roketsan in Ankara.

Club career

Çetin played amateur football as a

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in his youth years. During his stay in the TSK Rehab Center, he met amputee football in 2011. He started again football playing, this time as an amputee football goalkeeper. After playing in the TSK Rehab Center for nine years, he transferred to Etimesgut BS.

International career

In 2012, he was admitted to the Turkey national amputee football team. He played in four matches of the

2021 European Amputee Football Championship The 2021 European Amputee Football Championship was the second edition of the international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF), and was held in Kraków Poland b ...

held in Kraków, Poland without conceding a goal. He enjoyed the champion title of the national team. He serves as the

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of the Turkey team. Çetin was with the national team, which became champion of the

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in Istanbul, Turkey.

Honours

;International :; World Cup :: ''Winners'' (1):

:: ''Runners-up'' (1):

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:; European Championship :: ''Winners'' (2):

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References

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