Faruk Yiğit (born 15 April 1968 in
Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...
) is a Turkish former
football
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player.
He played for several clubs, including
Orhangazi Gençlerbirliği,
Yalovaspor,
Boluspor,
Kocaelispor,
Fenerbahçe,
Ankaragücü and
Diyarbakırspor.
He played for
Turkey national football team
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and was a participant at the
1996 UEFA European Championship
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.
Honours
Kocaelispor
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Turkish Cup
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: 1997
References
1968 births
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
Kocaelispor footballers
Boluspor footballers
Diyarbakırspor footballers
MKE Ankaragücü footballers
UEFA Euro 1996 players
Süper Lig players
Footballers from Trabzon
20th-century Turkish sportsmen
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